Page:Notes and Observations on Specimens of Torosaurus at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.pdf/31

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YPM 1830

YPM 1830 skull + skeleton fragments
- some of the skeletal fragments mentioned by Marsh in his original description are preserved in their original burlap wrappings -- can't tell what bones they are, or even if they are ceratopsian. Badly neglected + weathered.

Some various fragments preserved; (illegible text) bits and pieces, etc.

also preserves animal bones found w/ the skull, including large pieces of Trioncychid Trionychia shell; turtle lib bone ?hadrosaur hadrosaur jaw fragment

Only identifiable Torosaurus Torosaurus bones are orbital horn end and quadrate fragment.

Quadrate fragment -- must be left quadrate -- right is mounted.

  • In the box was a note by Lull saying he attempted to mount it, but it was "impossible."