Dino of the Week: Triceratops

Dino of the Week: Triceratops

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It’s summer reading season! And Digby the Dinosaur and Legend the Llama are learning all about dinosaurs.

Digby and Legend are in the Cretaceous Period! This was 145–66 million years ago. This week, Digby and Legend put together a bunch of facts about a dinosaur who lived then: the Triceratops!

Dinosaur of the week: Triceratops. Three Horned Face. Tri = “three”, keras = “horn”, and ops = “face” in Greek. Scientists used to think that Triceratops lived only in North America. But recently, a skull that looks similar to a Triceratops was discovered in Hungary, in Europe! The Triceratops was an herbivore; it ate plants. Triceratops fossils were first found in the 1880s in Colorado. The horn of a Triceratops is made of the same material as your fingernails! It had three horns: two on its brow and one above its mouth. The frills and horns of Triceratops might have been used to fight off predators like the T. rex or to impress mates. The largest-known Triceratops skeleton was found in South Dakota. He is nicknamed “Big John.” It looks like he was once in a battle with another Triceratops, judging by the hole in his frill.

Come to the Youth Services wing to help Digby and Legend decorate our walls by coloring in pictures of this featured Dinosaur of the Week. While you’re here, look up! There’s a Triceratops right above your head!

 

Picture of triceratops skeleton hanging from the ceiling.

 

Last week, visitors learned all about the Pachycephalosaurus. Come to the library to see your art on the wall!

Photograph of colored in Pachycephalosaurus pictures on a wall that says Mesozoic Marvels: Cretaceous Period: (145–66 million years ago).

Finally, be sure to Unearth a Story by being part of our Summer Challenge! Open to all ages.

~Lisa Jenkins, Youth Services Librarian

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