Pygmy Right Whale (Caperea marginata) skeleton

3D Model

Neonate pygmy right whale skeleton, collected in Victoria, Australia in 2019, approximately 185cm long. There are many fascinating aspects to the anatomy in this specimen - features characteristic of very young juveniles, morphology unique to this species or to whales in general, and injuries to the skeleton in this particular individual.

Specimen Number: (NMV C40064) (Museums Victoria).

Scanning: CT scanned (Siemens Somatom go.UP medical CT) at Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University. Segmented using Mimics (v. 21.0) & meshes re-articulated in Blender 2.82. Some elements were digitally repaired and mirrored for this visualisation. Scanning, processing and scene creation by Hazel Richards and David Hocking.

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