Innehållsförteckning
Vad liknar en Triceratops?
Triceratops var en växtätare. Den åt ormbunkar och andra låga växter nere på marken. Triceratops hade en näbb som liknar en papegojnäbb. Med sin näbb kunde den knipsa av sega grenar och växter.
Vad finns det för dinosaurier?
| Släktnamn | Systematisk indelning | Fyndorter |
|---|---|---|
| Apatornis | ||
| Apatosaurus | Sauropoder | USA |
| Appalachiosaurus | Coelurosaurier | USA |
| Apsaravis | Fåglar | Mongoliet |
What can we learn from Triceratops specimens?
The majority of Triceratops specimens are known from skulls or partial skulls, and bones from the rest of the body are less commonly recovered. From fossil remains of other parts of the body, paleontologists have been able to determine that the hind limbs of Triceratops were larger than the forelimbs, but both sets were very stout.
What is another name for Triceratops?
Alternative Title: Triceratopses. Triceratops, (genus Triceratops), large quadrupedal plant-eating ceratopsian dinosaur that had a frill of bone at the back of its skull and three prominent horns.
When did Triceratops go extinct?
Triceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur that first appeared during the late Maastrichtian stage of the late Cretaceous period, about 68 million years ago (mya) in what is now North America. It is one of the last known non-avian dinosaur genera, and became extinct in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago.
What is the difference between Triceratops horridus and Prorsus?
T. horridus can be distinguished from T. prorsus by having a shallower snout. The largest Triceratops skull ever found was discovered in 1992 and excavated in 2003 in Dawson County, Montana, in the Hell Creek Formation.