TRICERATOPS PRORSUS - INFO
TIME
Late Cretaceous, Late Maastrichtian
LOCATION (For type specimen)
Niobrara County, Wyoming, USA
Lance formation
Measurements for this taxa (cm)
HOLOTYPE:
Skull
Maximum skull length: ~164 cm
Maximum skull height (JUG -> ORBIT): 51 cm
Body
Maximum length (along centra): 579 cm (5.79 m)
Maximum length (along the curves of silh., along midline): 629 cm (6.29 m)
ABOUT TRICERATOPS:
Triceratops prorsus was the last species of Triceratops to have existed, with the type species, T. horridus, having lived at an earlier time.
Triceratops existed alongside many iconic dinosaurs, including the ferocius Tyrannosaurus rex and the tank like Ankylosaurus magniventris.
