The following season in Gallery 14, I uncovered more of the Triceratops. By the time I removed the radius the bank was 12 feet high and I could no longer remove sufficient overburden by hand.
Ready to dig again Triceratops Scapula & Humerus Limb head Triceratops Radius Triceratops Radius in foil Triceratops Radius in cast Triceratops Scapula & Humerus Triceratops Humerus Triceratops Humerus in foil Triceratops Humerus in Cast Triceratops Humerus in Cast Triceratops Scapula Triceratops Scapula & Humerus Triceratops Scapula in Cast Triceratops Humerus in Cast Transporting Scapula Cast Packing up Casts ready to go More casts up front
To go further into the bank I rented a small excavator to remove the overburden. I extended the dig another 10 feet and uncovered a second brow horn and a section of Squamosal.
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To make sure I had all the bones that were possible, I engaged my colleagues to remove another 20 feet of overburden down to the bone layer. No additional bones were found. I could leave the site with confidence