Many post-90s friends should have seen the cartoon called "Interstellar Dinosaurs", which was produced by the American animation company and premiered on CCTV Chinese mainland in 2005. After the cartoon was broadcast, it attracted countless children's pursuit, and the commissary at the entrance of the elementary school also had a lot of dinosaur-related toys. The cartoon tells the story of the ultimate dinosaur and velociraptor that was transformed by aliens in ancient times 65 million years ago. In general, it is a drama between dinosaurs saving the world and maintaining world peace.
Friends who have watched this cartoon must be impressed by the Tyrannosaurus inside. Tyrannosaurus is the leader of the ultimate dinosaur team in the cartoon, the core of the team, and its prototype is the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Aside from the Tyrannosaurus, I was most impressed by the Triceratops. In "Interstellar Dinosaurs", Triceratops is a martial arts master, with a reckless temperament, although it breaks a horn, it still has a powerful destructive power. I was impressed that the Triceratops hot sauce was so delicious that when I was a kid I often wanted to try it.
Real-life ancient times real-life Triceratops, belonging to the ornithischia under the order Horned Dinosaur family, is one of the latest dinosaurs to appear, alias Broken-billed Dragon, Three-horned Dragon. Because many film and television drama works, children's books and other cultures, the figure of Triceratops often appears, so Triceratops is widely known and loved by many people.
The first named specimen of Triceratops was discovered in 1887 near Denver, Colorado, United States. At first, researcherSeille Challis Marsh thought that the fossil was in the Pliocene and belonged to a species of large North American bison, so it was named the longhorn North American bison. It wasn't until a more complete ceratopsid skull appeared that Marsh named the specimen Triceratops.
Although it is called Triceratops, it really has only two horns, which is the two horns on the top of its head. There is also a horn that grows at the end of the nose and looks similar to the position of a rhino horn. This horn is made of keratin, which is a soft protein, so this horn acts less than the two horns on the top of the head when fighting.
In addition to its three horns, Triceratops also has a memorable feature, which is the head shield of its head. This head shield looks majestic and prohibitive. Although scientists have not yet figured out whether the head shield was used for courtship or combat, it can be speculated that this head shield helped Triceratops survive better in that era.
I don't know if there is a friend in your circle of friends who has been nicknamed "big head" because of his big head? In fact, the Triceratops is the veritable "big head". It is said that the skull of Triceratops is one-third the size of the body, and a normal Triceratops is about 6 to 10 meters long, and we can imagine how big its head is.
I don't know if you, who are reading this article, like dinosaurs? What's your favorite?