REPLICAS

Crown of Bone's skull replicas are 3D printed using PLA filament, which is biodegradable. The replicas are made from scans of real skulls primarily in museum collections. Read below for information about the original specimens and links to the 3D models which were used.

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  • Aegyptopithecus zeuxis

    Jebel Qatrani Formation, Egypt
    Scan provided by the University of Liège

    Aegyptopithecus is an extinct primate from the early Oligocene, and a possible evolutionary link between Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys) and apes.

  • AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANT
    Loxodonta cyclotis
    (young bull)
    Specimen ID: DUNUC 1971
    D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee

    3D model

  • ATLANTIC WOLFFISH
    Anarhichas lupus

    Natural History Museum of the Valencia University
    Collection number: MUVHNZD0409

    3D model

  • Australopithecus afarensis

    “Lucy”

    Hadar, Ethiopia

    Scan provided by the University of Liège

  • Specimen from the Paul Sabatier University
    Scanned and prepared by @JChanteloupUPS and made available under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
    Original 3D model

  • Strix varia

    RISD Nature Lab
    Accession number: 158.14
    Specimen scanned and digitally sculpted by Louis Rakovich

    The 3D model was created by Louis Rakovich, who scanned the barred owl skull and digitally sculpted the model. The model was provided by the RISD Nature Lab under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

    Original 3D model
    3D printable model by @Bone’s man

  • Canis lupus familiaris
    The 3D model was created by @remi.rafael from a CT scan of a living 5 year old, 4kg chihuahua and is available for use under a Creative Commons Attribuion-Share Alike license.

    3D printable model by @remi.rafael

  • RISD Nature Lab
    Accession number: 509.14
    Specimen scanned and digitally sculpted by Louis Rakovich

    Original 3D model

  • Rhinolophys ferrumequinum
    (depicted at 5 times life size)
    Museum catalog number: 42069
    Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences

    The 3D model was created from a microCT scan of a juvenile male greater horseshoe bat skull, collected on 10/12/1960 in Vanista, Albania.The scan was provided by the Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
    Specimen data and original scans
    Original 3D model
    3D printable model by @anthroterrie

  • Sarcoramphus papa
    RISD Nature Lab
    Accession number: 242.03
    Specimen scanned and digitally sculpted by Louis Rakovich
    Model source

  • Corvus corax
    Original specimen: DUNUC 1715 & 1715/1
    D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee
    The 3D model was provided by the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee. It was created from a microCT scan of the original specimen and is available for use under a CC0 Public Domain license.

    Original 3D model
    3D printable model by @anthroterrie

  • Haliaeetus pelagicus
    Zoological Museum of Moscow State University

    Model source

  • Canis lupus
    Specimen ID: MP 408
    The Krystyna and Włodzimierz Tomek Natural Science Museum in Ciężkowice

    The original skull is from a female wolf. The specimen was collected in 1966 in Jastrzębie, Gromnik Forest District, Poland and is housed at the Krystyna and Włodzimierz Tomek Natural Science Museum in Ciężkowice. It was digitized by the RDW MIC, Virtual Malopolksa project and is available for use under a Creative Commons-Attribution license.

    Specimen data and photographs
    Original 3D model
    3D printable model by @brentglover1970