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Torosaurus Skeleton Map: Updated 12/3/17 Map of currently identified bones. |
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Illustration of Torosaurus by Artist Sergey Krasovsky |
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Joe Sertich on Site Joe Sertich, curator of dinosaurs, leads the exavation in Thornton, CO. |
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Joe Sertich with Site Worker Joe Sertich, curator of dinosaurs, speaks with one of the construction site managers who discovered the fossil. |
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Fossil Closeup A closeup of the Torosaurus fossil as it's unearthed.
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Museum Staff Dig Museum staff work around the Torosaurus bones, slowly uncovering more of the skeleton. |
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The Whole Team at Work Museum staff, Sauders construction staff and Museum volunteers work on site on August 30, 2017. |
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Site Dig Continued Staff and volunteers slowly reveal the 66 million year old Torosaurus. |
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DS_1026 Site photo from 8/30–9/1/17. |
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Site photo from 8/30–9/1/17.
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DS_0988 Site photo from 8/30–9/1/17. |
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Site photo from 8/30–9/1/17.
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DS_0728 Site photo from 8/30–9/1/17. |
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Site photo from 8/30–9/1/17.
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DS_5047 Site photo from 8/30–9/1/17. |
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Site photo from 8/30–9/1/17.
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Image 15 Site photo from 8/30–9/5/17. L-R: Bob Buck, Ken Paul, Fritz Koether, Mike Lacey |
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Site photo from 8/30–9/5/17. Shown: Natalie Toth
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Image 17 Site photo from 8/30–9/5/17. Shown: Natalie Toth |
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Site photo from 8/30–9/5/17. Shown: Fritz Koether
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Image 19 Site photo from 8/30–9/5/17. L-R: Natalie Toth, Ian Miller |
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Site photo from 8/30–9/5/17. L-R: Fireman, Mike Lacey, Mike Getty, Fritz Koether
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Image 21 Site photo from 8/30–9/5/17. |
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Image 22 Site photo from 8/30–9/5/17. Shown: Mike Getty |
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Image 23 Site photo from 8/30–9/5/17. |
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Site photo from 8/30–9/5/17. L-R: Ian Miller, Mike Getty
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Image 25 Site photo from 8/30–9/5/17. Shown: Ian Miller |
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Image 26 Site photo from 8/30–9/5/17. |
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Image 27 Site photo from 8/30–9/5/17. L-R (yellow vests): Joe Sertich, Bob Buck, Fritz Koether |
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Image 28 Site photo from 8/30–9/5/17. |
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Image 29 Site photo from 8/30–9/5/17. Shown: Ken Paul (front), Bob Buck |
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Image 30 Site photo from 8/30–9/5/17. L-R: Bob Buck, Ken Paul, Fritz Koether, Mike Lacey |
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Image 31 Torosaurus beak close up. |
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Image 32 Dr. Joe Sertich visits a Thornton elementary school close to the Torosaurus site. |
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Image 33 Dr. Joe Sertich visits a Thornton elementary school close to the Torosaurus site. |
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Image 34 Dr. Joe Sertich visits a Thornton elementary school close to the Torosaurus site. |
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Image 35 Dr. Joe Sertich visits a Thornton elementary school close to the Torosaurus site. |
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Image 36 Center: Torosaurus tooth |
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Image 37 L-R: Natalie Toth, Patrick Ervin (volunteer), Colton Phillips, Gage Phillips |
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Image 38 Back L-R: Gina Skelton, Chance Skelton, Marian Phillips, Galen Phillips Kneeling/kids: Colton Phillips, Sarah Phillips, Gage Phillips, Patrick Ervin (volunteer) |
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Image 39 L-R: Mike Getty, Ron Rutherford (volunteer), Natalie Toth, Cathy Kelley (volunteer), Mike Lacey (volunteer) |
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Image 41 L-R: Natalie Toth, Mike Getty |
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Image 42 Shown: Bob Buck |
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Image 43 L-R: Cathy Kelley (volunteer), Ron Rutherford (volunteer) |
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Image 44 Fossil being plastered to create the fossil jacket |
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Image 45 Torosaurus jaw bone |
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Image 46 L-R: Bob Buck (volunteer), Cliff Erickson (volunteer) working on the jaw bone. |
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Image 47 An exposed rib bone. |
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Image 48 L-R: Cliff Erickson (volunteer), Ron Rutherford (volunteer) with rib bone. |
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Image 49 Flipping the plaster jacket with a forklift. |
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Image 50 L-R: Ron Rutherford (volunteer), Joe Sertich with rib bone. |
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Image 51 L-R: Cliff Erickson (volunteer), Ron Rutherford (volunteer), Patrick Ervin (volunteer) |
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Image 52 L-R: Mike Lacey, Joe Sertich, Mike Getty in background |
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Image 53 L-R: Mike Getty, Sauders Construction, Inc. worker, Joe Sertich, Mike Lacey |
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Image 54 Mike Getty opening the plaster jacket. |
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Image 55 Mike Getty (foreground) opens the plaster jacket on Boettcher Plaza at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. |
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Image 56 Mike Getty (foreground) opens the plaster jacket on Boettcher Plaza at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. |
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Image 57 Mike Getty (foreground) opens the plaster jacket on Boettcher Plaza at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. |
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Image 58 Mike Getty (foreground) opens the plaster jacket on Boettcher Plaza at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. |
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Image 59 The fossil will be carefully cleaned and prepped in our Paleo Lab. |
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Image 60 Fossil and prep tool closeup. |
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Image 62 L-R: Natalie Toth, Cathy Kelley, Carol Lucking |
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Image 64 Far left clockwise: Joe Sertich, Cathy Kelley, Patrick Ervin, Carol Lucking, Salvador Bastion, Natalie Toth |
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