Researchers begin piecing together dinosaur fossils

More than 113 fossilized bones belonging to a triceratops have been dug up annually since their discovery in 2019. Researchers are now beginning to piece the fossils together.

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October 24, 2024 - 2:31 PM

A “simulation” of what the fossil will look like after it is reconstructed, the college said. The unshaded bones represent those the Westminster team has recovered since 2019. Photo by Westminster College/TNS

The groundbreaking discovery of a 66-million-year-old dinosaur continues to reveal itself years after a piece of it was first spotted, Missouri researchers said.

A South Dakota rancher found the tip of the triceratops’ horn while fixing a fence in the Badlands in 2019, and since then researchers from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, have made annual trips to dig up over 113 fossilized bones belonging to “Shady.”

During this summer’s excavation, the group from the university dug up one of Shady’s largest bones — the sacrum — along with 11 other…

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