TITLE
Inabtanin alarabia YUPC-INAB-6-001–010 proximal left humerus micro Computed Tomography (CT) data

CREATED
June 25, 2024 by
Jeffrey A Wilson Mantilla
Curator, Museum of Paleontology
Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Michigan
wilsonja@umich.edu

TERMS
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DESCRIPTION
The scanned proximal left humerus is part of an associated skeleton of a pterosaur accessioned to Yarmouk University (YUPC-INAB-6-001–010) in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The specimen was collected from Late Cretaceous-aged sediments near Tal Inab in south-central Jordan, which is 34 km north of the current border with Saudi Arabia. For inquiries about access, please contact Jeff Wilson Mantilla (wilsonja@umich.edu) or Iyad Zalmout (izalmout@ksu.edu.sa). Casts of this and other elements of Inabtanin alarabia are available at the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology.

Computed tomographic (CT) scans were performed at the University of Michigan Computed Tomography in Earth and Environmental Science facility (“CTEES”) in Ann Arbor, MI, USA., using a Nikon XT H 225ST uCT system with a 2.5-mm-thick copper filter. The scanner is equipped with a tungsten target and was autoconditioned to maximum capacity at 225 kV. Scans settings were as follows: voltage = 175 kV, current = 220 uA; exposure time = 2.83 s; magnification = 2.841; uniform cubic voxels were 71 μm on a side; projections = optimized; frames captured/projection = 2.

FILE LIST
The data set includes a compressed stack of 1934 dicom files derived from CT imaging. 

REFERENCES
Rosenbach, K. L., D. M. Goodvin, M. G. Albshysh, H. A. Azzam, A. A. Smadi, H. A. Mustafa, I. S. A. Zalmout, and J. A. Wilson Mantilla. [in press]. New pterosaur remains from the Late Cretaceous of Afro-Arabia provide insight into flight capacity of large pterosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.