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Triceratops was my favorite dinosaurs growing up (geez, I sound like Sam Niel in Jurassic Park...), so it was a lot of fun to do this. The WDC specimen is mature, but not very old (as demonstrated by lack of cranial ossification as well as brow-forn shape).

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:iconntamura:
Ah, I was wondering when we will see a skeletal of such a famous dino! Great work (as usual)...
:iconashere:
I love it. I didn't recall Triceratops having those proportions, but if the animal is a young adult, then it makes sense.

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:iconbatmanosaurus:
Very cool. The ROM just re-opened its dinosaur gallery. Lots of cool new specimens and a lot of emphasis on skull morphology.
:icononyxsoulclaw:
oustanding work as always please keep it up and all the best for the future.
:iconmegalania1859:
look at how complete the original is. Lucky for you, i guess.

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:iconpatriatyrannus:
Great work! I'm still little confused about the variations of the horns, between Triceratops species. I previosuly thought that the T.horridus horns were making a slight curve and then point little more forward? Was this just individual issue? What species are these two; link and link?
:iconshartman:
Recent work by Mark Goodwin and Jack Horner show that brow horn morphology reflects the age of the animal rather than species differences. It's _possible_ that the same thing is true of the nose horn, but so far many (though hardly all) ceratopsian workers think the easiest way to desinate T. prorsus is the nose horn. Btw, both of your links point to specimens of T. horridus.

The fairly straight horns of the WDC specimen comes at a young-but-fairly-mature (reproductively speaking, there's no word on whether our Triceratops joined a frat and gave wedgies to other Triceratops) age. The brow horns are transitioning from pointing upwards during youth to pointing downwards as adults.

A T. prorsus skull can be seen here: [link]
:iconpatriatyrannus:
Thank you very much for the info! Things are much clearer now :D

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