Bringing Xiphactinus Back to Life

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Bringing Xiphactinus Back to Life

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While developing the second phase of their Cretaceous Sea Exhibition, The Hastings Museum in Hastings, NE commissioned a life-size model of a Xiphactinus from Gary Staab, a paleo artist based in Kearney, MO. The Xiphactinus was a large predator fish that lived in the Western Interior Sea during the late Cretaceous Period and skeletal remains of this “X-fish” have been found in many parts of North America, Europe, and Australia. Luckily for us, Gary and his team documented the painstakingly detailed process of creating the life-like model in the excellent video above. [Thanks, Jo!]

4 thoughts on “Bringing Xiphactinus Back to Life

  1. Chet says:

    Kearney is in NE, near Hastings, not in MO.

    1. Bringing Xiphactinus Back to Life Matt Richardson says:

      There may be a Kearney in Nebraska, but Staab Studios is definitely in Kearney, MO.

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Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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