Neck Flexibility and Feeding Habits in Meiolania platyceps Explored Using Photogrammetric Biomechanics
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1 Independent Project at the Department of Earth Sciences Självständigt arbete vid Institutionen för geovetenskaper 2015: 1 Neck Flexibility and Feeding Habits in Meiolania platyceps Explored Using Photogrammetric Biomechanics Undersökning av halsrörlighet och födovanor hos Meiolania platyceps med hjälp av fotogrammetrisk biomekanik Sofie Heinsvig DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES INSTITUTIONEN FÖR GEOVETENSKAPER
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3 Independent Project at the Department of Earth Sciences Självständigt arbete vid Institutionen för geovetenskaper 2015: 1 Neck Flexibility and Feeding Habits in Meiolania platyceps Explored Using Photogrammetric Biomechanics Undersökning av halsrörlighet och födovanor hos Meiolania platyceps med hjälp av fotogrammetrisk biomekanik Sofie Heinsvig
4 Copyright Sofie Heinsvig and the Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University Published at Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 2015
5 Sammanfattning Undersökning av halsrörlighet och födovanor hos Meiolania platyceps med hjälp av fotogrammetrisk biomekanik Sofie Heinsvig Meiolania platyceps är en utdöd Meiolaniid sköldpadda som levde på södra halvklotets Gondwanaland regioner. Skelettet som används för detta projekt var från pleistocen tid och hittades på Lord Howe Island i Australien. Syftet med projektet var att studera halskotorna för att avgöra ätmönstret för arten, huruvida födointag kom från marken eller från högre vegetation. Genom nackens rörlighet kommer även mer information om artens släktskap kunna fås eftersom båda underarterna av sköldpadda har tydliga rörelsemönster för att dra tillbaka huvudet under skalet. För att fastställa detta användes metoden fotogrammetri för att utveckla 3D-modeller av kotor som kunde manipuleras för att fastställa halsens rörlighet. Baserat på halsens rörelseförmåga verkar arten inte passa in på varken cryptodira eller pleurodira utan det är troligare att arten är en form av stam sköldpadda eller en stam cryptodira. För födovanorna var dock studien mer konklusiv. Nackens rörlighet verkar tydligt tyda på att arten föredrog att få sin föda från på eller nära marknivå. Då Meiolania platyceps återfunnits på öar och skeletten daterats till pleistocen tid, som var upptakten till den senaste istiden, känns det troligt att markätande födovanor tyder på en kosthållning som främst bestod av gräs eller dylikt. Nyckelord: Meiolania platyceps, halsindragning, fotogrammetri, födovanor Självständigt arbete i geovetenskap, 1GV029, 15 hp, 2015 Handledare: Benjamin Kear Institutionen för geovetenskaper, Uppsala universitet, Villavägen 16, Uppsala ( Hela publikationen finns tillgänglig på
6 Abstract Neck Flexibility and Feeding Habits in Meiolania platyceps Explored Using Photogrammetric Biomechanics Sofie Heinsvig The Meiolania platyceps is an extinct Meiolaniid turtle which resided in the Southern Hemispheres Gondwanaland regions. The specimen used for this project was from the Pleistocene and found on Lord Howe Island, Australia. The aim of the project was to study the neck vertebrae in order to determine the feeding ecology of the species, whether it preferred finding food of the ground or from higher vegetation. Through the neck range of motion information about the relationships of the species should also be found, this since both taxonomic suborders of turtles, the cryptodira and he pleurodira have very distinctive patterns of movement for retracting the head. To determine this, the method of photogrammetry was used to develop 3D models of the vertebrae that could be manipulated in order to determine range of motion of the neck. The neck was discovered to match neither the movement pattern of the cryptodira or the pleurodira but is more likely a form of stem turtle or stem crypodira. Regarding the feeding patterns the results proved more conclusive. The neck mobility seems to strongly favor feeding from the ground. Since the Meiolania platyceps remnants have been found on islands and dated to Pleistocene time, which was the time leading up to the latest ice age, these ground level eating habits would most likely favor a diet of grass or similar. Key words: Meiolania platyceps, neck retraction, photogrammetry, feeding habits Independent Project in Earth Science, 1GV029, 15 credits, 2015 Supervisor: Benjamin Kear Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, SE Uppsala ( The whole document is available at
7 Table of contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Materials Agisoft PhotoScan Geomagic Studio Rhinoceros Method 2 4. Results 4 5. Discussion 5 6. Acknowledgements 6 7. References Internet references 7 Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Appendix IV I II III IV
