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Primeval Dwarf Horse (NHMW-Geo 1993/0035/0001) 3D Model.
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3D scan of a primeval dwarf horse (Eurohippus messelensis) fossil from Messel, which is todays Darmstadt, Germany. Fossils from this area are extraordinarily good preserved. That is because 47 million years ago there was a tropical forest around Lake Messel, and on its floor the oxygen-deprived environment prevented decomposition of the corpses that sunk into the lake.
This primeval dwarf horse of Messel is Number 28 of the NHM Top 100 and can be found in Hall 9 in Showcase 68 at the NHM Vienna.
Specimen: Eurohippus messelensis (Haupt, 1925)
Inventory Number: NHMW-Geo 1993/0035/0001
Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, Geology & Paleontology Dept., Vetrebrate Coll. (curator: Ursula Göhlich)
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Scanned and edited by Anna Haider & Viola Winkler (NHMW)
Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG 3D Model is ready to download for free, this model contains 250000 polygons.