Name's meaning : Three Horned Face  
Pronunciation : Try-ser-a-tops  
Lenght : Up to 9m  
Young Earth Age : Maastrichtian  
Old Earth Age :  
Diet : Herbivorous    
Fossil Location : USA

 
Classification : Upper Cretacious  
Dinosaur Age : 67-65 Ma  
       

Physical Description

Triceratops - Discovered in Montana, South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, and Canada. Triceratops was the largest, heaviest, most common and best-known ceratopsian. A total of sixteen species have been assigned to Triceratops. Some scientists believe that only one species exists, and that the variations found between ceratopsian horns are similar to those found in modern horned animals such as cows.

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