College student discovers 65 million-year-old Triceratops skull in North Dakota

A University of California, Merced college student made the discovery of a lifetime on a recent paleontology dig.

He unearthed a partial skull of a Triceratops. Harrison Duran is a fifth-year biology student.
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He uncovered the 65 million-year-old skull in North Dakota during a dig last month.

The fossil was found upside down with the base of its left horn partially exposed.

The dinosaur has been named "Alice" after the landowner.
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Duran says his interest in dinosaurs dates back to his early childhood.

He now hopes to use the fossil as an education tool for others.

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