Paleontology Collection Digitization Initiative

You can now download and print 3D models of fossils from the CMM Paleontology Collection.

  • 3D .stl/.ply files are ready to print models of fossils in our collection.
  • 3D PDF files allow you to view and manipulate the fossils in real time on your computer.
  • CT Scans are the original images used to make the models. These are available upon request to those who want to work with the raw data.
This work was supported by IMLS Grant: MA-11-15-0218-15.
Additional support came from Jeff Siewardsen's I-STAR Lab at Johns Hopkins University and the Smithsonian Institution.

​Megalodon Shark Tooth

C. megalodon tooth
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Baleen Whale Fused Flipper

Fused Limb 3D
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CMM #: CMM-V-4268

Ankylosis and osteonecrosis in the pectoral limb of a baleen whale (Cetacea, Mysticeti) from the Miocene Calvert Formation of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, U.S.A.
John R. Nance | Morrie Kricun | Stephen J. Godfrey
First published: 19 September 2016
Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12363

Archaic Whale Skull

arc whale2 3d
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CMM #: CMM-V-4536

On the Olfactory Anatomy in an Archaic Whale (Protocetidae, Cetacea) and the Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Balaenopteridae, Cetacea)
Stephen J. Godfrey | Jonathan Geisler | Erich M.G. Fitzgerald
First published: 10 December 2012 
Link to publication: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ar.22637


Fused Lumbar Vertebrae

CMM-V-4235
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CMM #: CMM-V-4235

Mesoplodon

CMM-V-3991
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CMM #: CMM-V-3991