Desmatosuchus smalli - UCMP 27410

3D Model

Semitransparent braincase of the aetosaurian archosaur Desmatosuchus smalli (UCMP 27410), revealing the brain endocast and inner ear within. The braincase was collected from the Placerias Quarry in the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of Apache County, Arizona and is in the collection of the University of California Museum of Paleontology at Berkeley.

This work is published in the following article: Baczko, M. B., von, J. B. Desojo, D. J. Gower, R. C. Ridgely, P. Bona, and L. M. Witmer. 2021. New digital braincase endocasts of two species of Desmatosuchus and neurocranial diversity within Aetosauria (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia). Anatomical Record. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24798

CT scan data for UCMP 27410 and an STL of the endocast the are freely available for download on MorphoSource: https://www.morphosource.org/projects/000382087.