TRICERATOPS

WHAT WERE THEY?
Triceratops have three horns and a bony frill around the back of its head. They were one of the biggest plant-eating dinosaurs.

HOW DID THEY MOVE:
The triceratops’s big leg muscles helped it run very fast. This dinosaur could run 30 miles per hour. It could walk as fast as a person. It ran on all four legs.

Where Did They Live:
The Triceratops lived in North America 65 million years ago. That was during the late Cretaceous period.
They walked on the land that is now the United States and Canada.

WHAT DID THEY EAT

• Vines
• Ferns
• Young trees