Dire Wolf, Dunlap, IA, USA

Submitted by cwidga on Tue, 12/02/2014 - 20:54
Model Image: 
Repository: 
Sanford Museum and Planetarium, Cherokee, IA
Taxon: 
Canis dirus (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae)
Chronological Age: 
24,000 BP

This is a 3D model in STL format of a partial cranium of Canis dirus (dire wolf) from Dunlap, Cherokee Co., IA, USA.

Locality and Horizon: 
Mauer Gravel Pit, near Dunlap, Crawford County, IA, USA. Collected from Wisconsin-aged gravels by W.D. Frankforter and J. Beals, 1959.
Specimen details: 
Specimen is an isolated posterior portion of cranium found in association with proboscidean tusk fragments.
File download: 
File Canisdirus_skull_CrawfordIAa (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: ~55 Mb, uncompressed.
Additional Details: 
This specimen is on display in the Sanford Museum and Planetarium, Cherokee, IA, USA.