Cervalces scotti, Tyson Spring Cave, MN, USA

Submitted by cwidga on Wed, 12/03/2014 - 10:34
Model Image: 
Repository: 
Illinois State Museum, Research and Collections Center, Springfield, IL
Taxon: 
Cervalces scotti (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Cervidae)
Chronological Age: 
Quaternary

3d model of partial Cervalces scotti cranium from Tyson Spring Cave, Fillmore County, MN.

Locality and Horizon: 
Tyson Spring Cave, Fillmore County, MN, USA. Silty cave fill from side passage of main cave. Efforts to direct date by radiocarbon were unsuccessful.
Specimen details: 
ISM 499314; Illinois State Museum, Research and Collections Center, Springfield, IL. Specimen is left frontal and attached (partial) antler. No other portions of this moose have been found in the cave, to date.
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Unpublished 3D scan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 Tyson Spring Cervalces skull.stl
File Information: 
File is a 3D surface model in STL format. This file was rendered a 3D texture scan performed on a Next Engine HD 3D scanner. The resulting model was exported from Scanstudio as an STL, and repaired in Netfabb Basic (www.netfabb.com). This model is to scale. Size: ~77 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/).