REPORTER: IT’S GOING TO BE
AROUND THE CLOCK WORK BEHIND
THIS GLASS RIGHT HERE, AS
PALEONTOLOGISTS WORK TO RESTORE
A TRICERATOPS SKULL THAT WAS
FOUND IN MONTANA.
WELL MAYBE NOT LITERALLY AROUND
THE CLOCKBUT AT LEAST DURING
MUSEUM HOURS.
THE RESTORATION PROJECT IS A NEW
EXHIBIT IN THE DINOSAUR
HALLGUESTS OF THE MUSEUM CAN SEE
PALEONTOLOGISTS IN ACTION
WORKING TO CLEAN OFF THE SKULL
AND MORE.
>> AT SOME POINT WE MIGHT WANT
TO PUT CONSOLIDENT, SOME
ARCHIVAL GLUES, ESSENTIALLY, ON
THE BONE TO HOLD THE FRACTUES
TOGETHER.
REPORTER: THIS 1500 TO 2,000
POUND SKULL WAS FOUND IN MONTANA
IN 2015 BY A GROUP OF EIGHT
PALEONTOLOGISTS LED BY GLENN
STORRS.
IT TOOK ROUGHLY A MONTH TO DIG
UP.
>> THE ROCK IS PRETTY CRUMBLY,
IT’S NOT A VERY WELL-CEMENTED
ROCK.
IT’S ALMOST LIKE DIRT IN SOME
REGARDS.
REPORTER: PRESERVED BY BURLAP,
TOILET PAPER, AND PLASTER, THE
SKULL WAS TRANSPORTED VIA
FLATBED TRUCK TO CINCINNATI.
IT WAS HELD IN THE GEIER
RESEARCH CENTER WHILE MUSEUM
RENOVATIONS WERE UNDERWAY.
AND NOW THAT THE MUSEUM’S BACK
OPEN, THE SKULL IS READY TO BE
UNVEILED IN THE FORM OF THIS
ACTIVE EXHIBITTHAT COULD BE UP
FOR VIEWING FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
>> IT’S A LOT MORE
TIME-CONSUMING.
YOU’VE GOT TO BE A LOT MORE
CAREFUL, ONCE YOU HAVE THE BONES
IN THE LAB TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE
GETTING ALL THE DETAILED
INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE TO
PROVIDE.
REPORTER: STORRS SAYS THE GROUP
ISN’T SURE WHAT THEY’LL LEARN
FROM THIS PARTICULAR SKULLONLY
TIME WILL TELL.
BUT EITHER WAY, IT’S SURE TO BE
A DINO MITE EXHIBIT.
FROM THE CINCINNATI MUSEUM
CENTER, ALANNA MARTELLA, W
