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The fossil's name is Horridus, given to the specimen by its new owner Museums Victoria, Australia's largest public museum organization. The nickname is derived from its full name Triceratops horridus, and it lived 67 million years ago.⁠ ⁠ Commercial paleontologist Craig Pfister is the owner of Great Plains Paleontology, a company based in Madison, Wisconsin, that scouts for and digs up fossils. Over his nearly 30-year career, he's discovered multiple Tyrannosaurus rex specimens along with other rare dinosaurs, but Horridus remains one of his all-time favorites, he said.⁠ ⁠ Learn more about Horridus at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ 📷: Museums Victoria, photographer Eugene Hyland

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