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Triceratops Skull – Research Quality Cast Replica
27 May 2010, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$6,300 - US$7,800
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Triceratops horridus
Late Cretaceous - Maastrichtian
Hell Creek Formation, Harding County, South Dakota
This research quality cast replica exemplifies one of the most well-known giants of the Age of Dinosaurs. Triceratops' famous three horns and large bony frill, besides giving this creature lasting celebrity, may have served several purposes. Undoubtedly helpful in protecting the animal from predatory Cretaceous contemporaries, such as T. rex, its horns may also have been used by this herbivore for uprooting giant prehistoric trees, and its frill for extra protection as the trees fell. Its powerful jaws and very coarse teeth could have then vertically sliced and pulverized entire trees.
Cast from the most complete disarticulated original sub-adult Triceratops skull ever prepared by the highly respected Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, this piece emanates an impressive prehistoric presence. One of the advantages of working with disarticulated skull bones is that they retain their original shape, which produces a more accurate representation of the once-living creature's structure when it is re-articulated. That integrity is clearly seen in this piece. The original specimen, from which the cast was created, was discovered and collected by Steve Sacrison.
Length measures approximately 5 ½ feet (1.7m); Width measures 4 feet (1.2 m)
Late Cretaceous - Maastrichtian
Hell Creek Formation, Harding County, South Dakota
This research quality cast replica exemplifies one of the most well-known giants of the Age of Dinosaurs. Triceratops' famous three horns and large bony frill, besides giving this creature lasting celebrity, may have served several purposes. Undoubtedly helpful in protecting the animal from predatory Cretaceous contemporaries, such as T. rex, its horns may also have been used by this herbivore for uprooting giant prehistoric trees, and its frill for extra protection as the trees fell. Its powerful jaws and very coarse teeth could have then vertically sliced and pulverized entire trees.
Cast from the most complete disarticulated original sub-adult Triceratops skull ever prepared by the highly respected Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, this piece emanates an impressive prehistoric presence. One of the advantages of working with disarticulated skull bones is that they retain their original shape, which produces a more accurate representation of the once-living creature's structure when it is re-articulated. That integrity is clearly seen in this piece. The original specimen, from which the cast was created, was discovered and collected by Steve Sacrison.
Length measures approximately 5 ½ feet (1.7m); Width measures 4 feet (1.2 m)