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Large piece of Triceratops frill restoration


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Large piece of Triceratops frill that I restored. Came out of the field in 65 pieces. Glued, pinned, puttied and color matched. But I have a question for the forum. In one of the photos, near the top edge, there is a round hole that I have no idea what caused it, infection maybe? Let me know what your thoughts are about the hole and the restoration. The hole does not go all the way through by the way.

as you can see in the photos the pieces where coated with a thin layer of crust and had to be scraped and brushed. There were some missing pieces when all was glued and some very large gaps. The large gapped areas where pinned using a drill and pins, then paleo putty was used to fill in and match the contours. I experimented with coloring the putty so color matching with paint would be easier. 

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Very nice piece of a squamosal. Great prep work.

Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite

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Wow! amazing work you have done!! out of these small parts, wow.  how many hours did you spent for the prep work?

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I'm impressed. Well done. Looks like the hole could have healed over time and left a scar. Its difficult to say what caused it.

 

Observation with most herbivore species they have copious amounts of blood vessels in horns etc. Regeneration of the horn area wouldn't be out of the question.

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Thanks everyone for the nice comments. Trilo, I’m not sure of my hours spent on this but I would guess 30-40hrs. 

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