Triceratops
Name means: 3 horned face
Weight: 6-11 tons
Length: 26-30 ft ( 8-9 m)
Diet: herbivore ( eats plants)
When: 65-70 million years ago
Where: Western USA, Alberta, and Saskatchewan
Threats: Tyrannosaurus Rex
Basic info: Probably the most well known herbivore, and one of the most dangerous. It's three horns may have been used by males during mating season to fight one another or have been used for defence against predators. Like most herbivorous dinosaurs it was most vulnerable when sick, injured, or when born. The horns above the eyes could have been as long as the average man is tall. Triceratops was made even more famous in ''Jurassic park" where it showed a scene with a sick Triceratops.
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Just a bit of triceratops trivia: it is the state fossil and the state dinosaur for Wyoming.
Triceratops has always been my favorite dinosaur. I just like they way they looked, I guess.
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