For Immediate Release Field Museum to Show Massive Triceratops Skull What: The Field Museum will display a massive fossilized skull of a three-horned Triceratops. The exhibition also includes a Triceratops tooth from The Field Museum’s collections. The tooth was discovered at the same South Dakota dig site where the Tyrannosaurus rex Sue was excavated – revealing that Sue had Triceratops as a neighbor and possibly as a last meal! Triceratops roamed the Earth 65 to 68 million years ago and had one of the biggest heads of any land animal that ever lived. The fossil skull is five-and-a-half-feet long from its hooked snout to the end of the big, bony frill at the back of its head. Triceratops consumed swamp plants and used its huge horns to defend itself against carnivorous predators like Sue. Recent discoveries of other Triceratops bones with T. rex tooth marks on them confirm long-held beliefs about encounters between these two great beasts at the end of the age of dinosaurs. When: The Triceratops exhibition opens December 16 and runs through May 1, 2005. Where: The Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago. The Triceratops skull will be displayed on the upper level of the Museum – steps away from the skull of Sue. Details: The Triceratops skull is on loan from Nicholas J. Pritzker. The exhibition is free with basic Museum admission. Media Contact: Call Field Museum Public Relations at 312-665-7100. The public may call the Museum switchboard at 312-922-9410 or visit www.fieldmuseum.org. <<Back to the Press Room