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Each specimen in this set represents a different creature that once shared the Late Cretaceous landscape — from the swamps and rivers to the forested floodplains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis set includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTriceratops frill fragment – part of the armored crest of the famous three-horned dinosaur\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdmontosaurus tooth fragment – from the duck-billed herbivore that grazed the Cretaceous plains\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurtle shell fragment – from ancient freshwater turtles that swam in the rivers of Hell Creek\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrocodilian osteoderm fragment – a piece of the bony armor that protected ancient crocodiles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChampsosaurus vertebra – from a semi-aquatic reptile resembling a modern gharial\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, these fossils paint a vivid picture of the ecosystem that existed just before the extinction of the dinosaurs, 66 million years ago. 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