Yunnan Province, China, ~518 million years old.

*Wiwaxia* had a tiny body covered in overlapping defensive **sclerites**. The hidden, lower surface consisted of a muscular foot and mouthparts for scraping food, like algae, off the sea floor. Wiwixia would have crawled slowly over the sea floor in search of food, as many similar molluscs do today.

First Animals exhibition at Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.oum.ox.ac.uk/firstanimals

Model by Mighty Fossils: www.mightyfossils.com

Wiwaxia papilio

Yunnan Province, China, ~518 million years old.

Vetulicola had a large **body** with triangular **pouches** on either side and a segmented **tail** for swimming. The pouches may be gill slits opening into an internal body chamber, as found in modern tunicates, such as sea squirts and salps. It is thought that Vetulicola fed by drawing water in through the wide frontal opening to internally filter microscopic food particles suspended in water, with waste water expelled through the side pouches.

Created for the First Animals exhibition at Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.oum.ox.ac.uk/firstanimals

Model by Mighty Fossils: www.mightyfossils.com

Vetulicola cuneata

Namibia, Southwest Africa, ~543 million years old.

Created for the First Animals exhibition at Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.oum.ox.ac.uk/firstanimals

Model by Mighty Fossils: www.mightyfossils.com

Namacalathus hermanastes

Yunnan Province, China, ~518 million years old.

*Cotyledion* lived on the sea floor, using **tentacles** to feed on particles suspended in the water. Some individuals have been found attached to small fragment of trilobites. The overall body shape, presence of tentacles surrounding the mouth and U-shaped gut, are characters that unite *Cotyledion* with entoprocts – a modern group of animals that measure less than a centimetre across.

Created for the First Animals exhibition at Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.oum.ox.ac.uk/firstanimals

Model by Mighty Fossils: www.mightyfossils.com

Cotyledion tylodes

A genus of herbivorous dinosaurs of the subfamily ceratophoridae, found in the late Cretaceous late Maastrichtian strata of North America, about 68 million to 65 million years ago. Triceratops, one of the latest dinosaurs, are often regarded as the representative fossils of the late Cretaceous. At present, there are two effective species: Triceratops and Triceratops, but other genera have been named. Triceratops are also one of the most famous dinosaurs. They are also very popular in popular culture.

Triceratops

![](http://www.stoplusjednicka.cz/sites/default/files/obrazky/stranskaskala_090.jpg)

Stránská skála (often without diacritics as Stranska skala) is a hill and refers to a Mid-Pleistocene-Cromerian interglacial most important paleontological site in Central Europe.  Its northwestern slope is composed from karstified limestone cliffs in which numerous fossiliferous fissures and caves were found. Approximately 48 meter (157 ft) of this slope are covered by complex talus fan.

A good reference or gameobject to a computer game. 

8k difuse map, normal map, 4k ambient occlusion map...

Photogrammetry from 550 photos.

Stránská rock 1

Unfinished concept sculpt for uknown specimen that fossils can be find deep under sea level in game Subnautica.

Theoretical correct leight and size. Leight took from multiply ingame ribs by x3 (wiki said we can see only 1/3 of oryginal size ). Size behind head fit to ribs size

https://www.artstation.com/jurandm

Fansculpt - Subnautica: Gargantuan Leviatan

3D scan of a fossil human skull excavated in the Mladeč Caves, Czech Republic, in 1881. With an absolute age of ca. 31,000 years, the Mladeč 1 skull is one of the oldest securely dated *Homo sapiens* finds in Europe. It provides rare insights into the morphology of our species in the European Upper Paleolithic. 

The Mladeč 1 skull is Number 47 of the NHM Top 100. The valuable original is not on display in the exhibition halls, but a cast can be found in Hall 14 of the NHM Vienna.

**Specimen**: Mladeč 1 skull

**Inventory number**: NHMW-ANTHRO-OSTE-5454

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna, Anthropology Dept. (curator: Sabine Eggers)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by Andrea Stadlmayr, Anna Haider, Viola Winkler (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.

Mladeč 1 Skull (NHMW-ANTHRO-OSTE-5454)

240 pictures in a busy gallery with a Canon G7x, processed with RealityCapture, edited with Blender.

