17 Landmarks from modern human skulls
Description
Coordinates of 17 landmarks of modern human skulls. They have not been subjected to Procrustes superimposition. See paper from Bucchi and Fonseca for details: Shape variation among skull regions using geometric morphometrics.
Open in R: readRDS(file = "data.rds")
The skulls are held at the Subactual Collection of Santiago (Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Chile)
Landmark configuration:
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Number |
Landmark |
Location |
|
1 |
Nasion |
The point of the intersection between the frontonasal suture and the midsagittal plane |
|
2, 8 |
Fontomalar (paired: right and left) |
Most anterior point of the zygomaticofrontal suture |
|
3, 9 |
Superior zigotemporale (paired) |
Most superior point in the temporozygomatic suture |
|
4, 10 |
Porion (paired) |
Lateral most part of the superior margin of the external auditory meatus |
|
5, 11 |
Mastoidale (paired) |
point at the lowest point of the mastoid process |
|
6, 12 |
Zygomaxillare (paired) |
Most inferior point in the zygomaticomaxillary suture |
|
7, 13 |
Ectomalare (paired) |
The most posterior point on the alveolar bone |
|
14, 16 |
Pterion (paired) |
Intersection of the frontal, sphenoid, parietal and the squamous part of temporal bone |
|
15, 17 |
Asterion (paired) |
Point where the temporal, parietal and occipital bones meet |
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