Australian ankylosaur dinosaur skull & endocast

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This model accompanies an article published in the open-access journal PeerJ on December 8, 2015 (https://peerj.com/articles/1475/), detailing the skull of the basal ankylosaur Kunbarrasaurus ieversi (formerly Minmi sp.) from the Lower Cretaceous Allaru Mudstone of Queensland, Australia, with a thorough analysis of its brain endocast structure (blue), cranial nerves (yellow), inner ear (peach), nasal passage (green), olfactory chamber (pink), and nasal loop (purple). The article authors are Lucy G. Leahey, Ralph E. Molnar, Kenneth Carpenter, Lawrence M. Witmer, and Steven W. Salisbury. 3D modeling of the skull and internal structures was completed by Ryan Ridgely. The background image displays the near-complete holotype skeleton (QM F18101); photo courtesy of O'Toole & Leahey. See https://skfb.ly/IO9w for an annotated Sketchfab of the skull.