Re: Torosaurus on Today

[Richard W Travsky <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Andy Farke wrote:
> It's great to hear that critter is finally out of the ground and into the
> lab! This is a rather unique skull--the Rev. Ken Olson (who also discovered
> the type specimen for Bugenasaura, the famous "bite-marked" Triceratops and
> many other interesting fossils) found this beauty of a specimen. In all,
> it's the *second* Torosaurus Ken has been involved with--he dug up another
> skull for the museum just a few years back.
> 
> I'll be working on a description of both "new" Torosaurus skulls. . .this
> latest find is absolutely gorgeous! The specimen is in a loosely
> consolidated sandstone, and the bone has this beautiful caramel-color. It's
> enough to make a ceratopsian worker drool. . .(and it's a welcome break from
> all of those theropods in the news :-P).
> 
> Did anyone happen to get a video recording of the segment on Today?

ABC News had a short segment showing the army helicopter airlifting the
the skull. 3500 pounds they said...