Posted on 09/07/2017 8:23:59 PM PDT by MtnClimber
A rare triceratops skeleton was discovered by construction workers in Colorado.
The bones and skull were partially unearthed last Friday at the construction site of a new public safety building in Thornton, Colorado.
Denver Museum of Nature and Science curator of dinosaurs Joe Sertich said it is one of three triceratops skulls that's been found along the Front Range and had likely been there for at least 66 million years......
So far, crews have unearthed a horn and shoulder blade. Triceratops had two big horns over its eyes and a smaller nose horn.
Sertich said most fossils found in the Denver area are from the Ice Age roughly 10,000 to 12,000 years ago.
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I wonder if one of these is what has been eating my garden here in Colorado?
Another creature whites encroached upon and hunted to extinction. If only we had listened to our sleestak friends as we conquered the West.
The last reported specimens were said to be in Arizona’s Gwangi Valley in the 1800’s.
DIRHTAT/ST?
A triceratops would eat your garden in one bite!
On the bright side, it would leave enough manure for two more garden beds.
What caliber would a white exploiter use for a triceatops?
57 mm or larger. Just to be sure.
You don’t think a great shot with a .22 cal LR could take one? I don’t have a 57 mm.
The University of Colorado at Boulder has a triceratops skull on display in their museum. It is very impressive, just the skull is about half the size of a car.
I was going to suggest a 105mm recoilless rifle—but that’s just me...
That is a little south of where these guys are usually found; MT, ND, Canada.
I don’t have a 105mm recoilless rifle either. My biggest is a 375 H&H Mag. I don’t think I will stay up overnight guarding my garden. We are past the average first freeze date for where I live in Colordo.
Need to check the specimen for red blood cells.
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Nah- probably hippie out of work stoners
Cute! I want one.
Three horns sticking out of my head is how I feel with a hangover.
Couldn’t imagine living with it 24/7.
That’s only a few miles from my daughter’s house! Really cool. Amazing that they found it in what looks like dirt, not rock.
I am guessing this find was about 40 miles from my home,
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