{"id":39101,"date":"2022-04-12T09:17:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T09:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/"},"modified":"2022-04-12T09:17:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T09:17:12","slug":"when-was-triceratops-first-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/","title":{"rendered":"When was Triceratops first discovered?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#When_was_Triceratops_first_discovered\" title=\"When was Triceratops first discovered?\">When was Triceratops first discovered?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#What_does_the_name_Triceratops_mean\" title=\"What does the name Triceratops mean?\">What does the name Triceratops mean?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#What_is_the_size_of_a_Triceratops\" title=\"What is the size of a Triceratops?\">What is the size of a Triceratops?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#Where_was_a_Triceratops_first_discovered\" title=\"Where was a Triceratops first discovered?\">Where was a Triceratops first discovered?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#Who_was_the_first_to_discovered_the_Triceratops\" title=\"Who was the first to discovered the Triceratops?\">Who was the first to discovered the Triceratops?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#When_and_where_was_the_Triceratops_discovered\" title=\"When and where was the Triceratops discovered?\">When and where was the Triceratops discovered?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#How_long_did_the_Triceratops_live\" title=\"How long did the Triceratops live?\">How long did the Triceratops live?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#What_does_the_name_dinosaur_means\" title=\"What does the name dinosaur means?\">What does the name dinosaur means?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#Why_Triceratops_are_the_best\" title=\"Why Triceratops are the best?\">Why Triceratops are the best?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#What_does_the_word_T_Rex_mean\" title=\"What does the word T Rex mean?\">What does the word T Rex mean?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#How_big_is_a_full_grown_Triceratops\" title=\"How big is a full grown Triceratops?\">How big is a full grown Triceratops?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#What_was_the_size_and_weight_of_the_Triceratops\" title=\"What was the size and weight of the Triceratops?\">What was the size and weight of the Triceratops?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#How_tall_and_wide_is_a_Triceratops\" title=\"How tall and wide is a Triceratops?\">How tall and wide is a Triceratops?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#How_big_is_the_biggest_Triceratops\" title=\"How big is the biggest Triceratops?\">How big is the biggest Triceratops?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#When_was_the_Triceratops_first_seen\" title=\"When was the Triceratops first seen?\">When was the Triceratops first seen?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#Who_was_the_first_person_to_find_a_Triceratops\" title=\"Who was the first person to find a Triceratops?\">Who was the first person to find a Triceratops?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#Where_did_Triceratops_come_from\" title=\"Where did Triceratops come from?\">Where did Triceratops come from?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#When_did_Triceratops_first_appear\" title=\"When did Triceratops first appear?\">When did Triceratops first appear?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#How_were_Triceratops_found\" title=\"How were Triceratops found?\">How were Triceratops found?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#What_was_the_first_Triceratops\" title=\"What was the first Triceratops?\">What was the first Triceratops?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#Where_was_the_triceratops_discovered\" title=\"Where was the triceratops discovered?\">Where was the triceratops discovered?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#When_did_the_triceratops_get_discovered\" title=\"When did the triceratops get discovered?\">When did the triceratops get discovered?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#Who_was_the_first_person_to_find_a_triceratops\" title=\"Who was the first person to find a triceratops?\">Who was the first person to find a triceratops?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#Where_did_the_triceratops_live_in_the_world\" title=\"Where did the triceratops live in the world?\">Where did the triceratops live in the world?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/when-was-triceratops-first-discovered\/#How_long_did_Triceratops_live_on_Earth\" title=\"How long did Triceratops live on Earth?\">How long did Triceratops live on Earth?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_was_Triceratops_first_discovered\"><\/span>When was Triceratops first discovered?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>1887<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_the_name_Triceratops_mean\"><\/span>What does the name Triceratops mean?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>three-horned face<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_size_of_a_Triceratops\"><\/span>What is the size of a Triceratops?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>forested areas<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_was_a_Triceratops_first_discovered\"><\/span>Where was a Triceratops first discovered?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Denver<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_was_the_first_to_discovered_the_Triceratops\"><\/span>Who was the first to discovered the Triceratops?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Othniel Charles Marsh for study. At he time only the skull plate and two horns had been discovered and Marsh identified it as some kind of strange pre-historic bison.<\/b>Quick FactsFamily:CeratopsidaeGenus:Triceratops<b>Cladistic Classification<\/b>19 more rows<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_and_where_was_the_Triceratops_discovered\"><\/span>When and where was the Triceratops discovered?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The first fossil discovery of a triceratops was in <b>Denver, CO in 1887. However, it wasnt until John Bell Hatcher found a nearly complete skull in Wyoming in 1888, that Paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh named and described the fossil as the triceratops.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_did_the_Triceratops_live\"><\/span>How long did the Triceratops live?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>66 million years ago.<\/b>Triceratops.Triceratops Temporal range: <b>Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian),<\/b>Clade:DinosauriaOrder:u2020OrnithischiaSuborder:u2020CeratopsiaFamily:u2020Ceratopsidae14 more rows<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_the_name_dinosaur_means\"><\/span>What does the name dinosaur means?