Triceratops: The Toughest Of All Dinosaurs

Triceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 69 to 66 million years ago in what is now western North America.
It was also one of the largest, up to 9 meters (30 ft) long and 5 to 9 tons in body mass. Triceratops possessed a gigantic skull of 3 metres (about 10 feet) long, which is about 30% of its entire body.
00:00 Introduction
01:24 Habitat
02:13 Skull
03:42 Postcranial skeleton
05:37 Skin
06:00 Triceratops Had a Weird Neck
07:33 Dentition and diet
08:41 Triceratops Discovery
10:18 Function of the horns
11:14 Life Cycle
12:23 Why Did Triceratops Have a Frill?
12:48 Triceratops Frill Was a Form Of Display
13:31 It provided additional surface area for the attachment of jaw muscles
14:08 It was a result of sexual selection
14:39 Protection from Fights between Males
15:02 Triceratops Frill Helped Regulate Body Temperature
15:36 Defense Against Predators
16:07 Triceratops Ancestors
16:46 Dinosaurs Like Triceratops
17:38 Kosmoceratops
19:29 Pachyrhinosaurus
21:01 Achelousaurus
Sources:
1. modernsciences.org/triceratop...
2. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c...
3. gagebeasleyprehistoric.com/pr...
4. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachyrh...
5. eartharchives.org/articles/pa...
6. www.zmescience.com/feature-po...
7. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricera...
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Music:
"Ancient Mystery Waltz (Vivace)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@CreatorOnline2.0]

13:25 Is it possible Ceratopsians had Feathers on their frills?

[@JacobTKYEditz__]

i feel like adding feathers on the frills would’ve increased the weight at the head or something

[@CreatorOnline2.0]

why do you think so?@@JacobTKYEditz__

[@JacobTKYEditz__]

⁠@@CreatorOnline2.0feathers are light sure but alot of feathers is heavy, plus i don’t think ceratopsians need feathers since it might’ve been easier for a predator to spot them, the artwork shown in your time stamp looks really good btw

[@kayfrenly5460]

No feathers. The frill is actually something that grows in after death. They didn't have it in life. Just a weird quirk of their biology.

[@kyachdistent1301]

You lot ready to stop obsessing on this. There's no reason why most of the massive dinosaurs, especially the quadrupeds would have any. Even the giant theropods aren't too likely to have them.

[@silverskyscraper1179]

Triceratops was always my favorite dinosaur!! The ultimate living tank!! 💥

[@lenordbrazil9580]

It's so amazing that these animals even lived and there is none left

[@samthetortoise5423]

Well, unless you count Birds.

[@carleehooley6338]

@@samthetortoise5423They’re theropods tho, barely related to ceratopsians

[@samthetortoise5423]

@@carleehooley6338 Ceratopsians closest relative is birds.

[@carleehooley6338]

@@samthetortoise5423 Yes their closest living relative is birds, but birds are Theropods

[@dinolover23]

if you think about it all dinosaurs walked at 2 legs at one point, there was a proto sauropod. 4 legged came after i mean there is lizard hipped and bird hipped dinosaurs so i’m guessing ceratopsians are bird hipped

[@iceonthesun8880]

I can not imagine the feeling of intensity that combat between those two titans would have felt like. The earth would shake, and lesser animals would flee the area.

[@alexsookhoo9919]

People be saying there are no evidence of trikea moving in groups when people have found over 50 triceratopa skulls alone in hella creek, and some of them had rex teeth embedded into their crests which healed over, indicating that trikes faced rexes and survived the encounter, more than likely rexes would hunt a random solitary trike in pairs or more, bit trikes may have had herds as well, and were far more numerous throughout america than any other dino, they were the more successful dino.

[@barbatoslupusrex8712]

Well no shit they were more successful. Prey will always outnumber their predators by a high amount. If they didn’t, they would’ve gone extinct by their predators.

[@ThePunisher-si8ex]

Yes but yo mama 😮

[@rahamsesgalvan8279]

Your grammar is terrible.

