TRICERATOPS Tooth Fossil Dinosaur w/ Display Box
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TRICERATOPS Tooth Fossil Dinosaur w/ Display Box:
$34.99
Up forsale is a nice tooth from the well-known dinosaur TRICERATOPS. It is beautifully presented in a nice glass-topped display box. Triceratops was from the late Cretaceous period, about 65 million years ago! This would make a great gift!
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Fossil range: Late Cretaceous, 68–65Ma prorsus skeleton, Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryScientific classification [ e 1889Species
- T. horridus Marsh, 1889 (type)
- T. prorsus Marsh, Marsh, 1891
- Torosaurus? Marsh, 1891
- Claorhynchus? Cope, 1892
- Ugrosaurus Cobabe & Fastovsky, 1987
- Nedoceratops Ukrainsky, 2007
- Diceratus Mateus, 2008
- Ojoceratops? Sullivan & Lucas, 2010
- Tatankaceratops? Ott & Larson, 2010
Triceratops (pronounced /traɪˈsɛrətɒps/ trye-SERR-ə-tops) is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur which lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65million years ago (Mya) in what is now North America. It was one of the last dinosaur genera to appear before the great Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event.[1]
Bearing a large bony frill and three horns on its large four-legged body, and conjuring similarities with the modern rhinoceros, Triceratops is one of the most recognizable of all dinosaurs and the best known ceratopsid. It shared the landscape with and was preyed upon by the fearsome Tyrannosaurus,[2] though it is less certain that the two did battle in the manner often depicted in traditional museum displays and popular images.
The exact placement of the Triceratops genus within the ceratopsid group has been debated by paleontologists. Two species, T. horridus and T. prorsus, are considered valid although many other species have been named. Recent research suggests that the contemporaneous Torosaurus, a ceratopsid long regarded as a separate genus, actually represents Triceratops in its mature form.[3]
Triceratops has been documented by numerous remains collected since the genus was first described in 1889. Paleontologist John Scannella observed: \"It is hard to walk out into the Hell Creek Formation and not stumble upon a triceratops weathering out of a hillside.\" Forty-seven complete or partial skulls were discovered in just that area during the decade 2000-2010.[4] Specimens representing life stages from hatchling to adult have been found, though a complete skeleton representing a single individual has eluded fossil hunters.[5]
The function of the frills and three distinctive facial horns has long inspired debate. Traditionally these have been viewed as defensive weapons against predators. More recent theories, noting the presence of blood vessels in the skull bones of ceratopsids, find it more probable that these features were primarily used in identification, courtship and dominance displays, much like the antlers and horns of modern reindeer, mountain goats, or rhinoceros beetles.[6] The theory finds additional support if Torosaurus represents the mature form of Triceratops, as this would mean the frill also developed holes (fenestrae) as individuals reached maturity, rendering the structure more useful for display than defense.[3]
TRICERATOPS Tooth Fossil Dinosaur w/ Display Box:
$34.99