With its three horns, thick hide and elephant-like build, Triceratops was one of the most common North American herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period. Here's where you can find some basic facts about Triceratops:
Profile of Triceratops
10 Facts About Triceratops
A gallery of Triceratops pictures
Profile of Othniel C. Marsh, the paleontologist who named Triceratops
Profile of Hell Creek, where many Triceratops fossils have been found
As distinctive as it was, Triceratops wasn't the most bizarre or dangerous ceratopsian ("horned face") of its era, and it was far from the biggest herbivorous dinosaur:
Ceratopsians - The Horned, Frilled Dinosaurs
Sauropods - The Biggest Dinosaurs
An A-Z List of Herbivorous Dinosaurs
How did Triceratops (and other ceratopsians and large dinosaurs) mate, fight and rear its young?
Dinosaur Combat - All About Dinosaur Fights
Dinosaur Family Life - How Dinosaurs Raised Babies and Children
Dinosaur Mating - How Did Dinosaurs Have Sex?
Because its fossils have been so well preserved, Triceratops has been in the news more often than most dinosaurs. Here are the most notable developments over the past few years:
March 9, 2008: Psst...Wanna Buy a Triceratops?
March 26, 2008: Psst...Wanna Buy a Triceratops Jawbone?
March 28, 2008: A Trifecta for Triceratops
April 17, 2008: A Dinosaur of a Recession
September 23, 2008: Cliff the Triceratops
January 17, 2009: Triceratops Skull Up for Auction
January 28, 2009: Ultimate Fighting, Triceratops Style
March 25, 2009: Did Triceratops Roam in Herds?
