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Triceratops

The Triceratops is well known for its three horns and massive head. It was present during the late Cretaceous Period.

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Who eats the triceratops?

Mostly T-Rex ate Triceratops. The reason why, is because the triceratops is so meaty so he looks for the meatyest dinosaur he could find.

Why is it called a triceratops?

Because it's a member of order Ornisthischia, which automatically puts it in class Reptilia, or reptiles. All dinosaurs are reptiles.

Is a triceratops a herbivore or a carnivore?

Triceratops was an herbivore, or plant eater. Triceratops had large batteries of teeth and definitely chewed its food. This suggests that they ate tough vegetation. In addition, Triceratops's head was relatively low to the ground, so any plants that it ate would have to be relatively low growing for it to reach them, unless it used its horns to tip trees over on occasion. They may have eaten conifers, cycads, palms, or ferns.

What was the earth like when triceratops was alive?

Triceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur which lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago (mya) in what is now North America The earth would have looked very different at this time with no humans or and very few mamals. Flowering plants were starting to appear at this time however weren't yet widespread, their evolution was aided by the appearance of bees. The first representatives of many leafy trees, including figs, planes and magnolias, appeared in the Cretaceous. At the same time, some older spicies such as conifers continued to thrive. On land mammals were a small and still relatively minor component, the wildlife dominated by reptiles, especially dinosaurs, which were at their most diverse. Birds were just starting to appear as competition for Pterosaurs In the seas, rays, modern sharks and teleosts became common. Marine reptiles included ichthyosaurs in the early and middle of the Cretaceous, plesiosaurs throughout the entire period, and mosasaurs in the Late Cretaceous.

How was the triceratops classified?

Triceratops belonged to the family Ceratopsidae, which also included dinosaurs such as Pachyrhinosaurus, Styracosaurus, and Chasmosaurus. Taxonomically speaking, all dinosaurs belonged to the class Reptilia and the clade Dinosauria.

Triceratops' taxonomy proceeds as follows:

  • Domain: Eukaryote
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Reptilia
  • -Sub-class: Dinosauria
  • Order: Ornithischia
  • Family: Ceratopsidae
  • Genus: Triceratops
  • Species: T. horridus

How many eggs did triceratops lay at once?

It depends on which dinosaur you are refering to..

Does the T-Rex and the triceratops live in the same time period?

No. Stegosaurus was a Jurassic dinosaur that lived between 155 and 150 million years ago. Tyrannosaurus was a Cretaceous dinosaur that first appeared about 68 million years ago, and died out in the K-T extinction event 65.5 million years ago.

What is the triceratops relative age?

Triceratops left no descendants when it died out 65.5 million years ago. Their closest living relatives are the birds, which evolved from theropod dinosaurs. All birds are equally related to Triceratops.

Is a triceratops dinosaur a reptile or a mammal?

The tyrannosaurus was a reptile.

All dinosaurs were reptiles.

The word "Dinosaur" means "Terrible Lizard".

How many brains does a triceratops have?

One, and it's about the size of a walnut. Actually, scientists thought for a while the stegasaurus may have had a brain-like structure in it's tail. The expansion of the spinal column in the pelvis gave rise to the incorrect idea that dinosaurs had two brains. Yes, the size of a walnut!

Who would win a fight a triceratops or a megalosaurus?

There are examples of damage to triceratops done by a t-rex attacking from in front. Examination of the damage shows that the triceratops continued to grow more bone after the conflict, so the triceratops survived the attack. This implies that a triceratops could beat a t-rex.

On the other hand, there have been fossilized dung samples which show that T-rex ate triceratops. This may mean that triceratops was hunted by T-rex, but since T-rex is a scavenger, this could just mean they sometimes ate an already dead triceratops.

So, in answer to your question, we have direct reason to believe that a triceratops would sometimes win, and little *direct* evidence in the other direction. Given the size, armament, et cetera, it seems likely that sometimes one would win, sometimes the other, with the odds probably going to the T-rex.

How much food does a Triceratops eat in one day?

the rex could eat more than a 700 kg of meat a day as it is the meateating dinosaur with the stongest bite force and usually even bigger meat eating dinosaour would run away when its nearby or approaching especially when it roars giving away a signal to every dinosaur to not come in its path.

Is a triceratops warmblooded?

Most likely all dinosaurs were warm blooded.

What are the triceratops enemies?

HOW MUCH A TRICERATOPS WEIGHT IT WEIGHTS 14,000 POUNDS the size of a triceratops is 75 meters long 3 meters high it weight was 5 to6 tons triceratops foods trees plants triceratops enemie is tyrannosaurs,triricerratops

Where the triceratops diet?

Triceratops would have eaten low lying shrubs and what else was within reach. Grass did not exist in the Cretaceous period so Triceratops did not graze like a cow but was more like a rhinoceros in its eating habits.

Was a triceratops smart?

Troodon had the largest brain to total body mass ratio of any non avian dinosaur. Because paleontologists determine the intelligence of prehistoric animals based on the brain to body mass ratio, Troodon are considered the smartest known dinosaurs. They are estimated to have a similar amount of intelligence to modern birds.

What do triceratop horns do?

no one known for sure, but some ideas are:triceratops' horns were used for defense; with the horns, triceratops can recognize others of its kind;the horns made triceratops look bigger

NOTE:it's spelled "triceratops" not "tricreatop"

Were did the triceratops live?

Triceratops fossils have been found in the US states of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and South Dakota and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and date to between 68 and 65.5 million years ago. At that time the area was a subtropical, coastal floodplain at the edge of the Rockies with various river deltas. It was forested with plants such as conifers, cycads, ginkgoes, ferns, horsetails, and early angiosperms such as primitive grasses and palm trees. There were occasional peat swamps there, too. The region had distinct wet and dry seasons, and sometimes suffered from drought. Since the time when Triceratops lived, the Rocky Mountains have been pushed up further, which is why we find their fossils in the mountains even though they lived in lowland areas.

How are triceratops born?

The same way that reptiles do today - they laid eggs. We do not know (and probably will never know) whether dinosaurs cared for their young, like birds, or just left the eggs to hatch and took no further interest in them.

What group did the triceratops dinosaur belong to?

Triceratops belongs to the family Ceratopsidae. Ceratopsidae belongs to the suborder Ceratopsia, which includes all horned and frilled herbivorous dinosaurs.

What color was the triceratops dinosaur?

Fabulous question. Answer--Nobody knows. But there is every reason to believe they had colors and patterns. Artists often make up some patterns and colors for displays. These are just speculative.

Was Triceratops a predator or prey?

yes!, it was a dinosaur and was known to have been the biggest scavenger on earth, it was founded by a professor named Simon Grossfirth and was known to have destroyed forests with its fire breathing power, i hope this helped!

How many feet long was triceratops?

Triceratops is 9.5 feet tall and is 30 feet long and is 6 tons.