Triceratops Fossil Skin Replica
$11.00
The skin is very different than what many paleontologists thought. The underside of the animal is covered in scutes, similar to a crocodile.
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Description
Triceratops fossil skin replica measures 5.4 inches. Triceratops fossil skin replica is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast. Made in USA.
They had a large skull relative to its body size. The front of the head was equipped with a high toothless beak. The core of the top beak was formed by a special rostral bone. Behind it, the premaxillae bones were located, embayed from behind by very large circular nostrils.
The triceratops differs from most relatives in that this process was hollowed out on the outer side. Behind the toothless premaxilla, the maxilla bore thirty-six to forty tooth positions, in which three to five teeth per position were vertically stacked.
The teeth were closely appressed, forming a “dental battery” curving to the inside. The skull bore a single horn on the snout, above the nostrils.
At the rear of the skull, the outer squamosal bones and the inner parietal bones grew into a relatively short, bony frill, adorned with epoccipitals in young specimens. These were low triangular processes on the frill edge, representing separate skin ossifications or osteoderms.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Clade: Dinosauria
- Order: †Ornithischia
- Family: †Ceratopsidae
- Subfamily: †Chasmosaurinae
- Genus: †Triceratops
- Type species: †Triceratops horridus
- Conservation status: Extinct
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| Weight | 2.5 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 5.4 × 3.6 × 0.7 in |
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