Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Triceratops

	Image 1 Triceratops Head: This is a view of the head of a life-sized skeleton cast of a Triceratops horned dinosaur that The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has acquired. It will be on display beginning December 18. It is a replica of a mount on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Created by Canadian museum-exhibit fabricators Research Casting International, the head showcases the creature’s short nose horn, two long brow horns, as well as a broad, saddle-shaped frill projecting from the back of the skull. The species lived during the Late Cretaceous period, from 68 million to 65 million years ago. It ranged in length from 20 to 28 feet, was approximately 10-foot tall and probably weighed about 5 tons.
	Image 2 The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has acquired a 21-foot-long, full-sized replica of a Triceratops dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, from 68 million to 65 million years ago. The skeleton cast will be on permanent display in the Museum's Kirtland Hall of Prehistoric Life.
	Image 3 The Cleveland Museum of Natural History's Exhibits team rigs the rib cage of the Museum's Triceratops dinosaur mount to a fork lift for assembly.
	Image 4 Carl Jara, exhibit artisan/technician, works to bolt down the foot of a Triceratops dinosaur skeleton cast at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
	Image 5 Carl Jara, exhibit artisan/technician, and David Chapman, Vertebrate Paleontology lab technician, remove support straps from a Triceratops dinosaur mount's pelvis. The skeleton cast was acquired by The Cleveland Museum of Natural History for permanent display.
	Image 6 (From left) Tracy Luoma, exhibits specialist; David Chapman, Vertebrate Paleontology lab technician; and Katie Russell, Vertebrate Paleontology work study student, position the mount of a Triceratops dinosaur on its base. The mount is on permanent display at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
	Image 7 David Chapman, Vertebrate Paleontology lab technician at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, adjusts the spine alignment of the Museum's Triceratops dinosaur cast during its assembly.
	Image 8 David Chapman, Vertebrate Paleontology lab technician at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, moves the front leg of the Museum's Triceratops dinosaur cast into position during assembly.
	Image 9 The Cleveland Museum of Natural History's Exhibits team assembles the rib cage of the Museum's Tricertops dinosaur mount to its hips. The skeleton cast is on permanent display at the Museum.