Diprotodon optatum Cranium CT scans

This is a dataset of CT scans (DICOM format) of the cranium of Diprotodon optatum (NMV P31299) from the collection of Museum Victoria (https://museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/discoverycentre/600-million-years/timeline/quaternary/diprotodon/). This fossil was recovered from Pleistocene sediments at Bacchus Marsh in Victoria, Australia. Diprotodon is the largest marsupial known and could have weighed over three tons
These scans accompany articles published in PeerJ (https://peerj.com/articles/514/), Journal of Anatomy (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12456/abstract), and Memoirs of Museum Victoria ( https://museumvictoria.com.au/about/books-and-journals/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/2010-2019/2016-vol-74-special-issue-in-honour-of-dr-thomas-h-rich/sharp/) that describe the cranium, jaw muscles and endocranial sinuses
This dataset should be cited if used in any publications.

本数据集收录双门齿兽（Diprotodon optatum）颅骨的计算机断层扫描（CT）影像，格式为数字成像与通信医学（DICOM），标本编号为NMV P31299，馆藏来自维多利亚博物馆（Museum Victoria），相关馆藏页面可访问：https://museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/discoverycentre/600-million-years/timeline/quaternary/diprotodon/。
该化石出土于澳大利亚维多利亚州巴克斯马什的更新世沉积物中。双门齿兽是目前已知体型最大的有袋类动物，体重可达3吨以上。
本批扫描影像配套发表于《PeerJ》（https://peerj.com/articles/514/）、《解剖学杂志》（Journal of Anatomy，http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12456/abstract）以及《维多利亚博物馆馆刊》（Memoirs of Museum Victoria，https://museumvictoria.com.au/about/books-and-journals/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/2010-2019/2016-vol-74-special-issue-in-honour-of-dr-thomas-h-rich/sharp/）的相关学术论文，上述文献详细记述了该颅骨、颌部肌肉与颅内鼻窦的形态特征。
若将本数据集用于任何学术出版物，请务必对其予以引用。