Triceratops had three horns on its face. Its name means "three-horned face."

Two long horns were above its eyes. One short horn was on its nose.

Behind the horns was a bony frill. It also had a beak like a bird's.

Triceratops was a horned dinosaur. It was in a group of horned dinosaurs.

It walked on four legs. It could grow to about 30 feet long.

Triceratops weighed several tons. Scientists guess from 5 to 10 tons, as of November 2026.

Triceratops was a plant-eater. It may have eaten low plants. It did not eat meat.

Rows of teeth in the back of its jaws cut up tough plants.

Triceratops lived in North America. It lived about 68 to 66 million years ago.

Tyrannosaurus rex lived at the same time. It lived in the same place too. So Triceratops and T. rex were both there. They both lived in North America.

Words to know

• frill: a bony fan
• beak: a hard mouth
• tons: huge weights