Compare to point cloud [here](https://sketchfab.com/models/cdfbf34cce1d4071bb1b7271f367d057)

“The 4-foot-long jaw, the 6-inch-long teeth, the massive thigh bones—almost everything about Tyrannosaurus rex indicates the enormous power of one of the largest theropod dinosaurs that ever existed.” ~ https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent-exhibitions/fossil-halls/hall-of-saurischian-dinosaurs/tyrannosaurus-rex

Tyrannosaurus Rex - AMNH [Quick Scan]

3D scan of an original fossilized skeleton of a giant deer (*Megaloceros giganteus*) found in Ireland from the Late Pleistocene (ca. 12,000 years old). The males had a shoulder height of around 2.1 meters and their antlers are the largest known in any deer with a width up to 4 meters. The giant deer disappeared around 11,700 years ago in Europe, like many other animals from the Ice Age.

The skeleton of the giant deer can be found in Hall 16 at the NHM Vienna. 

**Specimen**: Giant deer or Irish elk, *Megaloceros giganteus* (Blumenbach, 1799) 

**Inventory number**: NHMW-GEO-1876/0030/0003

**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.

Giant Deer (NHMW-GEO-1876/0030/0003)

Reconstruction of an extinct Columbian mammoth (*Mammuthus columbi*). Fossil bones of this Ice Age species were excavated from the [La Brea Tar Pits](http://tarpits.org) in Los Angeles, California.

To learn more about the scientific and artistic decisions that went into making this model, read our [peer-reviewed paleoart description](https://doi.org/10.26879/1191).

Low poly Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi)

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.

Saber-Toothed Cat (NHMW-GEO-1910/0102/0001)

***Paranthropus boisei***

Location: Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

Age: 1.8 million years ago.

Material: epoxy resin cast.

Dimensions: length, 215 mm; width, 157 mm; height, 117 mm.

Notes: RLA catalog no. 2501.1rp74 (cast).  Fossil discovered in 1959 by Mary Leakey and described by P. Tobias.  Represented the first reliable chronometric assessment of an early hominid.  Nearly complete cranium, called "Zinj."  Cast made by the Wenner-Gren Foundation Casting Program at the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.  From the teaching collection of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Model by Madelaine Azar.

Paranthropus boisei (2501.1rp74-1) - cranium

One of the largest sauropod dinosaurs found in China, its fossil was found at the crossing of MaMingXi in Yibin City. It is identified as sauropod subfamily. The total length of this genus is about 22 meters and the body height is nearly 7 meters. Its neck is very long, equivalent to half of its body length. It not only forms the length of each cervical vertebrae, but also has 19 cervical vertebrae, which is the most common species of sauropods. In addition, the neck is the longest of all dinosaurs (up to 12.1 meters). Compared with the cervical spine, the dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae are relatively less.

Mamen River Dragon

Yunnan Province, China, ~518 million years old.

Onychodictyon has a cylindrical body covered in finger-like **papillae** and two rows of oval-shaped **sclerites**, with pairs of soft legs ending in claws. It shared these features with modern onychophorans (velvet worms) and tardigrades (water bears). Onychodictyon was probably a predator that crawled across the sea floor, using its sturdy curved grasping claws to capture prey and climb over objects. The sclerites on its back may have helped to defend against larger predators.

Created for the First Animals exhibition at Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.oum.ox.ac.uk/firstanimals

Model by Mighty Fossils: www.mightyfossils.com

Onychodictyon ferox

**Nom** : Smilodon californicus

**Description** : Copie de crâne d'un Tigre à dent de sabre

**Dimensions** : 30cm/40cm

**Âge **: Pléistocène supérieur

**Localité **: Los Angeles, USA

**Méthhode** : Acquisition on Shinning 3D EinScan Pro + Use of Catia for parts assembling.

**Information suplémentaire** : https://www.musee-delapparent.com/fr/echantillons/fossiles/292-smilodon-californicus


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Tigre à dent de sabre

Yunnan Province, China, ~518 million years old.

