Paleontologists digging in northeastern Wyoming have uncovered fossilized remains of three triceratops—possibly the most complete specimens of the dinosaurs yet found.
The triceratops bones were initially discovered by a rancher who owns the land in Newcastle, Wyo., just west of Mt. Rushmore. What is grassland today would have looked more like a subtropical flatland when the dinosaurs called it home during the Cretaceous period. So far the dig has uncovered bones from three triceratops—two adults and a juvenile about half their size.
Paleontologists think the three dinosaurs may have been a family, which could offer new insights into triceratops behavior and development. But there isn’t a happy ending to their story. Some of the largest dinosaur’s bones appear to have been bitten through, and researchers from the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research are pointing fingers at Tyrannosaurus rex...
HA! Toroceratops takes a hit.