Collecting The Worlds Largest Known Dinosaur Skull
— Amanda K. Cantrell and Thomas L. Suazo

Excavating and transporting fossils from the field to a laboratory for preparation requires significant skill, care, and engineering,
especially when dealing with large specimens. While the techniques for collecting fossils by applying jackets haven’t changed much since
they were first used in the 19th century (Davidson and Everhart, 2017), only limited literature is available on the methods necessary to
extract large and heavy fossil megablock jackets. Here we describe the techniques employed to collect a jacket containing the largest known
dinosaur skull from a site west of Cuba, New Mexico. The jacket weighed approximately 15,000 lbs (6,800 kg), measured 12.0 feet (3.7 m)
long by 8.0 feet (2.4 m) wide, and was 2.0 feet (0.6 m) thick. The specimen is housed in the Museum of Evolution collection near the town
of Maribo in Lolland, Denmark, and a cast is on display at the University of New Mexico Silver Family Geology Museum in Albuquerque,
New Mexico.