Welcome to my free coloring pages blog.
I am guessing that there are around 2800 coloring page
drawings that I have drawn myself.
Today's new drawing is of a well-known dinosaur
called Triceratops.
Triceratops horridus
Triceratops horridus was the largest and now most well-known Ceratopsian dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of the Mesozoic Era. It was a big herbivorous dinosaur, although nowhere near the size of the huge long-necked Sauropods. Triceratops horridus was around 30 feet or 9 meters long and weighed more than 12 tons.
John Horner, the famous paleontologist, has a theory that the mature Triceratops had forward-facing horns. It was previously thought that there were two species of Triceratops but Dr. Horner thinks that the Triceratops skulls with angled up horns were sub-adults. The skulls with forward-facing eyebrow horns were full-sized and sexually mature adults.
Some paleontologists think that Triceratops' horns were just for sexual display. Personally, I think that is absolute nonsense A mature Triceratops had horns as long as broom handles. Those forward-facing horns would have been a good defense. PLUS Triceratops had a ball joint at its neck. It could probably swing those double-brow horns around like a pair of swords. So although the horns were probably for sexual display, I feel that they most certainly were for defense as well. T. rex DID prey on Triceratops. but probably the old and young and ill were the victims.
By the way, I drew this Triceratops from a museum-quality toy Triceratops.
Triceratops Toy
NOTE: This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the "Paleontology" button and scrolling down to the bottom of the "Mesozoic Life" part of the list of drawings. Have fun coloring! Below are a few other Triceratops drawings from previous posts.
Triceratops coming at You
(Notice the upward-facing horns that indicate a sub-adult or juvenile.)
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