World’s Most Complete Triceratops Dinosaur Skeleton

Horridus is the world’s most complete and most finely preserved Triceratops. The Triceratops fossil was discovered on private land in Montana in 2014.
The Triceratops skeleton is nearly 85% complete, standing about 2.5 meters (8 feet) tall, 7 meters (23 feet) long, weighing 1,000 kilograms (2,205 pounds) and is made up of 266 bones.
The skull is 98% complete and is tipped with two slender horns at the brow and a stubby horn atop the nose, the flat neck frill spans 4.9 feet (1.5 m), and the skull weighs about 575 pounds (261 kg).
HORRIDUS FACTS
♦ Nicknamed "Horridus" after the species name (Triceratops Horridus)
♦ 266 bones have been recovered, making up 85 per cent of the skeleton.
♦ The skull of the fossil is 99 per cent complete and weighs 261kg.
♦ Horridus has an enormous frill and three fearsome horns.
♦ Weighing 6000-12,000kg when alive, Horridus is larger than a full-grown African elephant.
♦ Horridus roamed the Earth during the late Cretaceous period, around 66-68 million years ago.
♦ The fossil weighs more than 1000kg or a tonne, is 6-7m long and stands about 2m tall.
The fully assembled skeleton is now on permanent display, at the Melbourne Museum in Australia.
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CREDIT LINKS
► Museums Victoria KZbin Channel - / @museumvictoria
► Museums Victoria Website -- melbournemuseu...
► Horridus 3D Model - museumsvictori...
► Finished Dinosaur Exhibit Footage - filmed by Wonder World
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Impossible not to be awestruck, indeed.

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As a triceratops fan with triceratops being my nummber 1 favorite dinosaur. I aplaud to everyone who worked on completing skeletol reconstruction of this big boy👏

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As a Triceratops Fan, this blows me away. I have never seen such a completed specimen, and he's majestic even in fossil form! I was having a bad moment cause of art block and feeling down, but seeing Horridus and learning about him made me feel better! Thank you for uploading this! ^^

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Just incredible.

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This is my favorite Dino ever. Brought so many memories of my Childhood plays w my Dino Toys haha.

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My favorite dino

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Amazing

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Pretty sure Lane the Triceratops is a better specimen

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How many dinosaurs lived in Montana? Quite a few it seems.

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Blue ranger would be proud

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I'm so confused, wheres the triceratops? Just a video about a guy finding a map n the chimney

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Melbourne Museum, Victoria, Australia

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Does the skeleton is real???

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Hey, you know whats even cooler than a Triceratops? EVERY OTHER DINOSAUR THAT EVER EXISTEDDD.