Yes, we finally turned the digital model of Australovenator's arm into a solid 3D printed reality!


So how did we do this?, Turns out there are a number of ways to "print out" a digital model. You can carve it out of  solid block of material using a computer-numeric-controlled (CNC) "chisel" (basically a spinning router bit mounted on a...
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To my my mind, the most exciting thing about Banjo, our specimen of Australovenator wintonensis, is his arm. He's a theropod predator of the T. rex body type but he's wonderfully different, especially in the arm and hand department.

T. rex is a huge animal with an equally huge head. It uses its head as the primary weapon; it just crunches into prey. The arms don't amount to much, in fact they're so small that their practical use is still not understood. Same goes for many other theropod di...
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