The Triceratops!   Here’s what he had to say about our Dinosaur
Profile for January – the Triceretops!  Triceratops was probably
one of the most well known dinosaurs there was. It lived in the
early Cretaceous period and ate a lot of plants. It was a common
prey of the predators of the time, such as Tyrannosaurus Rex and
Albertosaurus. It was a member of a group of herbivores called
Ceratopsians. It was a herd animal with an extremely short
temper. It was called Triceratops because: the ‘tri’ part of its
name was because ‘tri’ means three, and it had three horns on
its head. the ‘ceratops’ part of its name is because it's a
Ceratopsian. The Ceratopsians lived throughout the Cretaceous
period and all looked similar in basic appearance, but some had
more horns, or a different head shape. The Ceratopsians had a
slightly strange appearance that looked like a mix of bird and
lizard. They all had a bony frill on top of their head and had
beaks like birds. Ceratopsians would form a circle around their
young if preda