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9 1. Introduction The Meiolania platyceps is an extinct meiolaniid turtle with a geographic spread consistent with the Southern Hemisphere continent called Gondwanaland (Gaffney, 1983). Remnants of Meiolania platyceps have only been found on Lord Howe Island in New South Wales, a volcanic island 630 east of Australia, but the Meiolaniids as a group have been discovered on large parts of the southern hemisphere, including mainland Australia and South America (Gaffney, 1983). From the first discovery of the species its ancestry and relationships have been up for discussion. It was first considered to be a form of giant lizard (Owen, 1879), when it was deemed a turtle it has been argued to belong to the suborder pleurodires (Boulenger, 1887), cryptodires (Huxley, 1887), and as members of a possible ancestral group of turtles called the amphichelydia (Anderson, 1925: Simpson, 1938). The current theory seems to be that they are cryptodires, something this paper aims to investigate. The Meiolaniids have a rather unique appearance with cranial horns and frills as well as a tail club, and the largest specimens are believed to have been up toward 3 meters (Gaffney, 1996). It is this strange appearance along with the fact that its relationships have proved very difficult to determine that makes the species so interesting. Currently there is a major debate about turtle interrelationships. Meiolaniids are an important part of this debate since they are likely to be either stem turtles or stem cryptodires. Figure 1. Skull of a Meiolania platyceps digitally assembled using photogrammetry. This project aims to determine the feeding ecology of the pleistocenian turtle Meiolania platyceps, and to test the implications for possible cryptodiran ancestry (sensu Gaffney et al, 2007). To answer these questions a study of the range of motion in the Meiolania platyceps neck would be most efficient. This because the different subspecies of turtles, cryptodires and pleurodires, both have very distinguishable patterns of movement in order to retract their heads. It should also be possible to determine the most likely eating pattern through studies of the neck, since the range of motion dorsally as well as ventrally will be determined and from this, 1
10 feeding parallels with tortoises can be explored, using tortoises as an analogue for meiolanoiids. This study will not have access to an actual set of vertebrae so this examination will be done using photographs, and the method of photogrammetry, to digitally 3D model the neck of a Pleistocene specimen from Lord Howe Island, Australia. From this range of motion will be determined and the possible movements of the neck compared to know patterns of retraction movement of cryptodires as well as pleurodires. Three computer programs will be used to build and align the models in order to get the necessary information to determine ancestry and study likely feeding ecology. 2. Materials 2.1 Agisoft PhotoScan Agisoft PhotoScan is a photogrammetry program that helps turn still images into textured 3D models. The main features of the program are photo alignment, point cloud generation, polygonal model generation and texture mapping (Agisoft, 2013). AgiSoft Photoscan was used to create the initial point clouds and half models from photographs of the vertebrae. 2.2 Geomagic Studio Geomagic Studio is a program for editing and transforming 3D scanned data into surface, polygon and CAD models (Geomagic, 2013). This program was used to generate the finished models of each vertebrae from the two halves generated in AgiSoft. 2.3 Rhinoceros 4.0 Rhinoceros 4.0 is a design and model managing program that allows you to use several different editing tools and to see your designs in three axial views and one freely rotatable perspective view simultaneously. Through this program the vertebrae could be aligned to each other in order to study the range of motion of the neck. 3. Method To determine the mobility of the neck, the method suggested by Mallison in Virtual Dinosaurs - Developing Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Engineering Modeling Methods for Vertebrate Paleontology (2007) as well as in CAD assessment of the posture and range of motion of Kentrosaurus aethiopicus (2010) and The digital Plateosaurus II: An assessment of the range of motion of the limbs and vertebral column and of previous reconstructions using a digital skeletal mount (2010), was implemented. Photographs of the vertebrae against a black background from several different angles were used for the process. Before starting the creation of the models the photos had to be sorted through in order to remove any photos that were to blurry or had too much glare, since this can cause inaccuracy in the finished geometry of the model. The photos were then imported into Agisoft PhotoScan, and aligned using the align photographs function. After this a surface was built for the anterior as well as the posterior of each vertebrae using the build geometry function. The next step was to crop the resulting 3D models in order to get rid of any excess geometry that would complicate merging of the model halves, for this the lasso cropping tool was used. Once this was done the models were exported into a PLY format and then imported into Geomagic Studio. Inside Geomagic Studio the two halves of the vertebrae was aligned together through resizing them, with the scale function, and moving them to a perfect fit with the move tool. Once the alignment appeared correct the last excess from both 2
