Scimitar-Cat, Tyson Spring Cave, MN

Submitted by cwidga on Tue, 12/02/2014 - 15:51
Model Image: 
Repository: 
Illinois State Museum, Research and Collections Center, Springfield, IL
Taxon: 
Homotherium serum (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae: Machairodontinae)
Chronological Age: 
29000 BP

This file is the 3D surface model for the posterior portion of a cranium of Homotherium serum (Scimitar-cat).

Locality and Horizon: 
Tyson Spring Cave, Fillmore County, MN, USA. Quaternary channel gravels from interior of cave.
Specimen details: 
ISM 499313; Illinois State Museum, Research and Collections Center, Springfield, IL. Specimen is posterior portion of cranium found in June 2008, and associated with portions of the post-cranial skeleton (i.e., Humerus, Scapula, Astragalus, Rib).
Citation: 
Widga, C., Fulton, T. L., Martin, L. D., & Shapiro, B. (2012). Homotherium serum and Cervalces from the Great Lakes Region, USA: geochronology, morphology and ancient DNA. Boreas, 41(4), 546-556.
Source Data: 
Unpublished 3D scan
File download: 
File Homotherum_SKU_TysonSpring (repaired).stl
File Information: 
File is a 3D surface model in STL format. This file was rendered from the original CT scans in the open-source imaging program 3D Slicer 4.3 (available from www.slicer.org) and repaired in Netfabb Basic (www.netfabb.com). This model is to scale. Size: ~35 Mb, uncompressed.
Additional Details: 
We would like to acknowledge the assistance and generosity of John Ackerman and Clay Kraus of the Minnesota Cave Preserve (https://www.cavepreserve.com/).