triceratops
Noun
Meaning
triceratops (plural triceratopses)
Modern reconstruction
Common name of the extinct genus Triceratops; herbivorous ceratopsids from the late Cretaceous.
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"Anagenesis in Triceratops: evidence from a newly resolved stratigraphic framework for the Hell Creek Formation."
Andrew Farke had in 2006 stressed that, apart from the frill, no systematic differences could be found between Torosaurus and Triceratops.
As described above, John Scannella had argued in 2010 that Nedoceratops should be considered a synonym of Triceratops.
During this time Triceratops was the major herbivore in the northern portion of its range, while the titanosaurian sauropod Alamosaurus "dominated" its southern range.
For many years after its discovery, the evolutionary origins of Triceratops remained largely obscure.
For many years, Triceratops finds were known only from solitary individuals.