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When the first specimen was discovered in 1887, it was mistaken for a gigantic species of extinct bison. Only later did further discoveries reveal that it was actually a horned dinosaur. Triceratops was officially named and described by American paleontologist O.C. Marsh in 1889.
- When was the Triceratops fossil found?
- When was the torosaurus discovered?
- When was the last Triceratops found?
- Who discovered Triceratops?
- Where has Triceratops been found?
- What's the spitting dinosaur in Jurassic Park?
- Is Torosaurus real?
- Is Torosaurus and triceratops the same?
- Are Triceratops still alive?
- Is Triceratops a real dinosaur?
- Has cowboy Rex been sold?
- How big was Big John triceratops?
- Who owns Stan the T Rex?
When was the Triceratops fossil found?
LOCATIONS AND DISCOVERY OF FOSSILS
Paleontologist Othniel Marsh named Triceratops in 1889 - from a fossil found near Denver, Colorado, USA.
When was the torosaurus discovered?
Discovery and species. In 1891, two years after the naming of Triceratops, a pair of ceratopsian skulls with elongated frills bearing holes were found in southeastern Wyoming, Niobrara County, by John Bell Hatcher. Hatcher's employer, paleontologist Professor Othniel Charles Marsh, coined the genus Torosaurus for them.
When was the last Triceratops found?
Some 66 million years ago, Big John roamed modern-day South Dakota in the US, where the dinosaur's bones were unearthed in 2014. With its huge collared skull and three horns, the plant-eating triceratops was a giant of the Cretaceous period.
Who discovered Triceratops?
Triceratops was officially named and described by American paleontologist O.C. Marsh in 1889. At present there are two recognized species: T. horridus and T. prorsus.
Where has Triceratops been found?
One of the most abundant dinosaurs unearthed by paleontologists, Triceratops has been found all across the fossil-rich Hell Creek Formation in northeastern Montana, where rock layers recorded the final millennia of the dinosaurs' reign.
What's the spitting dinosaur in Jurassic Park?
The poison-spitting dinosaur reconstructed in Jurassic Park is Dilophosaurus. At the time the movie was produced, there was no evidence that this or any other dinosaur spat poison or had poisonous saliva of any kind.
Is Torosaurus real?
Torosaurus, thought to be the largest horned dinosaur to ever walk the Earth, is actually an older triceratops. The discovery ends over 100 years of belief that the two were separate species. ... It was discovered in the dinosaur rush of 1890s, and featured three large, exotic horns protruding from its skull.
Is Torosaurus and triceratops the same?
Summary: Triceratops and Torosaurus were the same dinosaur at different stages of growth, according to new research. ... Triceratops had a three-horned skull with a rather short frill, whereas Torosaurus had a much bigger frill with two large holes through it.
Are Triceratops still alive?
Other than birds, however, there is no scientific evidence that any dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Apatosaurus, Stegosaurus, or Triceratops, are still alive. These, and all other non-avian dinosaurs became extinct at least 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period.
Is Triceratops a real dinosaur?
Triceratops is an extinct genus of herbivorous chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur that first appeared during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 68 million years ago in what is now North America.
Has cowboy Rex been sold?
rex skeleton—named Sue, after its discoverer, Sue Hendrickson—was auctioned off by Sotheby's to the Field Museum in Chicago for $8.36 million, a record for a dinosaur fossil.
How big was Big John triceratops?
'Big John' was discovered in South Dakota in 2014. "Big John", 66-million-years old and the largest triceratops skeleton ever unearthed at eight metres long, was sold at auction to a US collector on Thursday for a gargantuan 6.6 million euros.
Who owns Stan the T Rex?
rex dug up by the same South Dakota institute and eventually purchased by the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago for $8.36 million (equivalent to nearly $13.5 million today).
