▁sau rop od ▁ske leton ▁mounted . ▁The ▁spec imen ▁was ▁found ▁north ▁of ▁Medicine ▁Bow , ▁Wy oming , ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁by ▁Walter ▁Gr anger , ▁and ▁took ▁the ▁entire ▁summer ▁to ▁extract . ▁To ▁complete ▁the ▁mount , ▁sau rop od ▁feet ▁that ▁were ▁discovered ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁quar ry ▁and ▁a ▁tail ▁fashion ed ▁to ▁appear ▁as ▁Marsh ▁believed ▁it ▁should but ▁which ▁had ▁too ▁few ▁verte bra ew ere ▁added . ▁In ▁addition , ▁a ▁sculpt ed ▁model ▁of ▁what ▁the ▁museum ▁thought ▁the ▁sk ull ▁of ▁this ▁massive ▁creature ▁might ▁look ▁like ▁was ▁made . ▁This ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁del icate ▁sk ull ▁like ▁that ▁of ▁Di pl od ocus which ▁was ▁later ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁accurate but ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁" the ▁biggest , ▁thick est , ▁strong est ▁sk ull ▁b ones , ▁lower ▁j aws ▁and ▁to oth ▁crow ns ▁from ▁three ▁different ▁quar ries ". ▁These ▁sk ull s ▁were ▁likely ▁those ▁of ▁Cam ar as aur us , ▁the ▁only ▁other ▁sau rop od ▁for ▁which ▁good ▁sk ull ▁material ▁was ▁known ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁The ▁mount ▁construction ▁was ▁over seen ▁by ▁Adam ▁Hermann , ▁who ▁failed ▁to ▁find ▁A pat osa urus ▁sk ull s . ▁Hermann ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁sculpt ▁a ▁stand - in ▁sk ull ▁by ▁hand . ▁Os born ▁said ▁in ▁a ▁publication ▁that ▁the ▁sk ull ▁was ▁" larg ely ▁conject ural ▁and ▁based ▁on ▁that ▁of ▁Mor osa urus " ▁(