Oyvind Hammer, born 1968, has an M.Sc. in mathematical modelling from the University of Oslo, Norway. He has worked for a number of years at NoTAM, University of Oslo, as a researcher and teacher in computer music. He is now a PhD student in paleontology at the Museum of Paleontology in Oslo, working on computer models for the growth and morphogenesis of a number of fossil invertebrates. Click on image to open the movie, and press the play button to run the movie. Dorsal, longitudinal notochord Arrangement of musculature reminiscent of fish.
All chordates have a notochord and dorsally-situated nerve chord.
The British Museum of Natural History recently developed a Virtual Reality Project in an attempt to create 3D models, which can be rotated and enlarged for your viewing pleasure. They have used Paleozoic invertebrates as their test objects. Paleozoic invertebrates have become the focus of digital artists. See what Digital Burgess has to offer. The Dry Dredgers, an association of amateur geologists and fossil collectors, provides you insights into Ordovician fossils in the Cincinnatti area.