Triceratops
Triceratops
PrehistoricPhoto: Source: Allie_Caulfield Derivative: User:MathKnight · CC BY-SA 3.0
DinosaurExtinctherbivore
Triceratops was a plant-eating dinosaur with three horns and a bony frill around its neck. It roamed western North America around 68 to 66 million years ago, just before dinosaurs went extinct. Its name literally means 'three-horned face' in Greek.
- One of the last dinosaurs before the mass extinction 66 million years ago.
- Lived on the ancient island continent of Laramidia.
- Had three facial horns and a large bony neck frill.
GrasslandNorth America
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- Classification
- Dinosaur
- Scientific name
- Triceratops
- Habitat
- Grassland
- Regions in this directory
- North America
- Diet
- herbivore
- Relative size
- giant