Triceratops[1] (a Graeco, τρι- 'tres' + κέρας 'cornu' + ὤψ 'oculus, facies')[2] (nomen a Marsh anno 1889 inditum) est genus dinosaurorum herbivororum quod Aevo Cretaceo exeunte vixit. Reliquiae in America Septentrionali inveniuntur. Anno 2010 Scannella et Homer proposuerunt Triceratopem eundem ac Torosaurum esse; quae sententia etiamnunc disputatur.


Classis : Sauropsida 
Superordo : Dinosauria 
Ordo : Ornithischia † 
Familia : Ceratopsidae † 
Subfamilia : Chasmosaurinae † 
Tribus : Triceratopsini † 
Genus : Triceratops † 
Marsh, 1889
   
Palaeontologia
70–65.5 m.a.Cretaceum superius
Subdivisiones: Species
T. horridusMarsh, 1889
T. prorsusMarsh, 1890
Synonyma
Agathaumas? Cope, 1872

Polyonax? Cope, 1874
Bison alticornis Marsh, 1887
Torosaurus? Marsh, 1891
Sterrholophus Marsh, 1891
Claorhynchus? Cope, 1892
Ugrosaurus Cobabe & Fastovsky, 1987
Nedoceratops? Ukrainsky, 2007
Diceratus? Mateus, 2008
Ojoceratops? Sullivan & Lucas, 2010

Tatankaceratops? Ott & Larson, 2010
Species typica
Triceratops horridus † Marsh, 1889

Pinacotheca

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  1. Vocabulum fortasse sicut cyclops declinandum: Triceratōps, -ōpis, m.; acc. -ōpem vel -ōpa.
  2. The American Heritage Dictionary, s.v. "Triceratops."

Bibliographia

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  • Scannella, J.B. et Horner, J.R. 2010. "Torosaurus Marsh, 1891, is Triceratops Marsh, 1889 (Ceratopsidae: Chasmosaurinae): synonymy through ontogeny." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 3(4): 1157–1168. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.483632.
  • Longrich, N. R.; Field, D. J. 2012. "Torosaurus is not Triceratops: ontogeny in chasmosaurine ceratopsids as a case study in dinosaur taxonomy." PLoS One 7(2): e32623. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032623.

Nexus interni

Nexus externi

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