World’s most-complete triceratops skeleton to go on display in Melbourne in 2021

A 67-million-year-old triceratops fossil discovered in the United States will call Australia home when it goes on display at Melbourne Museum from next year.

The near-complete triceratops’ remains are currently being excavated from rock 1.5 metres deep on private land in Montana.

It is the most complete and finely preserved triceratops ever found, comprising hundreds of bones, including the skull and spine.

The specimen is estimated to be around 6-7 metres long and more than two metres tall, and weighs more than 1000kg.

“Picture something the size of a bull African elephant,” said Erich Fitzgerald, Museums Victoria’s senior curator of palaeontology.