Triceratops prorsus

Note: A digitally colored version of the original, available here:
http://sounder1995.blogspot.com/2015/08/triceratops-prorsus.html

Triceratops prorsus (Marsh, 1890)
Sauropsida
Diapsida
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Neornithischia
Marginocephalia
Ceratopsia (Horned Dinosaurs)
Ceratopsidae
Chasmosaurinae

Upper Maastrichtian, Late Cretaceous
Hell Creek Formation
United States (Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming)

Length: 7.9 – 9.0 m

Everyone’s favorite three horned face was a lot spikier than you we originally thought.

Thursday, September 15th, 2016