11 halves were cropped away and any resulting holes were filled in. Large models had to have their triangular count reduced through the decimate function in order to not be too large to manipulate in Rhinoceros 4.0. The files were saved in the PLY format and then all the finished vertebrae models were imported into Rhinoceros 4.0. In Rhinoceros 4.0 all the vertebrae was moved into separate layers named after the vertebrae and given different colors in order to make it easier to manipulate them and minimize mistakes as suggested by Mallison (2010). The next step was to size the vertebrae correctly with the scale tool, to make them fit ultimately together. This was done through sizing the modeled vertebrae after a photo of the real vertebrae found in The Cervical and Caudal Vertebrae of the Cryptodiran Turtle, Melolania platyceps, from the Pleistocene of Lord Howe Island, Australia by Gaffney (1985). After this step the vertebrae were fit together into a neutral position as well as maximal dorsiflexion, maximal ventriflexion and maximal lateral flexion in order to determine the possible range of motion of the neck. This is done smoother and easier if only two vertebrae are visible at a time, the others can be made invisible thanks to the separation into different layers. After articulating all the extreme positions of the neck the degree of curvature was measured through inserting pictures of the extreme positions into Paint and calculating the angles using a protractor, in order to achieve measurements on how far the neck could bend. From these measurements and through studying the neck and comparing it to the known retraction systems of cryptodira and pleurodira a theory of ancestry could be developed. Feeding style preferences was found through studying the upward and downward bend of the neck in order to determine which was most likely. Figure 2. Neutral position of a Meiolania platyceps neck (vertebrae 2-8 and atlas) digitally assembled using photogrammetry. Showing in Rhinoceros
12 4. Results After investigating the mobility of the neck in all of its extreme positions it was found that the Meiolania platyceps has a maximal neck vertebrae dorsiflexion of 40 degrees. Figure 3. Maximal dorsiflexion of Meiolania platyceps neck (vertebrae 2-8 and atlas) digitally assembled using photogrammetry. Showing in Rhinoceros 4.0. The maximal neck ventriflexion was measured at 11 degrees and maximal lateral flexion at 20 degrees. Figure 4. Maximal ventriflexion in a Meiolania platyceps neck (vertebrae 2-8 and atlas) digitally assembled using photogrammetry. Showing in Rhinoceros
13 Figure 5. Maximal lateral flexion of a Meiolania platyceps neck (vertebrae 2-8 and atlas) digitally assembled using photogrammetry. Showing in Rhinoceros 4.0. When positioning the vertebrae it was determined that they could not be fit into a pattern that consistent with either the inward retraction bend of a cryptodira neck or the sideways retraction bend of a pleurodira neck. If you take into account the dorsiflexion necessary in the neck in order to lift the head out of the shell, it becomes apparent that the Meiolania platyceps would be more likely to bend its head down to graze rather than bend it up to browse. 5. Discussion Looking into the mobility of the Meiolania platyceps neck I found that the movement of the neck does not seem to be consistent with either the retraction system of the subspecies cryptodira or pleurodira. In fact the neck does not seem capable of retracting at all, which seem fitting since the head would be too large to retract nonetheless. I would from these results be more likely to favor the theories that the Meiolaniids are in fact a stem species of turtle and therefor would not belong to either category. An interesting area for further studies would be to compare the Meiolania platyceps to the Progranochelys, which is one of the eldest know forms of turtle and to the Patagoniaemys, a new stem turtle considered to be a sister group to the Meiolaniidae, in order to determine more of the species evolution. 5
