College Student Discovers 65 Million-Year-Old Triceratops Skull
COLLEGE STUDENT – A college student from the University of California, Merced unearths a 65 million-year-old dinosaur skull.
Lost of people are interested to learn more about the mythical creatures, dinosaurs. They spent most of their lives to study and learn about their features.
Unfortunately, these interesting creatures vanished from the face of the Earth after a huge meteorite hit the planet.
On May this year, four college students from China found 66 million-year-old dinosaur eggs during their stroll in Pingxiang City.
The fossilized eggs that are covered with red thick mud currently being held in the country’s local museum.
Recently, another college student also made a discovery of a lifetime.
Based on a report from CNN, a 5th-year Biology student from the University of California, Merced named Harrison Duran found a 65 million-year-old Triceratops skull.
“I can’t quite express my excitement in that moment when we uncovered the skull… I’ve been obsessed with dinosaurs since I was a kid, so it was a pretty big deal,” he said.
According to the report, the student was accompanied by an experienced excavator and professor named Michael Kjelland.
“I have been going out to the badlands for years off and on, but to this particular site it was the first time,” said the professor.
The student and the professor found the huge skull in an upside-down position. The horn was partially exposed and was surrounded by fossils of plants dated from the Cretaceous era.
“It is wonderful that we found fossilized wood and tree leaves right around, and even under, the skull… It gives us a more complete picture of the environment at the time,” Duran said.
Based on the report, the student named the Triceratops skull after the landowner who’s name is “Alice.”
The duo thought of showing their discovery in a school campus to educate others about fossils.
“It would be amazing for UC Merced to be able to display Alice on campus… It’s such a rare opportunity to showcase something like this, and I’d like to share it with the campus community,” said Duran.
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