New Styxosaurus exhibit unveiled at southern Manitoba museum
The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre has unveiled a new exhibit featuring a 3D-printed skeleton of a Styxosaurus. The museum used advanced 3D technology and artificial intelligence to reconstruct the ancient marine reptile.
Why it matters
This demonstrates the growing role of digital preservation and AI in paleontology, allowing museums to display complete specimens that were previously incomplete.
The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in Morden unveiled its new Styxosaurus exhibit on Friday, showing off large reconstructions of the long-neck plesiosaur that once swam tens of millions of years ago during the Cretaceous period.
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