Data from 'Apparatus architecture of the conodont Nicoraella kockeli (Gondolelloidea, Prioniodinina) constrains functional interpretations'

Jinyuan Huang, Carlos Martínez-Pérez, Shixue Hu, Qiyue Zhang, Kexin Zhang, Changyong Zhou, Wen Wen, Tao Xie, Michael J. Benton, Zhong-Qiang Chen, Mao Luo and Philip C. J. Donoghue

This dataset is composed of three dimensional models of component elements and an architectural model of the skeletal apparatus of the conodont Nicoraella kockeli, based principally on tomographic data from an articulated skeletal assemblage (pm028-18-wy1-C1) from the Middle Triassic Luoping Biota, Yunnan Province, southwestern China; reconstruction of the apparatus architecture was supplemented by additional fused clusters also characterised by synchrotron X-Ray tomographic microscopy. These data accompany the paper: Jinyuan Huang, Carlos Martínez-Pérez, Shixue Hu, Qiyue Zhang, Kexin Zhang, Changyong Zhou, Wen Wen, Tao Xie, Michael J. Benton, Zhong-Qiang Chen, Mao Luo and Philip C. J. Donoghue. 2019. Apparatus architecture of the conodont Nicoraella kockeli (Gondolelloidea, Prioniodinina) constrains functional interpretations. Palaeontology.


The original tomographic data win which these virtual models are based were published in the paper: Jinyuan Huang, Carlos Martinez-Perez, Shixue Hu, Philip C. J. Donoghue, Qiyue Zhang, Changyong Zhou, Wen Wen, Michael J. Benton, Mao Luo, Huazhou Yao & Kexin Zhang. 2019. Middle Triassic conodont apparatus architecture revealed by synchrotron X-ray microtomography. Palaeoworld. The data supporting this work is available in the University of Bristol Research Data Repository: Doi:https://doi.org/10.5523/bris.yw0swm1vgiz92catj97qv8g1c, and URL links: http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/yw0swm1vgiz92catj97qv8g1c.


The specimen analysed, its museum number and the deposited files related are as follows:	

	File name					Specimen name		Catalogue number*	Files				Folder

01	Nicoraella apparatus architecture.obj		Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (obj)		not applicable
02	Nicoraella apparatus architecture.ply		Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (ply)		not applicable
03	Nicoraella apparatus architecture.wrp		Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (wrp)		not applicable
04	Nicoraella Element dextral M.			Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (obj)		Nicoraella_individual_elements_obj
05	Nicoraella Element dextral P1.			Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (obj)		Nicoraella_individual_elements_obj
06	Nicoraella Element dextral P2.			Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (obj)		Nicoraella_individual_elements_obj
07	Nicoraella Element dextral S1.			Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (obj)		Nicoraella_individual_elements_obj
08	Nicoraella Element dextral S2.			Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (obj)		Nicoraella_individual_elements_obj
09	Nicoraella Element dextral S3.			Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (obj)		Nicoraella_individual_elements_obj
10	Nicoraella Element dextral S4.			Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (obj)		Nicoraella_individual_elements_obj
11	Nicoraella Element S0.				Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (obj)		Nicoraella_individual_elements_obj
12	Nicoraella Element sinistral M.			Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (obj)		Nicoraella_individual_elements_obj
13	Nicoraella Element sinistral P1.		Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (obj)		Nicoraella_individual_elements_obj
14	Nicoraella Element sinistral P2.		Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (obj)		Nicoraella_individual_elements_obj
15	Nicoraella Element sinistral S1.		Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (obj)		Nicoraella_individual_elements_obj
16	Nicoraella Element sinistral S2.		Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (obj)		Nicoraella_individual_elements_obj
17	Nicoraella Element sinistral S3.		Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (obj)		Nicoraella_individual_elements_obj
18	Nicoraella Element sinistral S4.		Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (obj)		Nicoraella_individual_elements_obj
19	Nicoraella Individual Elements.wrp		Nicoraella kockeli	pm028-18-wy1-C1		3D models (wrp)		not applicable

*Institutional abbreviations: All fused clusters are housed at the Chengdu Center of China Geological Survey, China


Working files consist of a Geomagic .wrp file (www.3dsystems.com) and multiple .obj files of the individualised elements, and .obj and .ply files containing the cleaned extracted surfaces of the completed 3D model apparatus.