What is Triceratops?
{{italictitle}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = [[Late Cretaceous]],<br/>{{Geological range|68|65}} | image = LA-Triceratops_mount-2.jpg | image_caption = Skeletal mount of a ''T. prorsus'' specimen at the [[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County|Natural History Museum of Los Angeles]] | taxon = Triceratops | authority = [[Othniel Charles Marsh|Marsh]], 1889 | type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Triceratops horridus''''' | type_species_authority = Marsh, 1889 | subdivision_ranks = Other species | subdivision = *{{extinct}}'''''T. prorsus''''' <small>Marsh, 1890</small> | synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true|title=<small>List</small> |''[[Agathaumas]]''? <small>[[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1872</small> |''[[Polyonax]]''? <small>Cope, 1874</small> |''Bison alticornis'' <small>Marsh, 1887</small> |''Sterrholophus'' <small>Marsh, 1891</small> |''[[Claorhynchus]]''? <small>Cope, 1892</small> |''Ugrosaurus'' <small>Cobabe & Fastovsky, 1987</small> |''[[Eotriceratops]]''? <small> Wu ''et al.'', 2007</small> |''[[Nedoceratops]]''? <small>Ukrainsky, 2007</small> |''[[Ojoceratops]]''? <small> Sullivan & Lucas, 2010</small> |''[[Tatankaceratops]]''? <small>Ott & Larson, 2010</small>}} }} [[File:Triceratops mount.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''T. horridus'' skeleton mounted with modern limb-posture, Natural History Museum of [[Los Angeles County]]]] [[File:Dinos2.jpg|thumb|''Tyrannosaurus'' and ''Triceratops'' models in an abandoned hotel,1949]] [[File:Human-triceratops size comparison.svg|thumb|right|''Triceratops'' compared in size with a human]] '''''Triceratops''''' was a huge [[herbivore|herbivorous]] [[Ceratopsia|ceratopsid]] [[dinosaur]] from the late [[Cretaceous]]. Its name means three horned face which it gets from having three horns on its head.<ref>[[Greek language|Greek]] ''tri'' = three + ''keratops'' = horned face</ref> They were mainly found in [[North America]]. As adults, they grew up to {{convert|9|m|ft|abbr=on}} long by {{convert|3|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall, and probably weighed around {{convert|12|t|l