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 …showed first 75 words of 442 total…

…showed last 75 words of 442 total…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