3D scan of a model of the giant clam (Tridacna gigas). These mollusks can form shells up to 1.4 meters in length and their bodies can weight over 250 kilograms. They live as harmless filter feeders in coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific ...

3D scan of a juvenile black caiman (Melanosuchus niger), that measures 1.08 meters. These carnivorous reptiles are one of the largest extant members of the order Crocodilia and can reach a length of up to 5 meters! Black caimans live ...

3D scan of a Southern stout-legged moa (Euryapteryx curtus gravis) skeleton from the Holocene. Moas are extinct birds that lived on New Zealand. This skeleton was donated to the museum by Dr. Julius Ritter von Haast in 1884. This ...

3D scan of a fossilized primitive bird, the extinct Confuciusornis sanctus dated 125 million years ago and found in the Liaoning province, China. The lagerstätte in China is an El Dorado for paleontologists and evolutionary ...

3D scan of one of the 27 existing skeletons of the extinct Steller’s sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) worldwide. Steller’s sea cow was up to 8 meters long, weighted about 4 tons and lived in the Northern Pacific. They were very social, ...

3D scan of one of the only known complete fossilized skeletons of a giant marine turtle (Archelon ischyros), the largest marine turtle that ever lived and could reach a length of nearly 5 meters. These giants inhabited and cavorted ...

3D scan of a bronze bird wagon from the Bronze/Iron Age (ca. 800 BC). It was found in Glasinac near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1880. The bird wagon is an outstanding piece of art made by prehistoric bronze casters and a rare ...

3D model based on a microCT scan of the tooth that represents the holotype of Cretacladoides noricum, which is about 138 million years old (Early Cretaceous). The tooth was found in a limestone from the Calcareous Alps in upper ...

3D scan of a gharial skull (Gavialis gangeticus). Complete skulls of these animals are very rare, which makes this object quite special. These reptiles are domestic to Nepal and India and live in freshwater rivers. The gharial is one ...

3D scan of a juvenile American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Alligators are native to the southeastern United States and to northeastern Mexico. They live in freshwater wetlands such as marshes and swamps. Apart from this ...

3D scan of a Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), the largest lizard species in the world. The males grow up to 3 m long and weigh 70 kg. This specimen is around 2.3 m long (from snout to tail). The Komodo dragon lives on the island of ...