Triceratops is the biggest and best-known among ceratopsian dinosaurs.
It had the typical long brow horns and short nasal horn but its frill wasn’t as long as that of its relatives. Like most ceratopsids, the margins of the frill were decorated with little pointed studs.
Bio Facts
- Pronounced: try-SER-a-tops
- Means: Three-horned face
- Where: North America
- When: Late Creataceous
- Diet: Herbivorous
- Size of Adult: 30 ft (9 m) long
- Size of Animatronic Model: L 5 ft 5 in (1.66 m), H 2 ft 10 in (0.87 m)*
* includes height of steel base