4 Story of a Monster Fish 



the skin is preserved with its complex arrange- 

 ment of minute scales (Fig. 2) entirely bereft of 

 defensive armor. Together with portions of the 

 muscles, as well as the entire skeleton, with the 

 exception of the hind feet and tail. This speci- 

 men was purchased of Mr. Sternberg by the 

 American Museum and is now on exhibition." 



In 1909 Charles M. Sternberg discovered the 

 magnificent skull of a Triceratops, also sold to 

 the American Museum, and mounted there. This 

 is the best skull of this species known, with the 

 notable exception of the Utterback specimen at 

 Carnegie Museum, Pittsbuigh. Charlie's speci- 

 men was found on Seven Mile creek, two and a 

 half miles northeast of the McKeon Sheep Ranch. 

 The skull was over five feet long. The horns 33>^ 

 inches in length. The crest itself on weathering 

 out was badly shattered, the fragments having 

 fallen from a perpendicular clifE into a sandy 

 ravine and becoming buried in the sand. Though 

 we spent much time in sifting the sand through 

 our fingers. Dr. Osborn sent us back the next 

 year, when George and Levi Sternberg sifted 

 tons of sand and secured enough additional frag- 

 ments to enable the preparators at the American 

 Museum to mount the skull in fine condition as 

 is shown in photograph reproduced here. (Fig, 3. ) 



In 1910 Charlie was again remarkably success- 

 ful. He found near the head of South Schneider 

 Creek, a finer specimen even than the famous one 

 mentioned by Professor Lull. How he found the 



