The dinosaur was found in Montana after a rainstorm, then excavated and transported to Australia. A permanent exhibit recently opened in the Melbourne Museum, allowing visitors to view the fearsome animal up close.
The late-afternoon sun shone down on a sandstone ridge in Montana, illuminating a large sinkhole that had been soaked from rain showers earlier in the day. Commercial paleontologist Craig Pfister said he spotted parts of a pelvis and femur bones glinting in the light while he was meandering on private land.
Little did Pfister know that he had stumbled across one of the most complete skeletons of the mighty Triceratops. "At that time, I suspected or hoped it was something special, but it took another month of excavation before I knew the extent and quality of the specimen," he said. It's called Horridus, a name given to the specimen by its new owner Museums Victoria, Australia's largest public museum organization.
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