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Kingdom   Animal
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Class   Reptile
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Group  Dinosaur
Genus  Triceratops
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Date Updated   Sun May 4 11:18:16 2014
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Image Credit  JindoJeff
Image Comment  Lifesize Triceratops dinosaur replica.
Image From  Brookfield Zoo
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- There were likely several species of Triceratops dinosaurs.
- It is unlikely that Triceratops could move very quickly.
- The skull of a Triceratops is among the largest of all land animals.
- The head of the Triceratops was about 1/3 of its entire body length.
- The name Triceratops means Three-Horned Face.
- Triceratops fossils were found in North America.
- It is estimated that adult Triceratops dinosaurs weighed 12,000 to 24,000 pounds.
- Triceratops were about 30 feet long, which is just a bit shorter than a school bus in length.
- Triceratops was well defended so was not easy prey for dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
- Triceratop dinosaurs were herbivores.
- Triceratops lived about 65-70 million years ago, in the Cretaceous Period.
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