Triceratops
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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The triceratops compared to a 5 - foot tall human. The Triceratops means three -horned face. Triceratops looked like a rhinoceros . But triceratops was a large dinosaur that weighed 6 ton (5.4 meters). It measured 30 feet (9 meters) from nose to tail. Triceratops lived between 72 million and 65 million years ago.
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The dinosaurs lived in what is now North America. Many kinds of trees and flowering plants coved the land during the time Triceratops lived. Triceratops be to a group of dinosaurs called ceratopsids. ceratopsids had heavy bodies,big heads, and bony frills. Triceratops was the largest member of this group. This dinosaurs is styracosaurs.
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Styracosaurs and triceratops were ceratopsids. Triceratops had many parts that protected it's body. It's huge body measured more than 6 feet (1.8 meters) long. It had a short,thick horn on it's nose. Two larger horns stuck out above each eye. A neck frill fanned out at the back of it's head.
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This bony collar protected triceratops's neck. Triceratops ate plants. It broke off leaves with it's sharp beak -like mouth and chewed them with it's back teeth. Triceratops traveled in groups. They may have eaten all plants in one area. The dinosaurs then moved to a new area to find more plants.
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Predators such as the tyrannosaur Rex hunted triceratops. Triceratops horns, neck frill, and thick skin protected it. Some scientist think Triceratops ran very fast to escape predators. Triceratops may have reached speeds of 30 miles(48 kilometers) per hour.
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Dinosaurs lived on Earth more than 150 million years ago. All dinosaurs became extinct about 65 million years ago. Triceratops died out at this time. It probably was one of the last large dinosaurs to become extinct. Scientist are not sure why all the dinosaurs died. In 1887, scientist first discovered Triceratops fossils near Denver, Colorado.
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