Computational paleontology / Ashraf M.T. Elewa -- Digtizing methods for paleontology : applications, benefits and limitations / Heinrich Mallison -- Paleoinformatics: past, present and future perspectives / Jane K. Dolven and Hans Skjerpen -- Calculating the tempo of morphological evolution : rates of discrete character change in a phylogenetic context / Stephen L. Brusatte -- Computational model of growth and development in paleozoic echinoids / Louis G. Zachos and James Sprinkle -- Morphometric analysis of polyphenism in lower Cretaceous ammonite genus knemiceras / Richard A. Reyment -- Development and applications of computed tomography in the study of human fossil crania / Eva Marķa Poza-Rey and Juan Luis Arsuaga -- From a skeleton to a 3D dinosaur / Stefan Stoinski -- Rates of cranial evolution in Neandertals and modern humans / Timothy D. Weaver -- The problem of instar numbers in arthropods / Panos V. Petrakis -- Future insights in computational paleontology : with special spotlight on visual paleontology / Ashraf M.T. Elewa.