Mystery grave of five giant triceratops ‘buried in same spot’ found

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The find helped prove a scene in Jurassic Park to be correct
The find helped prove a scene in Jurassic Park to be correct

SCIENTISTS investigating a Triceratops grave have made a tragic discovery.

You may recognize the spikey creatures from the Jurrasic Park movies.

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A mysterious grave of five giant triceratops buried in the same spot has been discoveredCredit: Bart Bus
Jimmy de Rooij is a paleontologist who investigated the bone and is seen here with a Triceratops horn
Jimmy de Rooij is a paleontologist who investigated the bone and is seen here with a Triceratops hornCredit: Naturalis Biodiversity Center

It's now thought they lived in a similar fashion to how they're portrayed in the film.

In the movie, the dinosaurs are shown living in herds but this wasn't confirmed as factual until now.

Researchers from the Netherlands discovered the Triceratops grave in Wyoming in 2013.

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They initially thought they had discovered just one dinosaur but as they kept digging they ended up finding five.

New research at the grave suggested the dinosaurs were living in a group and died huddled together.

Experts are now questioning just how sociable the dinosaurs really were.

A team from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands found the grave while looking for a Tyrannosaurus.

Instead, they ended up finding the mysterious Triceratops grave which took over ten years to investigate.

A total of 1200 bones and bone fragments have now been excavated and removed from the area.

It was a long and meticulous process to remove them from the quarry they were found in.

Paleontologist Jimmy de Rooij was hired to study the bones.

The expert said the find "leads to all kinds of new questions."

Questions including how close the Triceratops group was and how they lived.

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"How complex was this social behavior, exactly?” de Rooij said.

The expert hopes to receive the title of PhD from Utrecht University for his research.

Charlotte Edwards

Weird Science, Science, Dinosaurs, Archaeology

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