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Click here to see the BioModels made of the recently discovered Homo floresiensis Hobbit Skull

Anatomical replication need not be restricted to surgery. BioModelling has demonstrated utility in the natural sciences of:

• Paleontology
• Anthropology
• Archeology
• Forensics

Non-invasive high-resolution CT scanning provides the data for replication of specimens for examination and display. Such BioModels can be built in "cut away" to allow visualisation of internal structures (in a skull for example). See the following examples of Paleontological BioModelling. Most recently, Anatomics created BioModels of the Homo floresiensis "Hobbit" skull found in Indonesia, and a complete Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) skeleton for the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (Feature coming soon).

Juvenile Diprotodontid Skull BioModel

20 to 25 million years old, found in Riversleigh, Northern Australia. The fossil of this child wombat-like marsupial skull, of type Silvabestius, was preserved after the animal fell into a tar-pit with its mother.

Reconstruction of adult and juvenile Diprotodontid

The Queensland Museum came to Anatomics for BioModelling of this rare and fragile specimen. Several SLA BioModels of this specimen were made and painted following non-invasive CT scanning, allowing display of its form in several locations around Australia. The original specimen is now safely locked away.

3D rendering and BioModel of the specimen

Extinct New Caledonian Wood Rail Bird

Researchers from Monash University, Melbourne approached Anatomics regarding the replication of the leg bones of a New Caledonian Wood Rail (Tricholimnas lafresnayanus) that had been stored in the MacLeay Museum, Sydney. The flightless bird had become extinct in 1890 and is one of only two specimens in Australia, from fifteen world-wide. The biomodel was needed for the categorisation of bone fragments found in the field. As the specimen had been expertly preserved by a taxidermist, to extract the leg bones from the specimen for field work would irreparably damage the complete specimen. So the researchers scanned the specimen's legs, then brought the data to Anatomics for processing, optimisation, build file generation, and construction of 2 SLA BioModels - one of each leg.

BioModel of the Wood Rail Bird

The specimens were then used in the field by researchers, the original specimen stored safely away.

"Fangaroo" Skull BioModel

An extinct kangroo like creature

SLA BioModel of the frontal portion of the skull of a "fangaroo" - a ancestor of the kangaroo with fangs. The specimen was one of several extinct skulls that Anatomics replicated using the BioBuild System for the Australian Museum in Sydney, Australia. Notice the fang-like teeth on the creature.

Other Resources

• Stereolithographic (SL) Biomodelling in Paleontology: A Technical Note.
• Testamonial from a leading Paleontologist regarding Anatomics.
  

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