Palaeontology CollectionInstitute of Speleology "Emil Racoviță"
Explore interactive 3D models of palaeontological material from caves and karst areas of Romania. Specimens can be rotated and zoomed right in the page.
Digitised Palaeontological Heritage
Caves act as natural traps that preserve bones, teeth and other fossil remains, often in remarkable condition. Material recovered from endokarstic deposits is an archive of past faunas and of the conditions in which they lived.
3D digitisation makes the specimens in the collection accessible to researchers and the public without physical handling. Each model can be examined from any angle. Full-resolution original files are available on request for research purposes.
Interactive 3D Viewer
Select a model from the gallery · Drag = rotate · Shift+Drag = pan · Scroll = zoom · You can also drop a .PLY file onto the canvas
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