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'''Triceratops''' (Greek: τρι-κέρας-ωψ; "three-horned face"<ref>Liddell, H.G., and R. Scott. Greek-English Lexicon, Abridged Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1980</ref>) were two species of ceratopsian (horned) [[dinosaur]], known from fossilized remains found in [[North America]] .
The mouth was beaked at the fore, leading scientists to speculate that it fed by "nipping" vegetation rather than grazing; the food was then ground down by a battery of simple, yet effective, cheek teeth. They were assumed to have been browsers of low-lying plants, and judging from fossilized tracks they roamed in small herds.
The first specimen of ''Triceratops'' was found in 1887 near Denver, Colorado and sent to [[Othniel Charles Marsh]], one of America's leading paleontologists at that time. Assuming it was a mammal rather than a reptile, the remains - which consisted only of a pair of brow horns - was given the name ''Bison alticornis''. It would only take a few short years and several more specimens before Marsh was convinced he had a new ceratopsian dinosaur, giving it the familiar name known today. ==Evolutionary claims=Species===*Genus ''Triceratops'':''Triceratops horridus'':''Triceratops prorsus'' Paleontologists once believed there were several species of Triceratops, judging from the large number of [[fossil]] remains, but it is now thought that there were just two, ''T. horridus'' and the larger ''T. prorsus''; the remaining eight animals considered as subspecies or dubious due to being incomplete.
[[File:Cerotopsiansfig037a.jpg|left|200px|thumb|comparison of ''Triceratops'' and ''Torosaurus'' skulls.]]
Creationists hold that ''Triceratops'', along with other [[dinosaurs]], were created during the sixth day of [[creation week]], and did not survive the post-flood world. In support of the [[great flood]] catastrophe, all known ''Triceratops'' fossils - including their trackways - were found in sedimentary (water-laid) rock.
===Armitage controversy===
Mark H. Armitage and Kevin Anderson had written a peer-reviewed paper which was published in the July, 2013 scientific journal ''Acta Histochemica''<ref>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065128113000020</ref> about their discovery of a ''Triceratops'' horn in the Hell Creek formation of Montana, and specifically soft tissue within the horn which was found after using an electron microscope. Never explained within the publication was the suggestion that the soft tissue came from an animal which died far less than the 65 million years alluded by evolution; in fact, when a minor question was made to a student - Armitage worked at California State University, Northridge as a microscope technician - Armitage was promptly fired due to "his creationist beliefs".<ref>http://www.worldmag.com/2014/07/university_fires_scientist_after_dinosaur_discovery_offers_young_earth_evidence</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOh8apxzIU0</ref> Armitage has since filed a religious/wrongful termination lawsuit against the university.
Triceratops is the official state dinosaur of [[Wyoming]].<ref>http://wyoming.gov/general.aspx</ref>
==References==
[[Category:Dinosaurs]]
