How It Works-Book Of Dinosaurs

During their lifetime

Triceratops would go

through between a

massive 400 to 800

teeth as they browsed

on ferns

Fact

MOST AMAZING DINOSAURS

Triceratops

(‘Three-horn face’)

Herbivore

Late Cretaceous, 67-65 MYA

Found in: Western North America

Lived in: Forests with prairies

Dino skill

Triceratops’ three horns and frill were

used for courtships and combat, using

them to take on and beat the dreaded

Tyrannosaurus rex.

Triceratops

Killer rating: 2/

Speed: 2/

Defence: 4/

Heavyweight

Triceratops weighed the

same as two West

African elephants – that’s

almost 12 tonnes

Heavy skull

Triceratops were

big-heads – the largest

triceratops skulls found

by dinosaur-fossil hunters

are over 2m in length

Combat ready

Powerful horns helped

protect from predators

Colourful frill

The large frill was

probably used to attract

a mate, like a peacock’s

feathers, but it could

also have doubled up as

a way of keeping their

blood cool