[@alexsookhoo9919]

@@rahamsesgalvan8279 cool story.

[@1wor1d]

10:18 Single most excellent artists impression of a Triceratops gouging out a Tyrannosaurs eye!!

[@jimmyfish632]

I like the incoherency of the commentary

[@Mestregugs536]

Ankylosaurus is gonna cry in the corner with this video

[@norarivkis2513]

Nah. It'll just amble out and start munching the foliage, leaving everyone to go, "Whoops! Sorry about that."

[@user-jx4fn9du1i]

This is one of my favorite dinosaurs

[@norarivkis2513]

Triceratops was tough enough to often survive attacks by tyrannosaurids. Ankylosaurus was tough enough that most tyrannosaurids didn't dare to try for them.

[@erickort1987]

imagine seeing this prehistoric beast in action..GORE GORE GORE

[@binjbinj8018]

My favorite dinosaurs! I wish they were still around! Would be awesome!

[@noeditbookreviews]

Thanks, that was pretty cool. The fact that these kinds of animals existed never ceases to blow my mind. I've read a few books on dinosaurs and triceratops usually don't get much spotlight.

[@CreatorOnline2.0]

Thanks for watching! 🙏🏼

[@carleehooley6338]

I recommend you also research the time periods before the dinosaurs. They’re so interesting! My personal favorite is the Permian Period.

[@CreatorOnline2.0]

I am planning to make a vid about Dimetrodon in the coming month. @@carleehooley6338

[@noeditbookreviews]

@carleehooley6338 That's exactly what I do with my free time, and the mass extinctions, too. All of the time periods are so fascinating for their own reasons. Bacterial endosymbiosis and the first cells and tissues in the Proterozoic, all the diversity in the Cambrian, the massive arms races in the Devonian, the influence of elevated 02 in the Carboniferous, the great dying of the end Permian, all the dinosaurs in the Mesozoic! My favorite has to be the Cenozoic, especially the Miocene, through the Holocene because of certain lines of bipedal ape. :) Life on our planet has such an incredible story. I think the Cambrian had some of the most interesting creatures and body plans, though. Look at Halucigenia, or Anomalocaris, or Opabinia! Could you imagine if they were never wiped out and started their own giant branches in the tree of life that were still around today!? It's just too fascinating.

[@CreatorOnline2.0]

Cambrian lifeforms looked exactly like aliens. I mean, they were really bizarre creatures. For example, trilobites had incredible eyes, insane adaptations that made them almost immortal for such a long period of time. @@noeditbookreviews

[@mjchmb]

How could you not love triceratops

[@FieryRed_BE]

Amazing TRICERATOPS in the THUMBNAIL

[@jonnyqwst]

The spectrum of artistic expression is awesome when these animals are the subject

[@kevinballenger1211]

Triceratops And Ankylosaurus Were The Only Two Who Could Give Tyrannosaurus Rex A Tough Way To Go!

[@Abandonedaccount42069]

tyrannosaurus was fast agile and durable it could just bite ankys head and crush it instantly

[@noeditbookreviews]

This looks awesome. I definitely need to check this out when I'm not at work.

[@CreatorOnline2.0]

I would be happy if you checked it! Thanks

[@Williameagleblanket]

Ankylosaurus: hold my beer. 🍺

[@walterfechter8080]

Many thanks, Earth 2.0, for this very interesting video about my favourite dinosaur.

[@CreatorOnline2.0]

Thank you too for watching! Hope you check my other vids as well.

[@jurassic_hobbyonmyaltaccou3878]

Bro really showed spinops instead of triceratops itself in the thumbnail💀

[@johanneduardschnorr3733]

Large carnivores do not usually try to prey on healthy adult prey species. Most of their diet would consist of adolescents and carrion.

[@Rhinopotamus]

Ankylosaurus: “Tf bro?!”

