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Re: [dinosaur] "Lane" Triceratops specimen number



As I said, Lane is currently housed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and no longer at the Black Hills Institute. Even then BHI 6220 is the wrong former specimen number, as according to Larson et al. (2007) it was BHI 6273.

https://incertaesedisblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/larson-et-al.-2007.pdf

On Nov 28, 2019, at 2:09 PM, Richard W. Travsky <RTravsky@uwyo.edu> wrote:

 

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

 

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wwrXq6A1cKwJ:https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/robert-bakker+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

 

 

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
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2019 3:01 AM
To: dinosaur-l@usc.edu
Subject: [dinosaur] "Lane" Triceratops specimen number

 

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.