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shapes (version 1.2.7)

shells: Microfossil shell data

Description

Microfossil shell data. Triangles from 21 individuals. Lohmann (1983) published 21 mean outlines of the microfossil which were based on random samples of organisms taken at different latitudes in the South Indian Ocean.

Usage

data(shells)

Arguments

Format

shells$uv Scaled shape coordinates (Bookstein shape co-ordinates with base (0,0) and (1,0). shells$size Centroid size

References

The data have been extracted from Fig. 7 of Bookstein (1986).

Examples

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data(shells)
plotshapes(shells$uv)

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