Triceratops returns to Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØcampus, bigger and better than ever!
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder is now home to a full-scale Triceratops skeleton cast! This replica of the first mounted Triceratops in the world is based on bones from 10 different specimens of Triceratops horridus, collected in Wyoming in the early 1890s. Ìý
Dedicated visitors of the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History will remember the recent departure of the Triceratops skull, on loan for 41 years from the Smithsonian Institution.ÌýThe Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ is excited to announce that, in exchange, the Smithsonian generously gifted their historic Triceratops horridus fossil skeleton cast to the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØMuseum. Ìý Ìý
Thanks to one of CU’s paleontologists, Dr. Jaelyn Eberle, and a range of staff across campus puzzling on its placement, the Triceratops skeleton is now on display in the atrium entryway of the building, located on CU’s East Campus.
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Image credit: (above) Struthiomimus and Triceratops, Douglas Henderson, pastel on paper, 1999. From the children's book, Asteroid Impact, 2000.Ìý
Visit the Triceratops
The Triceratops cast is on display in the atrium of the SEEC building on East Campus.Ìý
Explore the Exhibit Online
Learn about when Triceratops roamed Colorado andÌýa case of mistaken identity.Ìý
About the Cast
The cast on display is made from ten different Triceratops specimens.
How the Triceratops Outgrew the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØMuseum
The Triceratops' history at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØMuseum of Natural History, the Smithsonian, and SEEC. Ìý