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Triceratops (/ t r aɪ ˈ s ɛr ə t ɒ p s / try-SERR-ə-tops; [1] lit. ' three-horned face ') is a genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the late Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous period, about 68 to 66 million years ago in what is now western North America.
The clade Ceratopsidae was in 1998 defined by Paul Sereno as the group including the last common ancestor of Pachyrhinosaurus and Triceratops; and all its descendants. [17] In 2004, it was by Peter Dodson defined to include Triceratops, Centrosaurus, and all descendants of their most recent common ancestor. [18]
Ceratopsia or Ceratopia (/ ˌ s ɛr ə ˈ t ɒ p s i ə / or / ˌ s ɛr ə ˈ t oʊ p i ə /; Greek: "horned faces") is a group of herbivorous, beaked dinosaurs that thrived in what are now North America, Asia and Europe, during the Cretaceous Period, although ancestral forms lived earlier, in the Late Jurassic of Asia.
Phileurus truncatus, the triceratops beetle, [1] is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. Description. Body length, 32-38 millimeters. Both adult males and ...
Triceratops: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) Hell Creek formation: Largest known Triceratops skeleton; 60% complete with a skull that is 75% complete. [18] [19] Sold for €6.6 million (US$7.7 million) on 21 October 2021 [19] [20] Bill BDM Badlands Dinosaur Museum: Triceratops: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 ...
[1] [2] [4] The Triceratops, named Uncle Beazley, becomes too big, so the boy brings him to the Smithsonian Institution. [2] Beazley is first kept at National Museum of Natural History , but is eventually transferred to the National Zoo's Elephant House because there is a law against stabling large animals in the District of Columbia.
It is the largest known Triceratops skeleton, according to the team that assembled the fossil. Big John's 2021 auction price of € 6.6 million ( US$ 7.7 million) made it the most expensive Triceratops skeleton; its high price signaled increasing demand for dinosaur fossils among private collectors and prompted discussion about the drawbacks of ...
The nasal horn was low, situated above the nostril and slightly recurved. It had a narrow rear edge and a transversely flattened point. The horns above the eyes were forward-curving and have been estimated at 80 cm (2.6 ft) long. The lower base of these horns was narrow and vertically directed, which with Triceratops is a juvenile trait. Three ...