Friday, November 14, 2008

One of 4 triceratop skeletons in the world comes to the Boston Museum of Science




Cliff, one of only four complete triceratop skeletons in the world, is on display at the Boston Museum of Science starting tomorrow, Saturday, November 15, according to an article in the Boston Globe.

His skeleton was unearthed in 2004 in the badlands of North Dakota. In April of 2008, an unidentified Boston-area buyer purched the skeleton at Christie's auction house in France for nearly $950,000, named the skeleton after his grandfather, Cliff, and offered to loan the skeleton to the Boston Museum of Science for the next seven years. Cliff is the only the second dinosaur skeleton that has been bought and sold at auction.

He arrived at the museum in September, shipped in 10 crates. To watch the assembly process, click on the video below.

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