The basics
What was Triceratops?
Triceratops was a bulky plant-eating dinosaur with a beaked mouth, a bony neck frill, and three facial horns.
Dinosaurs · Triceratops
Triceratops: The Three-Horned Dinosaur
Frills, horns, herds, and how this plant-eater stood its ground.
Dinosaurs / Triceratops
Triceratops — what curious minds want to know
Three horns, a giant frill, and one of the last great dinosaurs.
3
Face horns
~30 ft
Length
Plant-eater
Diet
Late Cretaceous
When it lived
Defense
Were the horns for fighting?
Horns and frills may have helped with defense, display, or both — like tools for survival and showing off.
Triceratops FAQ
Yes — they shared Late Cretaceous North America, and fossils hint at clashes.
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