triceratops
Triceratops Hottidus
“Horrible Three-horned Face”
ANATOMY:
Triceratops was a rhinoceros-like dinosaur. It walked on all four sturdy
legsand had three horns on its face long with a large bony plate projecting from
the back of its skull(a frill). One short horn above its parrot-like beak and two
longer horns (over 3 feet or 1 meter long) above its eyes probably provide
protection from predators. The horns were possibly used in mating rivalry and
rituals. It had …
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…found near Denver, Colorado, USA, in 1889. At first this fossil was
mistakenly identified as extinct species of buffalo. The first Triceratops skull and
partial skeletons have been found.
CLASSIFICATION:
Triceratops was late Ornithischian dinosaur, the order of bird-hipped,
herbivorous dinosaurs. It was a member of the suborder Marginocephalia, and
the family of lare, horned, herding herbivores, the Certopsians. the ceratopsians
were one of the last major pachyrhinosaurs, Montanoceratops, Chasmosaurus,
Centrosaurus, Triceratops, Stryacosaurus, Protoceratops, and other
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