Melbourne Museum acquires world’s most complete triceratops skeleton in ‘immense’ dinosaur deal

Unlike the dime a dozen' T-Rex, there are only a handful of near-complete triceratops skeletons in the world - and one is coming to Australia

Melbourne Museum will become permanent home to the world's most complete triceratops skeleton, with the immense and unprecedented" $3m acquisition of a 67m-year-old dinosaur fossil.

After two years of negotiation and due diligence, the Victorian government and Museums Victoria have brokered a deal to bring the triceratops horridus - which was discovered on private land in the United States in 2014 - to Melbourne next year where it will go on display for the first time.