Lot 1180
14" Long Triceratops Brow Horn. Triceratops is one of the most famous and recognizable dinosaurs, with its two long sharp brow horns that it used for defense against the T-Rex, as well as fighting for mates. No complete skeleton has ever been found, but occasional skulls and horns are found in Montana. Such is the case here with a virtually complete supraorbital horn (brow horn) of a juvenile Triceratops, with some surface weathering of the bone core. The 14x4" horn has some wear on the tip and, as always, there are some cracks that have been professionally filled and perfectly blended in color and texture to the dark brown bone. The horn is straight and not distorted like most offered. When the triceratops was alive, the horn bone was covered in keratin--the same substance that makes up our fingernails--and would have been 30% larger than it now is. This is a rare dinosaur horn of one of the last dinosaurs that lived from 67-65 million years ago in eastern Montana. Add $45 for domestic shipping.
Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,600.
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