Paleontologists from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science quickly got to work identifying the partial skeleton found in Highlands Ranch, a short drive south of Denver.
Now, they say it was an adult triceratops buried in the bedrock — and the fossils were 68 million years old.
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“It’s always exciting to get a call about possible fossils, and I can’t wait to share more details as we continue to dig,” Tyler Lyson said, according to the museum’s press release.
“Finds like this, while relatively rare, are a great reminder of how dynamic our planet is and how much more there is out there to discover.”
Believe it or not, Denver is a fossil hotspot, especially when it comes to triceratops.
Source: Scientists say 68 million year old bones found in Colorado are those of a triceratops
