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Love and Language from the Insect World EVOLUTIONARY STUDIES INSTITUTE, SCHOOL OF GEOSCIENCES AND SCHOOL OF ANIMAL, PLANT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND A postural validation for the limb loadings in Thrinaxodon liorhinus (Therapsida, Cynodontia) by Finite Element Analysis Engineering Simulation Conference 2018 3 September 2018 African Pride Irene, Pretoria Safiyyah Iqbal [email protected] Co-Authors: Prof. Kristian J. Carlson http://www.blc.arizona.edu/courses/schaffer/182/Anapsid-Therapsid.htm Prof. Fernando Abdala Prof. Frank Kienhofer Prof. Jonah Choiniere Acknowledgments I sincerely thank the following departments in making this research possible! Background Cynodonts • Appear in the Late Permian and dominate in the Early Triassic • Best documented sequence in the fossil record • Transitional lineage • Features in these fossil forms • Functional adaptations in order to understand behaviour http://dinosauriosjavier.blogspot.com/2012/06/el-cynodont.html Why Thrinaxodon? Thrinaxodon liorhinus • Semi-sprawling posture • Primitive and derived features are represented http://bio.sunyorange.edu/updated2/comparative_anatomy/anat_3/l_femur.htm in cynodonts • Posture of Thrinaxodon will offer insight into the transition that led to humerus radius/ulna mammals Significance of Study • Multidisciplinary approach • Builds on previous research of the first attempt to study the functional morphology of Thrinaxodon • Research focuses on the loading conditions of remodelling skeletal elements http://biology- forums.com/index.php?action • This will provide robust evidence of the type =gallery;sa=view;id=8280 of limb posture that characterized this ancestral mammal as the limb structure transitioned from reptilian to mammalian. http://borbl426-526.blogspot.com/2012/01/lab-1-reptile- development-and-anatomy.html Problem and Goal for this research Problem and Main Goal • Problem: Mechanical loads are applied to bone over time, influence morphology and in turn impacts functional adaptations. • Main Goal: Using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to test hypotheses of reconstructed limb postures in the transitional cynodonts. http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2009/6547.html Hypotheses and Aims Hypotheses • Thrinaxodon forelimb posture is optimised for semi-sprawling gaits • Thrinaxodon hindlimb posture is http://www.deviantart.com/morelikethis/artists/609 optimised for parasagittal gaits 11804?view_mode=2#skins Aims • Determine mechanical response experienced by the humeri and femora during different posture configurations. http://www.savalli.us/BIO370/Anatomy/5.AlligatorSkeleton.html • Relate individual limb bones to overall limb morphology in order to identify the optimal state for a given posture. • Relate configurations of extant analogs http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/publi cations/fauna-of-australia/pubs/volume1b/32-ind.pdf Materials and Methods Material - Comparative species The humeri and femora were analysed. Humeri Femora • Thrinaxodon was compared to: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thrinaxodon_liorhinus _BP_1_7199.jpg ▫ Galesaurus – Fossorial ▫ Therocephalia – Non-fossorial ▫ Cynognathus – Non-fossorial http://www.snipview.com/q/Galesaurus ▫ Tachyglossus - Fossorial http://global.britannica.com/animal/Cynognathus http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10539/13813/2009.v.44.FOURIE_AN D_RUBIDGE_Postcranial_skeleton_of_Glanosuchus.pdf?sequence=1 Materials and Methods Methodology 1. MicroCT 2. VG Studio Max/Avizo http://www.ansys.com/Products/Workflow+Technology/ 3. Geomagic Studio 14.0 ANSYS+Workbench+Platform/Features 4. ANSYS https://www.mech.kuleuven.be/en/bme/research/bone • Cross-sectional properties ▫ ImageJ v1.50i ▫ BoneJ ▫ Cortical Area ▫ Second Moments ▫ Principal Moments http://biomechanics.stanford.edu/ Figure adapted from Doube et al. 2009) Mechanics_of_growth Materials and Methods Methodology • FEA • ANSYS ▫ Model Creation ▫ Elements were modelled as solids Mechanical Properties: • Modelling the fossil as Bovine Constraints and Boundary Conditions • Fixed Support: Condyle attachments • Muscle forces ▫ Model Solving ▫ Stress ▫ Strain Results Results • FEA ▫ Deformation Results Results - Humeri Therocephalia sp. Cynognathus Galesaurus Thrinaxodon Tachyglossus Results Results - Humeri 8,00E-04 Total Deformation (mm) Directional Deformation (mm) 7,00E-04 Equivalent Elastic Strain (mm/mm) Equivalent (Von-Mises) Stress (MPa) 6,00E-04 5,00E-04 4,00E-04 Mean 3,00E-04 2,00E-04 1,00E-04 4,40E-18 BPI1675 BPI1693 BPI1730 BPI4335 BPI4506 BPI6228 BPI7199 Tachyglossus -1,00E-04 Species Results Results - Femora Therocephalia sp. Cynognathus Galesaurus Thrinaxodon Tachyglossus Results Results - Femora 8,00E-04 Total Deformation (mm) Directional Deformation (mm) 7,00E-04 Equivalent Elastic Strain (mm/mm) 6,00E-04 Equivalent (Von-Mises) Stress (MPa) 5,00E-04 4,00E-04 Mean 3,00E-04 2,00E-04 1,00E-04 2,60E-18 BPI1675 BPI1693 BPI1730 BPI4335 BPI4506 BPI6228 BPI7199 Tachyglossus -1,00E-04 Species Discussion • Change in posture • Significant differences among each gait • Factors that affect the stress and strain of limb bones http://biology- ▫ Muscle attachments forums.com/index.php?action =gallery;sa=view;id=8280 • Gait pressure – Torsion of the humeri http://borbl426-526.blogspot.com/2012/01/lab-1-reptile- development-and-anatomy.html Future Directions • Assumptions • Non-invasive http://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/Imgtriassic.htm • Inferred properties for standing phase • Extant data – Validation • Different diaphyseal length • Postcranial elements http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3002/2417900765_48e0eaec27.jpg References • ABDALA, F. and RIBEIRO, A. 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