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+language:
+- en
+tags:
+- vertebrae
+- squamate
+- reptile
+- reptilia
+- lizard
+- snake
+- vertebra
+- spine
+- bone
+- mesh
+- landmark
+size_categories:
+- 1K<n<10K
+---
+## Dataset Description
+2896 presacral vertebrae meshes from 94 specimens representing all families of lizards and a few snakes.
+
+* atlas_in/: meshes and landmarks used as an input to SlicerMorphoWeave for SSM construction and alignment
+* atlas_out/: aligned & scaled meshes and landmarks, SSM, and dense correspondences produced by SlicerMorphoWeave
+* vertebrae_meshes.zip: final mesh dataset used to train models run_v72, run_v73c, run_v73h (meshes are aligned and scaled so only shape differences are learned)
+
+## Data Use
+Can be used to do train NSM models for geometric morphometrics, shape completion, and classification of squamate vertebrae.
+
+## Citation
+
+If you use this model, its weights, or the underlying research in your work, please cite it using the following:
+Wolcott et al. 2026. “Squamate NSM” GitHub repository. https://github.com/3D-fossils-Haag/nsm (accessed YYYY-MM-DD).