Triceratops

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Triceratops
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Cerapoda
Infraorder: Ceratopsia
Family: Ceratopsidae
Subfamily: Ceratopsinae
Genus: Triceratops
Marsh, 1889
Species
A triceratops reconstruction

Triceratops (try-SAYR-ah-tops) were given their name because they had three horns on their (Greek tri = three + keratops = horned face) they were a herbivorous dinosaur genus from the Latest Cretaceous period. They were mainly found in North America. They were about 9 m (30 ft) long, and probably weighed around 5,400 kg (12,000 lb).

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