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Triceratops
Triceratops horridus
CretaceousHerbivoreOrnithischianMedium
- Length 9 m
- Mass 10000 kg
Triceratops is a genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the late Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous period, about 69 to 66 million years ago on the island continent of Laramidia, now forming western North America. It was one of the last-known non-avian dinosaurs and lived until the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago. The name Triceratops, which means 'three-horned face', is derived from Ancient Greek trí-, meaning 'three', kéras, meaning 'horn', and ṓps, meaning 'face'.
Attributes
- Length
- 9 m
- Mass
- 10000 kg
- Time range
- 83.6 - 66 Ma
- Size class
- Medium
- Region
- United States
Sources
Facts are drawn from the Paleobiology Database and Wikipedia. Images are reconstructions, not photographs.
