Steller's Sea Cow NMNH - Paris

3D Model

This is a 3D model of a complete Steller’s Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) specimen on display at the Gallery of Comparative Anatomy at the National Museum of Natural History, Paris. The animal is named after Georg Wilhelm Steller who first encountered its kind during Vitus Bering’s 1740-1742 expedition in the Bering Sea. Within decades of being encountered by European explorers, it was hunted to extinction.

3D model was made in from 1309 images processed in Reality Capture. Additional processing was completed in Geomagic Wrap, InstantMeshes, Substance Designer, and Blender.