3D scan of an original fossilized skeleton of a saber-toothed cat (*Smilodon populator*) from the late Pleistocene. It was found in Río Areco in Argentina and is about 40,000 years old. The skeleton of the saber-toothed cat can be found in Hall 16 at the NHM Vienna. **Specimen**: Saber-toothed cat, *Smilodon populator* (Lund, 1842) **Inventory number**: NHMW-GEO-1910/0102/0001 **Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna, Geology & Paleontology Dept., Vertebrate Coll. (curator: Ursula Göhlich) Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en). Scanned and edited by Nikola Brodtmann, Anna Haider & Viola Winkler (NHMW) Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.