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The Triceratops were a genus of dinosaurs that lived at the end of the Cretaceous period. We are talking about animals that lived about 68 and 66 million years ago. Amazing!

There are many intriguing details about the Triceratops. For example, a complete skeleton of them has still not been found. In addition, there is debate about the function of their horns. Scientists do not know whether they worked as a weapon in disputes with other dinosaurs, or as a courtship tool.

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1. Actually, scientists and paleontologists are not sure whether the Triceratops had 3 horns or 2. It is believed that the one on its nose was actually a bump that was made up differently than the other two.
2. It is believed that the Triceratops lived in herds with individuals of all ages. So the adults protected the little ones from other predators with their bodies.
3. It is estimated that the Triceratops weighed up to 10 tons, and that it was also about 3 meters tall.
4. The main predator of the Triceratops was the Tyrannosaurus Rex, which shared its same territory in North America.
5. The word "Triceratops" means, etymologically, "three horns on the face".
6. It used to be thought that the diceratops (a dinosaur species belonging to the genus Nedoceratops) was a kind of Triceratops, but more recent research places it as a different genus.
7. The Triceratops lived in North America, about 65 million years ago, in the Cretaceous period.
8. The head of the Triceratops was enormous, reaching up to 2.5 meters in length. They sure were big-headed!
9. The first specimen of a Triceratops ever found was a pair of orbital horns attached to a piece of skull roof. This specimen was found near Denver, Colorado, in 1887.
10. The Triceratops were one of the last dinosaurs to go extinct.
11. The first fossils found of the Triceratops were mistaken for large prehistoric cattle.
12. The most common enemies of the Triceratops were the tyrannosaurus rex. The T-Rex usually won when it took advantage of the weak muscle tissue on the Triceratops' face.
13. Some questionable dinosaur species that are not entirely assigned to the Triceratops are the T alticornis, the T. galeus, T. maximus, and the T. sulcatis.
14. The Triceratops is the "official fossil" of the State of South Dakota, and it is also the "State Dinosaur" in Wyoming. Amazing! It sure is quite popular.
15. There are several known species of Triceratops. Among them are the T Horridus, and the T. Prorsus, discovered in 1889 and 1890 respectively.
16. Charles Marsh was the one who received the first Triceratops specimen, and he thought it was a bison, which he named Bison Alticornis.
17. Charles Marsh was the first to describe horned dinosaurs. It was he himself who presented the Ceratops, a specimen of fragmented remains.
18. According to the image that scientists have created of the Triceratops, their heads ended in a bony frill, like a fan.
19. "Horridus" is the most complete Triceratops fossil found so far. It is 67 million years old, and it is the best preserved up to now.
20. The genus Torosaurus is known as the closest relative of the Triceratops. Both match in geological age, distribution, size and anatomy.