What is Triceratops?
The Triceratops (meaning “three-horned face”) is a dinosaur that lived between 68 and 65 million years ago. It was one of the last dinosaur genera to emerge before all non-avian dinosaurs were wiped out in the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction, thought to have been caused by the impact of a massive (6-10 mi diameter) asteroid on the modern-day Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Triceratops was contemporaneous with the famous Tyrannosaurus Rex. It is not known whether Triceratops and the T. Rex had epic battles like those portrayed in children’s coloring books about dinosaurs, although is is known that T. Rex preyed upon Triceratops, as determined by the presence of teeth lacerations on the bones of some Triceratops fossils. Triceratops has been described by some as the dinosaur analog of a rhinoceros. It walked on four legs and had large frills to accompany its three huge horns. Although sometimes the horns are described as defensive weapons, it is more likely they were merely used in courtship
Triceratops (IPA: /tɹaɪ’sɛɹətɒps/) was a herbivorous genus of ceratopsid dinosaur that lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago (mya) in what is now North America. It was one of the last dinosaurs to appear before the great Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event.[1] Bearing a large bony frill and three horns on its large four-legged body, and conjuring similarities with the modern rhinoceros, Triceratops is one of the most recognizable of all dinosaurs. The name Triceratops, which literally means “three-horned face,” is derived from the Greek tri/τρι- meaning “three,” ceras/κέρας meaning “horn,” and -ops/ωψ meaning “face.”[2] Though it shared the landscape with, and was preyed upon by the fearsome Tyrannosaurus, it is unclear whether the two battled the way they are commonly depicted in movies and children’s dinosaur books. Although no complete skeleton has been found,[3] Triceratops is well-known from numerous partial spe
(Click to see larger image) Artist Charles R, Knight s painting of 1901, which served as the basis for Gilmore and Boss s reconstruction of Triceratops. Triceratops was a four-footed, plant-eating dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous Period of geologic time, more than 65 million years ago, in the region that is now the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. Triceratops was one of the last surviving dinosaurs of the Age of Reptiles. These animals are characterized by three horns on the front of the skull: two massive brow horns located just above the eyes and a smaller nasal horn right above the snout. Triceratops also had a large frill on the back of the skull. These dinosaurs lived in herds. Evidence for herding behavior comes from several sources. The large number of fossil skeletons from closely related species that were found in bone beds or large bone deposits that suggest that a large number of these animals lived together and were all killed at the same time. Large numbe
I know it wouldn’t be official, but I just think it would be way cool to put a howdah on something like the Triceratops and then mount a leader or a couple archers in it. To make the stats something unique, I would have about five or six tracks, with the MAV increasing on tracks 2-4. The excuse for that would be that the monster really wasn’t aggressive until you start hurting it, then it gets mad!
