Triceratops (extinct) | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom Information | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum Information | |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class Information | |
Class | Sauropsida |
Sub-class | Diapsida |
Infra-class | Archosauromorpha |
Order Information | |
Superorder | Dinosauria |
Order | Ornithischia |
Sub-order | Cerapoda |
Infraorder | Ceratopsia |
Family Information | |
Family | Ceratopsidae |
Sub-family | Ceratopsinae |
Genus Information | |
Genus | Triceratops |
Species Information | |
Species | T. horridus; T. prorsus |
Population statistics |
Triceratops ("three-horned face") was a large North American ceratopsian (horned) dinosaur. It had a large bony frill protecting its neck and three horns - one over each eye and a smaller one on its beaked snout.
Triceratops was herbivorous, up to 26 feet long, and could weigh up to 6 tons. The skull of Triceratops, which is approximately a third of the entire animal's length, is among the largest known for all land animals.
Several species of Triceratops are known, from a large number of fossil remains. In the evolutionary paradigm, they were among the last of the dinosaurs, living in the late Cretaceous period.