Meaning:

means three-horned dinosaur

Size:

up to 9 metres long, 3 metres high

Weight:

up to 6000 kg

Diet:

plants (herbivorous)

When:

70 million years ago (Upper Cretaceous)

Where:

North America

• Bony frill possibly used for mating display or controlled body temperature
• Space in skull possibly a shock absorber for brain during fights
• Horns possibly used to defend, compete for females, or recognise other Triceratops
• Wounds found in skulls probably caused by fights between males
• Horn was made of living bone covered with material similar to human fingernails
• Eagle-like beak for cutting plants
• Cheeks were bony, not fleshy