Pasha van Bijlertさんのイラストまとめ

Two of the 3D reconstructions I did for @museumnaturalis, arranged together in one shot. Trix the #Tyrannosaurus might be a bit too ambitious going after a nearly adult #Triceratops, but it sure makes for a dramatic pose 😅😁

#FossilFriday

We demonstrated the method on Trix (RGM.792000) the #Tyrannosaurus rex in the collection of @museumnaturalis, @Naturalis_Sci. Trix has fantastic preservation of the tail vertebrae, allowing us to perform a 3D muscular & ligament reconstruction.

Dinosaurs tails were suspended by the interspinous ligaments, which behave like rubber-bands. The tail would sway up and down with each step (like a giraffe's neck). If the step rhythm and tail natural frequency were matched, the tail would resonate, maximizing energy storage.

Read the (open access) paper here: https://t.co/47ftweQ7m0
@RSocPublishing

The work is based on my BSc thesis human (hmm...) movement sciences at @VU_FBW & @museumnaturalis

@VUamsterdam @VU_Science @VU_FGB @Naturalis_Sci @UUGeo

Finally complete! We've fully assembled the #3dprinted #Tyrannosaurus at @museumnaturalis. Seeing a field photo of Trix's skull in the papers 8 years ago contributed to me quitting medicine. I switched to movement sciences, but somehow wound up reconstructing Trix's 3D twin 😁🦖