Triceratops TV
Go behind the scenes with Museums Victoria’s palaeontology team and learn all about the Triceratops’ 67-million-year journey.
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Triceratops TV
Follow the 67-million-year journey of Melbourne Museum's Triceratops.
Episode 1
Meet the Triceratops
Museums Victoria palaeontologist Erich Fitzgerald travels to Canada to inspect a very special acquisition.
Episode 2
67 million years in the making
Vertebrate palaeontologist Tim Ziegler looks at the origins of the Triceratops fossil.
Episode 3
Anatomy of an icon
Why did Triceratops go extinct? What made it vulnerable?
Episode 4
Piecing the puzzle together
How do scientists know where each bone fragment goes?
Episode 5
Chipping away at the past
Experts uncover the Triceratops from the sedimentary rock it has been encased in for millennia.
Episode 6
Triceratops: How did it move?
What can we learn about how a dinosaur looked or moved from examining its skeleton?
Episode 7
Love at first sight
Our palaeontologists recall their earliest dinosaur encounters.
Episode 8
What's in a name?
How do scientists classify something that vanished from the earth millions of years ago?
Episode 9
From the Cretaceous to Carlton
Palaeontologist Tim Ziegler discusses how the Triceratops was transported halfway across the world.
Episode 10
Triceratops: Drawing on the past
How do Palaeoartists illustrate long lost animals and landscapes?
Episode 11
Triceratops: Building a Giant
Experts Dani Measday and Tim Ziegler talk about reconstructing the world's most finely preserved Triceratops.
Episode 12
Triceratops: Dino experts review the Jurassic Park series
How realistic are the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park?
Episode 13
Triceratops: A new home
Horridus the Triceratops has made it from Montana to Melbourne, and is now on display.
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