Deinocroton draculi

3D Model

3D model based on CT-scan of a male Deinocroton draculi, or “Dracula’s terrible tick”, a new tick species preserved in 99 million-year-old Burmese amber published in the open access Nature Communications article “Ticks parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages”.

Artist: Oscar Sanisidro (University of Kansas). Software used: Pixologic ZBrush.