If you asked me the same question when I was about 10 years old, though, I would have immediately shot back “Triceratops!” Ol’ three-horned-face was the dinosaur I loved most—not least ...

Triceratops and Torosaurus were the same dinosaur at different stages of growth, according to new research. Since the late 1800s, scientists have believed that Triceratops and Torosaurus were two ...

Here’s how it works. Triceratops, with its three horns and bony frill around the back of its head, is one of the most recognizable dinosaurs. Its name is a combination of the Greek syllables tri ...

Among the most intriguing dinosaurs named by paleontologist O.C. Marsh during the "Great Bone Rush" of the late 19th century were the ceratopsians Torosaurus and Triceratops. They were the last of ...

Scientists still debate the purpose of this dinosaur's iconic horns and spiky head plate. Find out what we’ve learned about how Triceratops lived and why it went extinct. Triceratops’ enormous ...

Like T. rex, the three-horned Triceratops is among the most iconic of the dinosaurs, and one of the most studied. In fact, more adult Triceratops are found than any other dinosaur in the region.

This January, a new, full-scale skeleton of a Triceratops dinosaur came to campus, shining a light on Colorado’s ancient past—a time when creatures like this three-horned dinosaur tromped through ...

Members of the public can also learn more about Colorado’s dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals by visiting the Paleontology Hall in the museum’s Henderson Building on Main Campus. The Triceratops ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) A model of a triceratops rests outside the “Jurassic ...