Triceratops Hottidus: “Horrible Three-horned Face”

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other
Cartesians. This hypothesis is supported by the fining of bone beds, large
deposits of bones of the same species in am area.

Triceratops hatched from eggs, which may have been cared for by
adults.

Which threatened by predators, Triceratops probably changed into
its enemy, like the modern-day rhinoceros does. This was probably a very
effective defense.

DIET, TEETH, ADN TRICERATOPS POSITION IN THE FOOD CHAIN:

Triceratops was as herbivore, a plant eater(a primary consumer), It
probably ate cycads, palms, and other low-lying plants with its tough beak.
Triceratops could chew well with its cheek teeth(like other Ceratopsians,
but unlike most other dinosaurs).

LOCOMOTION:

Triceratops walked on four short legs; it was a relatively slow
dinosaur. Dinosaur speeds are estimate using their morphology
(characteristics like leg length and estimated body mass) and fossilized
trackways.

LOCATION AND DISCOVERY OF FOSSILS:

Many triceratops fossils have been found, mostly in ...

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