it was found three hundred years ago
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In 1887, a skull roof with two horns belonging to Triceratops was found in Denver, Colorado. Paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh originally misidentified as a prehistoric bison. In 1888, John Bell Hatcher found a much more complete skull of Triceratops in Wyoming, and then Marsh realized his mistake. Both of these specimens were assigned to the new genus Triceratops.
In 1887, a skull roof with two horns belonging to Triceratops was found in Denver, Colorado. Paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh originally misidentified as a prehistoric bison. In 1888, John Bell Hatcher found a much more complete skull of Triceratops in Wyoming, and then Marsh realized his mistake. Both of these specimens were assigned to the new genus Triceratops.
If you are asking how Triceratops was discovered... In 1887, a skull roof with two horns belonging to Triceratops was found in Denver, Colorado. Paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh originally misidentified as a prehistoric bison. In 1888, John Bell Hatcher found a much more complete skull of Triceratops in Wyoming, and then Marsh realized his mistake. Both of these specimens were assigned to the new genus Triceratops. If you are asking how I learned about them... I learned about Triceratops by reading about them when I was five. I've also seen them in countless television documentaries on dinosaurs.
In 1887, a skull roof with two horns belonging to Triceratops was found in Denver, Colorado. Paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh originally misidentified as a prehistoric bison. In 1888, John Bell Hatcher found a much more complete skull of Triceratops in Wyoming, and then Marsh realized his mistake. Both of these specimens were assigned to the new genus Triceratops.
Triceratops horridus had the most massive skull, due to the horns and the fringe. Other ceratopsians had proportionately longer fringes, but Triceratops was also the biggest of the group.
The plural form of 'triceratops' is the same, triceratops.Examples:This is the scull of a triceratops found in Montana. (singular)The bones of several triceratops were found nearby. (plural)
The physical feature that distinguishes a triceratops with no horn from its horned counterparts is the absence of horns on its skull.
Triceratops didn't have any kind of plate. It did have a large, round frill that emerged from the back of its skull and offered some protection to its neck.
scientists found the fossils of triceratops
The horns above each eye on a Triceratops were about three feet long. The nose horn was about half that length.
Fossil bones from hundreds of individual Triceratops have been discovered. Fossilized Triceratops skulls are the most common.
Triceratops fossils have been found in the United States in Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. In Canada, their fossils have been found in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.