Plesiocapparis prisca (NHMW-GEO-2024/0188/10422)

3D Model

This is a 3d model of a fossilised fruit originally described by F.V. Müller in 1871 as Plesiocapparis prisca. It dates back to the Cenozoic age.

This object is part of the historical ‘Ettingshausen collection’, which is on permanent loan from the Institute of Biology, University of Graz. It is not currently on display.

Specimen: Isolated coalified fruit, possibly with seeds preserved inside

Inventory number: NHMW-GEO-2024/0188/10422

Collection: NHMW, Geology & Palaeontology Dept., Palaeobotany (curator: Chris Mays)

Origin: A ‘deep lead’ gold mine near Haddon, SE of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

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Scanned & edited by A. Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the BMWKMS.