[@Alberad08]

Thank you very much for creating & sharing this! BTW 21:53 I'm sure I know that guy... 🤔

[@mexicandog5224]

Vid:triceratops Thumbnail:literally a random ceratopsian

[@joshuaball5916]

Spinops

[@mexicandog5224]

@@joshuaball5916 yes and no triceratops instead a random spinops

[@Mothrabobafett]

​@@mexicandog5224now it's an AI-generated triceratops

[@godzillaking7820]

Tyrannosaurus rex's biggest rival

[@mrmaxaxl]

So fascinating! 😍

[@CreatorOnline2.0]

Thank you very much!

[@SNESfan8]

I heard triceratops brain was the size of a walnut … I don’t understand how they could be so big with just tiny brains ..

[@whatthefox4787]

My fave Dino. Theyre like a cross between a Rhino and a Brahma Bull. Imagine an elephant with 4 ft horns coming at you and the momentum to drive them thru whatever it hits. It brings to mind a speeding tractor trailer plowing thru a group of stationary cars. It doesnt matter how big and bad a Dino you are, a 4ft horn thru your guts is definitely a game changer, yet the Trikes were just Herbivores, minding their own business and grazing like a herd of Cows. The epitome of "walk softly but carry a big stick".😉👍

[@soumakbinduwildlife]

Excellent

[@CreatorOnline2.0]

Thank you very much for watching!

[@ArmandoEnfectana-bp6jo]

They survive the collision until 64 Mya due to competition with mammals and avian-dinosaurs.

[@ShaighJosephson]

Everyone was misled to believe that T-Rex preyed upon Triceratops, when in fact, T-Rex had huge ole factory cavities denoting it to be a pure scavenger like a buzzard... 💥

[@kylecarmean9636]

If T rex was pure scaveger then why would it need the most powerful bite of any animal in history plus there have been several Triceratops bones found with T rex bite marks that actually healed over and also a duck bill dino was found with a large bite taken out of it's tail that healed over and again the tooth marks matched perfectly with T rex teeth and that means T rex went after and attacked big plant eaters while they were alive so it likely also would eat dead animals when available or go after live prey just like all preditory animals do.

[@michaelcox9855]

The toughest? Really? Ankylosaurus would like to have a word.

[@christophercastillo-ni8qe]

im doning dino resaerch and this helped me

[@prototropo]

Fantastic details. But there's no need for repeating the "Late Cretaceous Ceratopsid" intro info to every single species. It's like Groundhog Day in Cretaceous Park.

[@CreatorOnline2.0]

Thank you very much for your time and suggestions!

[@craigkdillon]

What about Triceratops's tongue?? Seems to me, that it would have been very useful if was prehensile, like a giraffe's tongue, or even a cow's tongue. It would have helped to grab foliage and bring it into the mouth.

[@thomasleeper2202]

Horns belly thrust to T- Rex ,Triceratops frill saw into T-Rex throat

[@stefanrothe8622]

Good and interesting video, but what is wrong with your voice, for example while speaking about Achelousaurus? 😅

[@CreatorOnline2.0]

Thanks for watching and appreciation! This is the voice of a VO artist. Since I have less time, I buy voiceover and do the rest myself. This is the best I can afford now, hope in the future, we will have better VOs and video editing with exceptional video footages. Thanks!

[@terrydoud3154]

Some scientists think althought mostly herbivore, were most likely omnivorous.

[@undertheradarvan]

The script of this is the wikipedia article on triceratops read verbatim.

[@colinmathura-jeffree9829]

Please do Stegosaurus

[@CreatorOnline2.0]

It will be covered in my next video about the Jurassic period.

[@foilist1]

If triceratops at plants at the ground, what is the purpose of the parrot beek?

[@jamesburke6078]

It had to go to the water too... how dangerous would that have been? I mean... very dangerous now in certain areas

[@user-co8uy5rb2s]

A living bulldozer.

[@ti-malice5097]

How do you even know if they were the toughest?

[@f.wallace8969]

It would have been much rarer cuz T. rex don’t want to find out.

[@ignaciogarcia2517]

Maybe in the jurassic park books had trikes v rex but movies did not

[@jamesburke6078]

One more, my daddy set traps in the creek! At the water hole!😮

[@Mr.Sinister84]

Let's get the cloning started already!