*Myllokunmingia* had a head with a pair of eyes and a nasal opening, up to six pairs of **gills** housed in pouches on the lower surface of the head, and a **dorsal fin** supported by stiff radial rods. It also had **Z-shaped blocks of muscle** and would have been able to swim freely through the water by moving its body side-to-side like a fish.

Created for the First Animals exhibition at Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.oum.ox.ac.uk/firstanimals

Model by Mighty Fossils: www.mightyfossils.com

Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa

Reptilian Shark Fossil (Ichthyosaur stenopterygius) 
Taken @HMNS
By:Austin Beaulier
Austinbeaulier.com


Created in RealityCapture by Capturing Reality from 140 images in 00h:15m:42s.

Reptilian Shark fossil

Reconstruction of an extinct western horse (*Equus occidentalis*). Fossil bones of this Ice Age species were excavated from the [La Brea Tar Pits](http://tarpits.org) in Los Angeles, California.

To learn more about the scientific and artistic decisions that went into making this model, read our [peer-reviewed paleoart description](https://doi.org/10.26879/1191).

Low poly western horse

We modeled the brain structure of Tyrannosaurus rex by CT scanning a fossilized braincase (AMNH FR 5117) from the collection of the American Museum of Natural History. We segmented the brain cavity and associated internal structures using Avizo, yielding what's known as a brain endocast. We then cleaned up the model in Maya, tweaked and branded it in Zbrush, and then uploaded it to Sketchfab. Ryan Ridgely did the 3D visualization work, and Witmer and Ridgely published a scientific article on tyrannosaur brain evolution, including this specimen, in 2009 (https://bit.ly/3TuVtqp). An OBJ file can be downloaded here and, if necessary, converted to an STL for 3D printing. Not for commercial use.

Tyrannosaurus rex - brain endocast - AMNH 5117

Reconstruction of a extinct saber-toothed cat (*Smilodon fatalis*). Fossil bones of this Ice Age species were excavated from the [La Brea Tar Pits](http://tarpits.org) in Los Angeles, California.

To learn more about the scientific and artistic decisions that went into making this model, read our [peer-reviewed paleoart description](https://doi.org/10.26879/1191).

Low poly saber-toothed cat (Smilodon fatalis)

Yunnan Province, China, ~518 million years old.

One of the largest of the Chengjiang animals, *Amplectobelua* was a top predator that used wide **body flaps** to swim above the sea floor, helped by a stabilising **tail fan**, with large stalked eyes used to spot prey. It had two spiny **frontal appendages** for grasping and holding prey, with three pairs of shorter tooth-like appendages used to shred food as it was passed towards the mouth opening.

Created for the First Animals exhibition at Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.oum.ox.ac.uk/firstanimals

Model by Mighty Fossils: www.mightyfossils.com

Amplectobelua symbrachiata

**Description:** This is a 3D laser surface scan of the nearly complete cranium of *Toxodon platensis*. The skull was purchased on 26 November 1833 by Darwin. It is between 126,000 and 11,700 years old. 

This has been scanned as part of the Museum’s Darwin Fossil Mammals digitisation project. Find out more at www.nhm.ac.uk/darwinsfossils.

**Comments:** This is the holotype specimen of *Toxodon platensis*. When a new species is proposed, a specimen is chosen to represent the species. This is called the type specimen or holotype. Types are important  and it is the responsibility of museums to care for these and make them available for study.

[What is *Toxodon*?
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**Specimen number:** NHMUK PV M 16560

Visit the dataset (https://doi.org/10.5519/0086786) and [specimen record](http://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/darwins-fossil-mammals/resource/dadf577f-fa52-4f48-8cdb-d11c98448009) on the Museum’s Data Portal for images and to request high resolution scan data.

Skull of Toxodon platensis

Species: *Miracinonyx trumani*

Pleistocene subfossil collected from a cave in the Grand Canyon during a 1936-1937 Civilian Conservation Corps expedition.

This fossil is in the collections at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Learn about paleontology in the National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/fossils/index.htm

Learn more about Grand Canyon National Park’s Centennial: https://www.nps.gov/grca/getinvolved/centennial.htm

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