3D Cetacean Scanning

3D scans of ten Cetacean skulls collected between 1873 and 2007. The dataset contains both baleen and toothed whales including _Physeter macrocephalus_ (a sperm whale) the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator on Earth. Scanning was done by Kate Burton using a Creaform Go!Sc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richard Sabin, Kate Burton, Natalie Cooper, Anjali Goswami
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Natural History Museum 2018
Subjects:
Burton
Sperm whale
toothed whales
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5519/0020467
http://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/7cdac541-437d-4837-a767-dd1485cd65cc
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Summary:3D scans of ten Cetacean skulls collected between 1873 and 2007. The dataset contains both baleen and toothed whales including _Physeter macrocephalus_ (a sperm whale) the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator on Earth. Scanning was done by Kate Burton using a Creaform Go!Scan 50 structured light scanner and the scans were processed using Geomagic Wrap software. Specimen and context data was provided by Richard Sabin. For access to high resolution scans of these specimens please contact [Richard Sabin](http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/richard-sabin.html).

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