Pareiasaur Scutosaurus karpinskii skull

3D Model

A cast of the pareiasaur Scutosaurus karpinskii (Amalitskii, 1922) skull. The cast belongs to the collection of the Paleontological museum of Saint Petersburg State University. A 3D scan was performed by Grigoriev Dmitry using a structure light based 3D scanner RangeVision Spectrum.

The cast of fossil skull (holotype) made in Paleontological laboratory in Warsaw (Poland) under the guidance of Vladimir Amalitzky in 1908-1914. It is currently held and exhibited at the Paleontological museum of Saint Petersburg State University. In 2020 the paint surface of this cast was restored by Ekaterina Ageeva under the guidance of prof. Vladimir S. Torbik (chair of restavration of SPbU) and Vadim Glinsky (Paleontological museum of SPbU).