[@dagoodboy6424]

The video cover isnt a triceratops

[@jamesburke6078]

You give your garden water...it grows, green and fast, that's why the deer come eat everything! Green stuff grows faster and higher by the water! Food,water, life giving

[@timetraveler1973]

did b etter than sauropods in rex territory.

[@skysoldier1127]

It is amazing how everything were taught about dinosaurs is actually nothing more than a complete guess by the so-called experts

[@Shannon-tm7ek]

Not true. Paleontology is basically forensics done on extinct creatures, with contributions from geologists, comparative anatomists, zoologists, physicists, DNA experts and other fields, pooling their knowledge. Not nerds who who make stuff up. That knowledge is added to every day interpreted a little differently by different experts-- same as forensics.

[@skysoldier1127]

@@Shannon-tm7ek for starters the only theoretical way are so called experts can't even age things is carbon dating, which has proven to be a inaccurate and completely guesswork. For example the number one thing you have to know before you can carbon date anything is the exact oxygen content at the time you are saying the item in this case dinosaur are. So when they say that such and such a dinosaur lived 120 million years ago the only way they would be able to know that would be to know the exact oxygen content of the atmosphere 120 million years ago which they do not hence one of the the premiere museum institution in the world the Smithsonian institute has withdrawn over 77,000 items from its inventory due to inaccurate carbon dating it is a consensus among true experts that carbon dating is completely inaccurate. I absolutely believe and understand dinosaurs were very real as it is also written in the bible, I also understand that we as humans have no idea what the dinosaurs did how they acted or interacted among themselves. But it does make entertaining guesswork

[@jaytotheareokay]

​@@skysoldier1127 the ark museum lied to you on a lot. If you approach the subject with a more open mind you may learn something, and maybe end up with less hubris.

[@skysoldier1127]

@@jaytotheareokay I can be very open-minded toward truths and facts. But not towards many of the scientific lies and misinformation that have been taught to us for decades and decades. But you take your road and I'll take mine, have a wonderful evening

[@Shannon-tm7ek]

@@skysoldier1127 you are incorrect. Carbon dating is not how most ancient fossils are dated. You need to read some geology books.

[@Abandonedaccount42069]

triceratops was 5 - 7 meters long not 9

[@michaelwarnock1864]

let me get this right so trisearatomps

[@CreatorOnline2.0]

We all do mistakes sometimes…

[@austinnoll2869]

What did the Hippo evolve from?

[@CreatorOnline2.0]

Hippos likely evolved from a group of anthracotheres about 15 million years ago, the first whales evolved over 50 million years ago, and the ancestors of both these groups were terrestrial. These first whales, such as Pakicetus, were typical land animals.

[@LaughingKarrot]

Who seen that 3 horned chameleon

[@Cyberraptor14]

TrA.Iceratops

[@benquinneyiii7941]

Exact cause

[@roboman34]

1000% xoxooxoxoxoxoxox

[@My_trashtalking_account]

You must be doing something right. Everyone in your comment section is a paleontologist.

[@CreatorOnline2.0]

That lays a bit more responsibility on my shoulders. I already do my best to find reliable sources, more details and information. But I always fear doing something wrong, since my audience knows much about paleontology and I have to gather proper and true information.

[@albanmahoudeau1779]

THE TOUGHEST OF ALL EAGLE. //ALL MAMMALS.

[@vinny4411]

Evolution. 😂

[@UpUrHeine]

😂Tricycle-tops😂

[@johnaustink5636]

Good video but you need to cool it with the AI Art my guy.

[@CreatorOnline2.0]

I mostly prefer more realistic images or drawings of amazing artists than AI. But I do use sometimes it as well. Thanks for watching!

[@t0mn8r35]

Whilst this was very interesting, the order in which the information was presented was, in my opinion, in an incorrect order. The discoveries of the fossils should have come first, then the morphology and then conjectures about their life styles.

[@My_trashtalking_account]

Where's your triceratops video? I'd like to see it so I can tell you how I would have done it.

