La Plata Dolphin Skull

3D Model

Cranium and mandible of a La Plata dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei, (specimen UF mamm 18781) from the Mammalogy collections at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Cranium is 37.48 cm in length from tip of the snout to the posterior end of occipital condyle.

Scanned using an Artec Space Spider structured light scanner, at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s 3D lab. Scanning and modelling funded by the oVert TCN project at the University of Florida (NSF DBI-1701714) https://tinyurl.com/oVertwiki.

Model available on MorphoSource: https://www.morphosource.org/concern/biological_specimens/000361136