Dodo Skull (NHMW-ZOO-VS-97061)

3D Model

3D scan of a plaster cast of a dodo skull (Raphus cucullatus). The original skull is now in the Natural History Museum of Denmark (former Copenhagen Zoological Museum) and originates the collection of the museum in Gottorf Castle (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany).

The skull can be found in Hall 31 of the NHM Vienna.

This object was digitized for the go!digital 3.0 project bITEM.

Specimen: Raphus cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Inventory number: NHMW-ZOO-VS-97061

Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, 1st Zoological Dept., Bird Coll. (curator: Swen Renner)

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Scanned and edited by Viola Winkler & Nikola Brodtmann (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.