Fig 1.
Topographic map of terminal Pliocene and Pleistocene fossil sites with fossil collections in the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (left, contour lines equal 20m) relative to a schematic map of South Africa (right).
Table 1.
Comparisons of fossil specimen surfaces derived from the Artec Spider with those derived from CT/microCT (distances in millimetres).
Fig 2.
Screenshots of some representative specimens from the DNMNH archive.
A, Parapapio broomi (STS 562); B, Papio (Dinopithecus) ingens (SK 599); C, Dinofelis piveteaui (KA 61); D, Pachycrocuta brevirostris (KA 55); E, Procavia antiqua (ST 105); F, Phacochoerus antiquus (BF 3–335). Images of all archive specimens are available online through MorphoSource and at http://www.sapalaeo.com/dnmnh-archive.
Fig 3.
Screenshots of surface deviation maps of specimen meshes derived from tomographic datasets and the Artec Spider scanner.
The color spectrum scale represents positive/negative deviations in millimetres. Positive deviations reflect the Artec Spider-derived surface being inflated relative to the CT or microCT surface; negative deviations reflected regions where the Artec Spider-derived surface is depressed relative to the CT or microCT surface. A, anterior view of KA 194 Papio angusticeps cranium. B, inferior view of SK 4005 Phacochoerus antiquus maxilla. C, inferior view of KA 89 Phacochoerus antiquus skull (available via Supporting Information).