Triceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 69 to 66 million years ago in what is now western North America.

It was also one of the largest, up to 9 meters (30 ft) long and 5 to 9 tons in body mass. Triceratops possessed a gigantic skull of 3 metres (about 10 feet) long, which is about 30% of its entire body.

00:00 Introduction
01:24 Habitat
02:13 Skull
03:42 Postcranial skeleton
05:37 Skin
06:00 Triceratops Had a Weird Neck
07:33 Dentition and diet
08:41 Triceratops Discovery
10:18 Function of the horns
11:14 Life Cycle
12:23 Why Did Triceratops Have a Frill?
12:48 Triceratops Frill Was a Form Of Display
13:31 It provided additional surface area for the attachment of jaw muscles
14:08 It was a result of sexual selection
14:39 Protection from Fights between Males
15:02 Triceratops Frill Helped Regulate Body Temperature
15:36 Defense Against Predators
16:07 Triceratops Ancestors
16:46 Dinosaurs Like Triceratops
17:38 Kosmoceratops
19:29 Pachyrhinosaurus
21:01 Achelousaurus

Sources:

1. https://modernsciences.org/triceratop...
2. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c...
3. https://gagebeasleyprehistoric.com/pr...
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachyrh...
5. https://eartharchives.org/articles/pa...
6. https://www.zmescience.com/feature-po...
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricera...

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