Triceratops
genus of Late Cretaceous ceratopsids
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Summary
Triceratops is a fossil taxon[1]. Triceratops ranks in the top 0.21% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,891 views/month, #20 of 9,701).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Parent taxon: Triceratopsini[4]
- Location of discovery: Hell Creek Formation[5], Laramie Formation[6], Evanston Formation[7], Scollard Formation[8], Lance Formation[9], Denver Formation[10], United States[11]
- Taxon name: Triceratops[12]
- Commons category: Triceratops[13]
- Temporal range start: Maastrichtian[14]
- Temporal range end: Maastrichtian[15]
- Start time: -68000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[16]
- End time: -65000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[17]
- IPA transcription: tɹaɪˈsæɹətɑps[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Triceratops[19]
- Commons gallery: Triceratops[20]
- Main food source: herbivore[21]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22]
- Taxon common name: التَرَيسِيرَاتوپس[23], טריצרטופס[24], Трицератопс[25], 三角龍[26]
- Length: 9 m[27]
- Height: 3 m[28]
- Mass: 12 tonne[29]
- Time period: Late Cretaceous[30]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[31]
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Identifiers
Triceratops's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 1517501[32]. Triceratops's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4531590[33]. Triceratops's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823146[34].
Why It Matters
Triceratops has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Triceratops is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]