A celebrated paleontologist renowned for his work in the field died on Monday while working at an excavation site in Colorado.

Mike Getty, chief fossil preparator at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, died after contracting an ‘unexpected’ illness while ‘working on the triceratops excavation in Thornton,’ according to The Denver Post.

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