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| NAME: | Meaning - Triceratops means "three-horned face" Pronounced try-SER-a-tops Named By - Othniel Marsh When Named - 1889 |
| DIET: | Herbivore (plant-eater) |
| SIZE: | Length - 30 feet (9 m) long Height - 7 ft (2 m) tall at the hips Weight - up to 6-12 tons |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Late Cretaceous period, about 72-65 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in western Canada and the western United States, North America. |
| FOSSILS: | What has been Found - About 50
Triceratops skulls and some partial skeletons have been found. Who Found the First Fossil and When - The first Triceratops skull was found in 1888 by John Bell Hatcher. |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
When threatened by predators, Triceratops probably charged into its enemy like the modern-day rhinoceros does. Triceratops was probably a herding animal, like the other ceratopsians. T. rex probably ate dinosaurs like Triceratops. |
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