About Triceratops
Scientific Name (Genus) | Triceratops |
Meaning of Name | Three-horned face tri (three) [Greek] - kerat (horn) [Greek] - ōps (face) [Greek] |
Classification | Ornithischia, Marginocephalia (Ceratopsia, Ceratopsidae, Chasmosaurinae) |
Total Length | Approx. 9m |
Diet | Herbivorous |
Period | Late Cretaceous |
Sub-classification/Species | Triceratops horridus Triceratops prorsus |
Year of Paper Publication | 1889 |
Publication | Notice of new American Dinosauria. American Journal of Science. 37. by Marsh, O.C. ,1889. |
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