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State Fossil: Triceratops
Triceratops means "three-horned face" and refers to the three extremely large and menacing horns
on its face. It had one short horn over its snout, and two long horns above the eye
sockets. Triceratops roamed the open plains for food and probably used its horns to push
over tall trees to get to the delicate top branches. It was the largest of the
ceratopsians, growing to twenty-nine feet long and weighing up to twelve tons. This
plant-eater also had a huge skull measuring seven feet long. Triceratops lived towards the
end of the Cretaceous time period and was one of the last dinosaurs to suffer extinction.
It was found in Canada and the United States.
For more information about the triceratops click
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