Triceratops dinosaur facts, stats and image

TRICERATOPS

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PRONUNCIATION:

try-SAIR-uh-tops

TRANSLATION:

Three-horned Face

ALSO KNOWN AS:

n/a

DESCRIPTION:

Herbivore, Quadrupedal

ORDER:

Ornithischia

SUBORDER:

Marginocephalia

INFRAORDER:

Ceratopsia

MICRO-ORDER:

Neoceratopsia

FAMILY:

Ceratopsidae

HEIGHT:

9.5 feet (2.9 meters)

LENGTH:

26 feet (7.9 meters)

WEIGHT:

14,000 pounds (6,350 kg)

PERIOD:

Late Cretaceous