The Story of "Opie": The Ophthalmosaurus Model

"Opie" is a 13-foot reptilian model of an Ophthalmosaurus, a type of Jurassic-era Ichthyosaur at Western Illinois University's Museum of Geology, located in Tillman Hall 118 on the WIU-Macomb campus.

This video shows how Bob Johnson, curator of WIU's Museum of Geology, along with some WIU students, conceptualized and constructed the model over a three-year period.

More information about "Opie" is available at http://www.wiu.edu/news/newsrelease.php?release_id=8036

More information about WIU's Museum of Geology is available at http://www.wiu.edu/cas/geology/museum.php

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Education

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• Ophthalmosaurus
• Western Illinois University
• WIU
• model
• geology
• museum
• college
• campus
• Jurassic
• Ichthyosaur