Triceratops
Means: Three-horned face
Say: try-SAIR-a-tops
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30 feet
10 feet
6 tons
Plants
Late Cretaceous period, 68 million to 65 million years ago
Western United States (Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Colorado)
one-half actual size |
RHINOS OF THE DINOS
The triceratops used its horns for defense and could charge like a rhino to protect
itself. A bony 6-foot-long neck frill also protected its neck from predators.
Fossil frills have even been found with T. rex bite marks going through them.
ANIMALS TODAY WITH HORNS OR ANTLERS
Rhinos
Elk
Antelopes
Bison
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