Using Computers To Morph Deformed Fossils

crem_d_genes writes "At the University of Buffalo, Tammy Dunlavey, a master degree candidate in the Department of Geology has used a technique called geometric morphometrics to produce restored images of fossils that had been deformed by the processes of preservation. The computer program - 'MsWellwood' (named for a structural geologist) - calculates the degrees and forms of deformations, and should be capable of providing a clearer view of what the organisms looked like when alive."

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Re:Lateral symmetry

[sapbasisnerd]

Considering the stuff with odd symmetries they fould fossils of in the Burgess Shale it is certainly an issue to keep in mind.