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Triceratops trio unearthed in Wyoming
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There were three of them, one of them probably a
child, and at least one met a gruesome end at the
hands of a terrifying predator (Tyrannosaurus
rex). About 67 million years later, a Wyoming
rancher led scientists to their remains. Now
experts are digging out one of the most complete
skeletons yet of a Triceratops, the three-horned,
plant-eating dinosaur that was one of the last of
the giant reptiles. Excavation began in May and
is expected to take about a month. The dig is
going on near Newcastle, Wyoming, more than 200
miles north of Cheyenne. Triceratops lived in the
twilight of the Cretaceous Period, about a half a
million years before the dinosaurs' extinction.
"This is potentially a site where we can learn
the behavior of two different species."
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