14 The neck indicates a surprisingly limited range of mobility in all directions, which could be linked to the massive size of the skull. A skull that large would likely be relatively heavy and so it seems reasonable that the neck would have to be quite rigid in order to support such a head. Interestingly though, the range of possible motion is greatest at the distal axial end, which is capable of considerable ventral flexion. This could be linked to an eating habit of surface grazing over the substrate. All fossil remains of Meiolania platyceps have been found on land indicating that they very probably a land-living turtle. The clear majority of these are herbivorous (Hailey, 1997) making it probable that Meiolania platyceps was as well. This would also be supported by the theory that gut size in tortoises would be consistent with diet, again using the tortoise as an meiolaniid analogue. A diet consisting of mainly low nutrition plants would call for a long retention time in the gut in order for nutrients to be extracted. This would lead to a larger gut size (Hailey, 1997). The Meiolania platyceps is a rather large turtle, specimens have been found that was likely around 3 meters. This would indicate that the species indeed were herbivores, and most likely feed on grass and the likes which would make it necessary for the species to grow a large gut in order to process the nutrients. Prior to the Pleistocene there was a large spread of giant tortoises in the northern hemisphere (France de Lapparent, 1999). Climatic conditions and the food assessable because of it could have been a reason for the gigantism in tortoises at the time. Parallels from these northern hemisphere giant tortoises can be draw to the later giant forms of Meiolaniids in the southern hemisphere. The seasonal climate and accessible food ought to have been similar in the southern hemisphere at the time and might be the source of the larger sized turtles. The Meiolaniids might therefore have been the souths answer to the northern hemisphere giant tortoises. With the results of the neck movements have to be taken into account that some of the vertebrae might have problem areas. With this I in particular would like to point to vertebrae II that caused some trouble while assembling the finished model, this most likely due to unsatisfactory photographs. Due to this I believe the slim end of the vertebrae has become slightly too thick causing the neck to bend less than it otherwise would. This can be said for all the vertebrae, since they were assembled by hand there is always a possibility for a miss in assembly. One also has to take into account that this study focuses exclusively on the skeleton and its possible movements. No account has been taken for the effects muscles, fat and skin would have on the range of motion. 6. Acknowledgements I would like to thank Dr. Benjamin Kear and Stephen Poropat at the paleobiology division of the Uppsala University Earth Science Institution, for their help and guidance during this project. 6
15 7. References Anderson, C., 1925, Notes on the extinct chelonian Meiolania, with a record of a new occurrence. Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 14, pp Boulenger, G. A., 1887, On the systematic position of the genus Miolania, Owen (Ceratochelys, Huxley). Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 1887, pp de Lapparent, F., 1999), A giant tortoise from the late Pliocene of Lesvos Island (Greece) and its possible relationships. Annales Géologiques des pays Helléniques. vol 39. pp Gaffney, E. S., 1983, The Cranial Morphology of the Extinct Horned Turtle Meiolania platyceps, From the Pleistocene of Lord Howe Island, Australia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, vol. 175, article 4. New York, USA. Gaffney, E. S., 1996, The Postcranial Morphology of Meiolania platyceps and a review of the Meiolaniidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, vol New York, USA. Gaffney, E. S., 1985, The Cervical and Caudal Vertebrae of the Cryptodiran Turtle, Melolania platyceps, from the Pleistocene of Lord Howe Island, Australia. New York, American Museum Noviates. Hailey, A., 1997, Digestive efficiency and gut morphology of omnivorous and herbivorous African tortoises. Canadian Journal of Zoology. NRC Research Press. vol. 75. pp Huxley, T. H., 1887, Preliminary note on the fossil remains of a chelonian reptile, Ceratochelys sthenurus, from Lord Howe's Island, Australia. Proc. Roy. Soc., vol. 42, pp Mallison, H., 2007, Virtual Dinosaurs - Developing Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Engineering Modeling Methods for Vertebrate Paleontology. Doctoral Thesis. Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. Mallison, H., 2010, CAD assessment of the posture and range of motion of Kentrosaurus aethiopicus. Swiss J. Geosci., vol. 103, pp Mallison, H., 2010, The digital Plateosaurus II: An assessment of the range of motion of the limbs and vertebral column and of previous reconstructions using a digital skeletal mount. Acta Palaeontologica Polonic., vol. 55, pp Owen, R., 1879, Description of some remains of the gigantic land-lizard (Megalania prisca, Owen) from Australia. Part II. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London , vol. 30, pp Simpson, G. G., 1938, Crossochelys, Eocene homed turtle from Patagonia. Bulletin of American Museum of Natural History, vol. 74, pp Internet references Agisoft (2013). Agisoft PhotoScan Standard Geomagic (2013). Geomagic Studio Overview
16 Appendix I Maximal dorsiflexion I
17 Appendix II Maximal ventriflexion II
18 Appendix III Maximal lateral flexion III
19 Appendix IV Neutral position IV
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