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Ceratopsians are an extinct group of ornithischian dinosaurs that lived during the Cretaceous Period (125 to 65.5 MYA). This group includes horned dinosaurs like Triceratops. Although considered a common dinosaur, its fossil record is comprised almost entirely of skulls and isolated skeletal elements. Recent Triceratops finds have greatly added to our knowledge of this immense, fascinating creature. This animal was over twenty feet long, seven foot tall at the hips, and more than six feet wide!
The name Triceratops literally means “three-horned face,” and it may have had a dual use for its three horns and large bony frill. Undoubtedly helpful in protecting the animal from predators like Tyrannosaurus rex, its horns may also have been a useful tool for gathering food, uprooting trees, while its frill provided extra protection from the trees as they fell. Its powerful jaws and very coarse teeth could vertically slice and powerfully pulverize both the leaves and the branches that bore them.
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