[@t0mn8r35]

lol@@My_trashtalking_account

[@kayfrenly5460]

Immortal here. The trike was able to run up to 90 miles per hour, could rotate it's head all the way around like an owl, and was sentient. It was aware of tool use and often bemoaned the fact that it did not have thumbs.

[@SuperiorLad4411]

Sauropods and ankylosaurids were way more tough than any triceratops

[@HarryHeath-pb6rv]

The one's that could destroy a T Rex now

[@SuperiorLad4411]

@@HarryHeath-pb6rv there's alot of things that could kill t rex

[@miguelaphan58]

..the massive Taurus of jurásic park ,..the strongiest,the bigest..the hornny

[@ArmandoEnfectana-bp6jo]

Triciratop: I am unbeatable. Elephant: You have brawl but you have no brain. Triciratop: I challenge you, you strange sauropods. Elephant: Okay, but this are my nose, not my head, you will know it's purpose. (Triciratop charge towards the elephant and the elephant tusk is hard to that it's Bock the attack) Triciratop: I can't move, this long nose beast catch my horns using his horn. Elephant: You will dare of challenging me (Elephant pick a stone and smash the stone in the triciratop eyes and legs) Triciratop: You can touch using you nose? Elephant: Yes. Triciratop: I surrender, please, if you broke my legs and eyes, an Trex will eat me!!!. Elephant: Okay!! (Triceratop cheat and stab elephant in the front leg, but the elephant blows water in the triceratop eyes that the triceratop can't see, even the Elephant is injured, he charge the cheater and stabs it using it's tusk, and the heart was been hit that the triceratop is dead and a Trex came there to scavenge, not to eat the elephant.)

[@culifabrizio1479]

????

[@treystephens6166]

Great Story‼️

[@Mothrabobafett]

in fact, a triceratops is much bigger, muscular, agile and powerful than an elephant, I think the elephant will lose a disconcerting speed

[@HeWhoMurksWithOneLeap]

Lil bro thinks T Rex was a scavenger and that a Trike would lose to an elephant. 💀

[@Mothrabobafett]

​@@HeWhoMurksWithOneLeapfrr, he’s a kid he wrote triciratop 💀

[@unkownperson9250]

triceratops is overated, it only had a frontal defense and its spinal ridge was actualy very vulnerable... especially to a crushing rex bite. anky could also have its skull crushed by a rex bite. both were definitely dangerous herbivores but did not pose much of a threat to a pack of rexes which was the most likely predation scenario.

[@lloydmckay3241]

Well nobody was there to see it. So much speculation on the very far past is just nuts.

[@unkownperson9250]

@@lloydmckay3241 there is plenty of evidence dont be daft m8

[@hcollins9941]

@mexicandog5224 We actually have little evidence on the social structure on either dinosaur. We do have evidence of Interspecies confrontation & injuries between both animals against each other ( predator/prey predation and defense); & from their own kind ( T. rex bite marks on multiple other rex skulls; several Triceratops having gouges in their frills & skulls from the horns of another). T. rex social structure is still up for debate, it did have close & distant relatives that lived in possible family groups ( Teratophoneus, Albertosaurus, & Yutyrannus); but we don’t have evidence of T. rex did or not. As for Triceratops, well it’s actually the odd-man-out for Ceratopsians. We do have evidence of other Ceratopsians living in groups; some even being MASSIVE numbers ( Pachyrhinosaurus, Centrosaurus). Triceratops ; while being the most common Ceratopsian at its time & place, is actually not one of them. The fossils we find are either solitary or in relatively small groups. But still, trying to figure out the behavior; especially social behaviors; of any extinct animal can always be a struggle & debate for many. Heck even the social nature odd todays animals is always shifting for some. We just never know what we’ll find out next time.

[@unkownperson9250]

@@mexicandog5224 actually you got the two mixed up lmao. triceratops werent herd animals. they were solitary and they were foragers not grazers. also t rex hunted in pods or family groups

[@unkownperson9250]

@@hcollins9941 thank you for the informative post!