Marmarth Research Foundation: In the Hell Creek formation of North Dakota

Palatobaena cohen
Turtle Graveyard Excavation, 2006
Hell Creek Formation

Torosaurus removal
Torosaurus
2005

I had the best time in North Dakota. I would love to go back and find more fossils and bones. Thank you MRF, I will see you next year!

Amber
North High School Student

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Triceratops
Photos of past Triceratops excavations
Pile of ribs
Several Triceratops ribs stacked on top of one another.

Triceratops rib
Several very large Triceratops ribs were collected at the Gulag locality.

Anita Benedict
Volunteer Anita Benedict excavates a Triceratops rib.

JP locality
Volunteer Norman Gardiner begins excavating at the JP locality, which turned out to be a scavenged Triceratops locality that produced several theropod teeth.

Triceratops excavation
Al Flemming takes a break next to a four and a half foot long rib he found.

Al Flemming with his find of the day
Al Flemming holds a four and half foot Triceratops rib that he found at one of the Triceratops sites.

Triceratops ischium
Norman Gardiner next to a Triceratops ischium he found and excavated.

Homer site
The Homer locality from a distance.

Triceratops squamosal
Sheperd High School student poses next to her find - a complete Triceratops squamosal.

Stephen Begin
Stephen Begin gets a fossil ready for a plaster jacket.

Triceratops brow horn
Over 90 bones were collected at the TRI locality, including this beautiful brow horn.

Chris Morgan
Volunteer Chris Morgan found numerous theropod teeth at a Triceratops scavenge site.

Triceratops site from a distance
This Triceratops site, nicknamed Homer, produced numerous bones including parts of the skull, hind limbs, and vertebral column.

Triceratops rib
Many large ribs have been collected at our different sites.

Triceratops vertebra
A beautifully preserved Triceratops dorsal vertebra.

Plaster time!
Stephen Begin and Steven Cohen make a field jacket.

Steven Begin with the Shepherd High School group
Steven Begin instructs the high school students on how to properly excavate a dinosaur site.

Triceratops BBQ!!
A pile of Triceratops ribs.

Triceratops brow horn
Doug Hanks found this Triceratops brow horn while prospecting.

Homer
Numerous Triceratops bones were collected from the Homer locality.

Kristen Bowers
Volunteer Kristen Bowers excavates near a stack of Triceratops ribs.

Sheperd High School Students
Sheperd High School students helped excavate large portions of a Triceratops skull.

Mixing the plaster
Stephen Begin and Julia Lyson work quickly to mix the plaster before it cures in the baking sun.

Triceratops tibia
A Triceratops tibia found at the Homer site.

Jacketing a partial Triceratops skull
Scott Haire and Eric Hartse jacket a partial Triceratops skull.

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