Triceratops
genus · Marsh 1889 · accepted · extinct
4 descendant taxa · 166 fossil sites · 12 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
83.6–66 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
12 rock formations
Fossil record
166 sites
6 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 18 million years, from 83.6 to 66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 66 million years old — that is roughly 220 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Triceratops was named in 1889 (Marsh 1889) — 137 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 12 named rock formations.
- 6 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 4 named taxa, including 4 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).