Horridus Is One Of The Most Complete Triceratops Fossils On Earth

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It is called Horridus by Museums Victoria its new owner, Australia’s biggest public museum. Its full name is Triceratops horridus and it lived 67 million years ago.

Pfister is also the owner of Great Plains Paleontology. This company is based in Madison and scouts out fossils. He said that he has discovered many Tyrannosaurus Rex specimens over his 30-year-long career. But Horridus is still one of his favorite dinosaurs.

Pfister spent more than a decade excavating the bones after he discovered the remains of a dinosaur in 2014.

This is understandable considering that the Triceratops leftover 266 bones for paleontologists to discover.

The skeleton traveled from North America in eight special containers to reach its new home at Melbourne Museum.