Body length9 m
101Crayons
30 millionUV-B wavelengths
8.2 tenthsLondon double-decker buses
Photo from Wikimedia Commons
Triceratops
The three-horned tank of the Late Cretaceous/Dinosaurs & Extinct Animals
Triceratops is one of the most recognizable dinosaurs, thanks to its three facial horns and enormous bony frill. Living about 68 to 66 million years ago in what is now North America, it was one of the last non-avian dinosaurs. Despite its fearsome appearance, Triceratops was a herbivore that used its beak-like mouth and shearing teeth to process tough vegetation. Fossil evidence suggests they may have lived in herds and that their frills and horns were used in both defense and display.
Measurements
Estimated mass8,000 kg
11.8Dairy cows
8 hundredthsLoaded freight cars
1,481Unabridged dictionaries
About 8 tonnes
Brow horn length1 m
22.7Wine cork lengths
1.6 tenthsBoxing ring sides
6.5 hundredthsSubway cars
Each of the two brow horns
Frill area5 tenths m²
7.69Laptop screens
28.1 quadrillionthsPluto surfaces
Estimated area of the bony frill
Estimated top speed5 m/s
3.1 billionContinental drifts
1.67Running toddlers
6.3 tenthsRolled bowling balls
About 18 km/h
Skull length2.5 m
227Shirt buttons
8.3 hundredthsChurch steeple heights
One of the largest skulls of any land animal
Height at hip2.9 m
290 billionHard X-ray wavelengths
41,429Human hairs
13.2Discus diameters