Diplodocus carnegii (NHMW-Geo 1909/0004/0003)3D Model
3D scan of a skeleton cast of the Diplodocus carnegii. These dinosaurs roamed North America 150 million years ago, during the Morrison formation in the Jurassic.
This cast was gifted to Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1909 from the American tycoon Mr. Andrew Carnegie. The original skeleton of “Dippy” is mounted in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburg, PA, USA.
The Diplodocus skeleton is the biggest exhibit at the NHM Vienna and Number 29 of the NHM Top 100. It can be found in Hall 10.
Specimen: Diplodocus carnegii Hatcher, 1901
Inventory number: NHMW-Geo 1909/0004/0003
Origin: Sheep Creek, Wyoming, USA
Collection: NHMW, Geology & Paleontology Dept., Vertebrate Coll. (curator: Ursula Göhlich)
Find out more about the NHMW here.
Scanned by Robin Koger, Manuel Preslmayr, Rayyan Salem Ahmed, Viola Winkler & Anna Haider (NHM Wien)
Edited by A. Haider and V. Winkler
Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.
3D model updated on 26.6.2024
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14 comments
@evolution.biologique Happy to hear and we hope you have a great visit at the museum if you visit!
Thanks for the correction. I hope to visit your museum if not this year then at least next year.
@evolution.biologique Hi there, we are sorry it took as a while to reply. You are completely right, that parts of the skeleton were missing. We reprocessed the 3D model (hence the long wait for an answer) and reuploaded it today. Thank you for making us aware of the error and we hope you enjoy the reuploaded 3D model! Greetings from Vienna
very nice model, thank you for sharing it, but where are the two ischiums of the pelvic girlde?
@MichaelPTaylor Hi Mike, thank you for your interesting question. We had a look at the cast again to be sure and it seems to be the same situtation as found in the original mount. I will send you some pictures to the e-Mail listed on your website. Hope this helps and greetings from Vienna, Viola
Hello, Vienna musum! I am the Mike Taylor from the University of Bristol who specialises in sauropods, see miketaylor.org.uk/dino/pubs if interested. It seems from your scan that the Vienna cast has large atlas ribs similar to those on the French cast — see svpow.com/2022/11/23/putative-atlantal-r... — but which are absent from the Carnegie Museum's original mount and the London cast. I would love to obtain better photos of this region of your mount if you are able to supply them. Thank you!
@nebulousflynn Thank you, Thomas!
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Thanks for posting such great 3D! Share the collection on social media to get even more eyes on your work.
@rcaranda Hey there! Happy to hear you like this scan! We appreciate it Greetings from Vienna
@lior304805 Thank you!
I applaud your efforts in scanning this huge Dino! And thank you for making it publicly available for download.
@NHMWien If you need help in processing 3D models or digital reconstructions for museums - I do it. You can write to me.
@lior304805 Hi there! Happy to hear you enjoy this 3D model! As we scanned the whole mounted skeleton we do not have a 3D model separated by bones. We hope you still find use for this model! Greetings from Vienna
Thank you very much for this file! Is it possible to ask you for a model seperated by bones as subtools?