This page provides the open dataset that has been gathered by our group over the past years.
Relative timing of onset of ossification in the cranial elements for various amniotes (102 mammalian species and 32 non-mammalian amniotes).
Absence/presence of cranial elements and specimen stage.
Ref: Koyabu, D., Werneburg, I., ... & Sánchez-Villagra, M. R. (2014). Mammalian skull heterochrony reveals modular evolution and a link between cranial development and brain size. Nature Communications 5: 3625.
3D atlas and comparative osteology of the middle ear ossicles among Eulipotyphla (Mammalia, Placentalia).
Koyabu, D., Hosojima, M., & Endo, H. (2017). Into the dark: patterns of middle ear adaptations in subterranean eulipotyphlan mammals. Royal Society Open Science, 4(9), 170608.
3D model of male genital organ of greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum.
Sohn J.-H., Fukui D., Nojiri T., Minowa K., Kimura J., Koyabu D. Three-Dimensional and Histological Observations on Male Genital Organs of Greater Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum. Journal of Mammalian Evolution.
3D models of vocal apparatus in bats.
Brualla NLM, Wilson LA, Tu VT, Nojiri T, Carter RT, Ngamprasertwong T, Wannaprasert T, Doube M, Fukui D, Koyabu D, 2024: Comparative anatomy of the vocal apparatus in bats and implication for the diversity of laryngeal echolocation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. zlad180.