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Triceratops

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TRICERATOPS

WHAT DOES TRICERATOPS MEAN?

"THREE HORNED FACE"

HOW BIG WAS A TRICERATOPS?

9.5 - 9.8 FT HEIGH, 26 - 30 FT LONG, 13,000 - 26,000 LBS.

WHAT DID A TRICERATOPS EAT?

THE TRICERATOPS WAS MAINLY A HERBIVORE AND ATE PALM TREES AND CYCAD.

HOW MANY TEETH DID A TRICERATOPS HAVE?

THE TRICERATOPS HAD UP TO 800 TEETH, 36 - 40 COLUMS, 3 - 5 TEETH PER ROW.

WAS THE TRICERATOPS COLD BLOODED?

NO, IT IS WARM BLOODED.

DID A TRICERATOPS HAVE SCALES?

YES

HOW FAST WAS A TRICERATOPS?

THE TRICERATOPS COULD RUN 20 MPH.

WHAT WAS A TRICERATOPS GREATEST PREDATOR?

TYRANNOSAURUS REX

The triceratops lived 83 million years ago in North America. The first spotted Triceratops fossil was found in Denver Colorado in 1887.