美國大學生發(fā)掘出6500萬年前的三角龍頭骨

美國大學生發(fā)掘出6500萬年前的三角龍頭骨

A US college student made an incredible discovery on a paleontology dig when he unearthed an ancient dinosaur skull.

一位美國大學生在古生物學挖掘中發(fā)現了一個恐龍頭骨，這是一個不可思議的發(fā)現。

Harrison Duran, a fifth-year at the University of California, discovered the 65-million-year-old partial skull on June 5.

6月5日，加利福尼亞大學五年級學生哈里森·杜蘭發(fā)現了這具6500萬年前的部分頭骨。

The remains were identified as a Triceratops. Duran named them Alice, after the woman who owns the land on which they were found.

尸體被確認為三角龍。杜蘭以他們被發(fā)現時所在土地的主人的名字給他們取名為愛麗絲。

"I can't quite express my excitement in that moment when we uncovered the skull," said Duran in a news release from the university on Wednesday.

“當我們發(fā)現頭骨的那一刻，我無法表達我的激動之情，”杜蘭在周三大學的新聞發(fā)布會上說。

"I've been obsessed with dinosaurs ever since I was a little kid, so it was a pretty big deal."

“我從小就對恐龍著迷，所以這是件大事。”

Duran's obsession with dinosaurs led him to accompany experienced excavator and biology professor Michael Kjelland on the two-week dig in the Badlands of North Dakota.

杜蘭對恐龍的癡迷，讓他跟隨經驗豐富的挖掘機兼生物學教授邁克爾·凱蘭(Michael Kjelland)，在北達科他州的荒地上進行了為期兩周的挖掘。

Duran found the skull four days into the dig.

杜蘭在挖掘四天之后發(fā)現了這個頭骨。

Along with Alice's remains, they found fossilised wood and tree leaves.

除了愛麗絲的遺骸，他們還發(fā)現了木頭和樹葉的化石。

It took a week to excavate Alice completely. The fragile skull was stabilised with glue and then coated in foil and plaster.

整整花了一個星期才把愛麗絲挖出來。這個脆弱的頭骨用膠水固定住，然后涂上箔紙和石膏。

The remains were then put in a box, wrapped in a memory foam mattress and driven to a secret location before they can be moved to Kjelland's lab.

遺體隨后被放進一個盒子里，用記憶泡沫床墊包裹起來，被送往一個秘密地點，然后才被轉移到凱蘭的實驗室。

Secrecy was necessary as Kjelland explained the bones could be very valuable.

保密是必要的，Kjelland解釋說，這些骨頭可能非常有價值。

"There have been people in the past who have stolen dinosaur bones," he said.

“過去有人偷過恐龍的骨頭，”他說。

Duran and Kjelland intend to make a cast of Alice. Duran hopes to display the cast at the university. One day he hopes to bring the real bones to the campus.

杜蘭和凱蘭打算把愛麗絲塑造成一個角色。杜蘭希望在大學里扮演這一角色。有一天，他希望把真正的骨頭帶到校園。

"It's such a rare opportunity to showcase something like this, and I'd like to share it with the campus community."

“這是展示它的難得的機會，我想與各大校園分享。”