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The word dinosaur is <b>from the Greek deinos (terrible) and sauros (lizard). Some dinosaur names are short; others are tongue twisters. COMMON ROOTS FOUND IN DINOSAUR NAMES. Word. Meaning.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Triceratops_are_the_best\"><\/span>Why Triceratops are the best?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It took up about a quarter of its whole body length, which is an unbelievably big skull, says Barrett. <b>The skull is also what makes Triceratops so memorable, with its bony frill and three dramatic horns. Its easy to assume that its fearsome features were used in prehistoric battles with predators like the T.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_the_word_T_Rex_mean\"><\/span>What does the word T Rex mean?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Tyrannosaurus is Greek for tyrant lizard, and rex means <b>king in Latin. So, Tyrannosaurus rex was King of the Tyrant Lizards.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_big_is_a_full_grown_Triceratops\"><\/span>How big is a full grown Triceratops?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>30 feet<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_was_the_size_and_weight_of_the_Triceratops\"><\/span>What was the size and weight of the Triceratops?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>An elephant-size dinosaur Triceratops was a massive animal, comparable in size to an African elephant, according to a 2011 article in the journal Cretaceous Research. It <b>grew up to 30 feet (9 meters) and weighed well over 11,000 lbs.<\/b><b>(5,000 kg)  some large specimens weighed nearly 15,750 lbs. (7,150 kg).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_tall_and_wide_is_a_Triceratops\"><\/span>How tall and wide is a Triceratops?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Triceratops had a length between 26-29.5 (7.9-9 m), stood at a <b>height of 9.5-10 (2.9-3 m), and had a width of 6.7 (2 m). A typical Triceratops weighed between 13,500-26,500 lb (6.1-12 metric tons).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_big_is_the_biggest_Triceratops\"><\/span>How big is the biggest Triceratops?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With a reconstructed skull stretching <b>more than five feet long (155 centimeters), Big Johns noggin is a few inches larger than any Triceratops skull that has been documented in the scientific literature, earning the dinosaur a Guinness World Record.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_was_the_Triceratops_first_seen\"><\/span>When was the Triceratops first seen?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The first fossil discovery of a triceratops was in <b>Denver, CO in 1887. However, it wasnt until John Bell Hatcher found a nearly complete skull in Wyoming in 1888, that Paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh named and described the fossil as the triceratops.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_was_the_first_person_to_find_a_Triceratops\"><\/span>Who was the first person to find a Triceratops?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>1887<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_did_Triceratops_come_from\"><\/span>Where did Triceratops come from?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Paleontologist Othniel Marsh named Triceratops in 1889 &#8211; from a fossil found near Denver, Colorado, USA. At first this fossil was mistakenly identified as an extinct species of buffalo. The first Triceratops skull was found in 1888 by <b>John Bell Hatcher<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_did_Triceratops_first_appear\"><\/span>When did Triceratops first appear?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>around 68 million years ago<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_were_Triceratops_found\"><\/span>How were Triceratops found?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The first fossil discovery of a triceratops was in <b>Denver, CO in 1887. However, it wasnt until John Bell Hatcher found a nearly complete skull in Wyoming in 1888, that Paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh named and described the fossil as the triceratops.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_was_the_first_Triceratops\"><\/span>What was the first Triceratops?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the most abundant dinosaurs unearthed by paleontologists, Triceratops has been found all <b>across the fossil-rich Hell Creek Formation in northeastern Montana, where rock layers recorded the final millennia of the dinosaurs reign.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_was_the_triceratops_discovered\"><\/span>Where was the triceratops discovered?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the most abundant dinosaurs unearthed by paleontologists, Triceratops has been found <b>all across the fossil-rich Hell Creek Formation in northeastern Montana, where rock layers recorded the final millennia of the dinosaurs reign.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_did_the_triceratops_get_discovered\"><\/span>When did the triceratops get discovered?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When the first specimen was discovered in <b>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.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_was_the_first_person_to_find_a_triceratops\"><\/span>Who was the first person to find a triceratops?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Paleontologist Othniel Marsh named Triceratops in 1889 &#8211; from a fossil found near Denver, Colorado, USA. At first this fossil was mistakenly identified as an extinct species of buffalo. The first Triceratops skull was found in 1888 by <b>John Bell Hatcher<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_did_the_triceratops_live_in_the_world\"><\/span>Where did the triceratops live in the world?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>North America<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_did_Triceratops_live_on_Earth\"><\/span>How long did Triceratops live on Earth?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Triceratops lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous period around <b>86 million years ago and it died out with all the other dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous, as it was one of the last dinosaurs to go extinct around 65 million years ago.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents When was Triceratops first discovered?What does the name Triceratops mean?What is the size of a Triceratops?Where was a Triceratops first discovered?Who was the first to discovered the Triceratops?When and where was the Triceratops discovered?How long did the Triceratops live?What does the name dinosaur means?Why Triceratops are the best?What does the word T&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}