A pliosaur travels: the packaging of a unique Cretaceous marine reptile, and its transport from Colombia to the United Kingdom

Abstract

As a result of a collaborative research effort between the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and the Sedgwick Museum (UK) the acid prepared skull and rock encased postcranial skeleton of a new Cretaceous marine reptile (a pliosaur) has been transported from Bogot� to the University of Cambridge. This contribution details the procedure from agreeing the loan, planning the transport, obtaining the funds, through the challenge of paperwork, innovative packing and labelling, to planning and managing the media, and the successful arrival of the specimen.