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genus · 1 represented species

Triceratops

Triceratops is a dinosaur genus represented here by Triceratops horridus.

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Triceratops

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Representative silhouette for Triceratops
1Direct child groups
1Countries represented
68–66 MaDataset range

Branch structure

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species

Triceratops horridus

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Side-view life reconstruction of Triceratops horridusArt by DataBase Center for Life Science (DBCLS) · CC BY 4.0

Cretaceous

Triceratops horridus

A massive latest-Cretaceous herbivore with a parrot-like beak, continuously replacing dental batteries, two long brow horns, a nasal horn and a solid bony frill. It lived alongside Tyrannosaurus during the final two million years of the dinosaur age.

herbivore~8.5 m

Distribution

Geographic record

United States

Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.

Sources

Further reading

Introduction to the DinosauriaDinosaur Paleobiology