taxonomy - Are Triceratops and Eotriceratops similar enough to be ...
The process is somewhat arbitrary, and there are some random elements to higher taxon assignment. But it is the system we use. If somebody were to write a paper to synonomize Eotriceratops with Triceratops, and that paper were accepted, then Eotriceratops would cease to be a valid name. Its all about publication precedence.
The largest Triceratops specimen - Biology Stack Exchange
Added in edit: The following image of EoFauna on DeviantArt and the discussion that follows suggests that Triceratops was as big as Eotriceratops, reaching a length of 9 meters and a mass of about 10 tonnes (10,000 kg) with skull about 2.7 meters long.
How is the first Triceratops born? - Biology Stack Exchange
Aug 23, 2017 · If you are looking to a more recent evolution of Triceratops you can follow the cladogram to the subfamily Chasmosaurinae and then to the tribe Triceratopsini. You'll find there Eotriceratops, which looks very much like a bigger Triceratops and might has been his direct ancestor, as it lived 68 MYA.
palaeontology - The size of the Triceratops specimen Lane in the ...
In 2012 the Houston Museum of Natural Science published they discovered an almost complete fossil of Triceratops including fossilized skin, see HMNS post, and nicknamed it "Lane". I am interested to
Bite Force of Triceratops - Biology Stack Exchange
Estimations (or measurements) of bite force is usually conducted for toothy predators like sharks, theropod dinosaurs and crocodiles. For example: Tyrannosaurus had a bite force of about 57 kN (abo...
literature - Injuries inflicted to Tyrannosaurus by Triceratops ...
Jun 17, 2024 · I encountered this YouTube video: YouTube video by ExtinctZoo. The video presents Triceratops as the only dinosaur documented to injure a Tyrannosaurus (excluding other T. rex individuals).
development - Why Triceratops' frill reabsorbed the triangular ...
Jun 26, 2023 · Why Triceratops' frill reabsorbed the triangular epiossifications on the edge of the frill?. Juvenile and even sub-adult Triceratops had triangular prongs on the edge of the frill, called "epocciptials" or "epiossification".
Oldest Triceratops fossil - Biology Stack Exchange
Jul 8, 2019 · In most books, Triceratops is listed to live between 68-66 MYA (million years ago), however some books list Triceratops as living between 70-66 MYA. The Campanian age ended about 72 MYA and then ca...
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