Dracorex hogwartsia may have looked like a fearsome dragon, but it was actually a gentle plant-eating dinosaur. This spiny bone-headed dinosaur was named after Hogwarts, the fictional academy attended by Harry Potter. The fossil remains of this fantastic beast were found in South Dakota, USA. It lived in the Late Cretaceous, 66 million year ago, at the end of the age of the dinosaurs.

This fossil belongs to The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. This site is one of the many Indianapolis Community and Cultural Heritage Organizations that was selected to highlight the history of Indianapolis. IUPUI University Library is collaborating with Connections XR to preserve and provide access to 3D objects using generous funding from the Indianapolis Foundation, Library Fund.

The skull was 3D scanned using a Creaform Go! Scan Spark. Once scanned the data was cleaned up and optimized using our proprietary in house pipeline and published on Sketchfab.