- Scientific name
- Triceratops horridus
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Length
- 9 m
- Height
- 3 m
- Weight
- 9.0 tonnes
- Diet
- Herbivore
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Late Cretaceous
Triceratops
Triceratops horridus
Nine metres of herbivore built like a tank, with a bony frill and three horns. Triceratops shared its range and its era with T. rex, and fossil frills carry the puncture marks to prove it. Ours grazes at the waterline and is the easiest animal in the park to photograph.
Did you know
Its three horns were built for defence and display.