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https://tsaagan.tumblr.com/post/170386535666/meet-a-mount-lane-the-triceratops Taxon: Triceratops horridus Specimen Number: BHI 6220 Year Created: 2012 And from Dr Bakker's tumblr page Taxon: Triceratops horridus Specimen Number: BHI 6220 Year Created: 2012 Dimensions: 25 feet long In 2002, a Black Hills Institute team retrieved the Triceratops known as âLaneâ from private land near Lusk, Wyoming
â the same area where Charles Sternberg found the classic âmummifiedâ Edmontosaurus in 1908. Like the Edmontosaurus, Lane was found with fossilized impressions of skin and other integument covering large portions of its body. Surprisingly, this specimen revealed
that Triceratops was almost certainly adorned with sizable quills or spines, which were spread evenly across its back and haunches. The Houston Museum of Natural Science purchased the Lane skeleton and integument impressions, both of which have been
on display in the museumâs enormous (30,000 square feet!) Hall of Paleontology since 2012. Exhibit curator Robert Bakker specifically instructed the BHI team to mount Lane in an energetic trotting pose. With two feet off the ground and its forelimbs held erect
and under its body, the Lane mount exudes speed and strength - and is a far cry from the sprawling AMNH Triceratops. At 85% complete, Lane is the single most intact Triceratops found to date. Nevertheless, a full description of the specimen and its skin impressions
has not yet been published. From: dinosaur-l-request@usc.edu
[mailto:dinosaur-l-request@usc.edu] On Behalf Of
Tyler Greenfield Does anyone happen to know the current specimen number for "Lane" the
Triceratops horridus? I know that it is currently on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, but have been unable to find an exact number. |