Sirena
The reconstruction was based on a cast of the three dimensional prepared skeleton of Kaupitherium bronni housed in the museum Ur- und Ortsgeschichte - Quadrat Bottrop, Bottrop, Deutschland (QB-4/12.721).
Voss, M., Hampe, O.: Evidence for two sympatric sirenian species (Mammalia, Tethytheria) in the early Oligocene of Central Europe, Journal of Paleontology, 91(2), 2017, p. 337–367
Scientific description of the original:
Voss, M.: „A new sea cow record from the lower Oligocene of western Germany: new indications on the skeletal morphology of Halitherium schinzii (Mammalia: Sirenia)“, Springer Verlag 2011
It was discovered in a gravelpit in Bottrop-Kirchheller Heide of Münster Lowland, Germany in 1988.
Museum für Ur- und Ortsgeschichte, Quadrat Bottrop, Bottrop Germany
All the bones are separate and missing portions were reconstructed using other material. These reconstructed parts of the skeleton are marked in one- colour so as to preserve the appearance of the original fossil.
The entire skeleton is mounted on a self-supporting, inconspicuous wire frame and is hanging under the ceiling with a weight of about 25 kg using stainless wire rope.
The cast is made of a high quality epoxy resin and coloured using a UV-lightproof acrylic paint and varnish.
about 2 m length, 74 cm wide
on demand
