Lot 682
Very Rare Triceratops Nose Horn. Almost everybody is familiar with Triceratops horidus, with its two long horns on its head, as well as a horn on its nose. Even though it is very popular, no complete skeleton has ever been found. Whole skulls cost upwards of $100,000, so the few brow horns and even fewer nose horns, when available, are eagerly sought after by both museums and collectors.
This medium brown nose horn, from the Hell Creek Formation in Wyoming, is 10 x 17 inches and virtually complete. A Triceratops horn had a bone core that was covered by keratin, the same substance that makes up our fingernails, which would make them about one third longer. The bone of this nose core shows the light furrows on its surface, which represent blood-flow areas in a living Triceratops. This is an opportunity to own a rare and significant dinosaur fossil from the last era of dinosaurs, some 65-67 million years ago in Wyoming. Weight is 8 pounds.
Estimated Value $2,750 - 3,500.
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