Tyrannosaurus rex

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Despit its length diferences, the Tyrannosaurus rex and the Triceratops (horridus or prorsus) where about the same weight, with a little advantage on the herbivore side. If we try to found a modern comparison I will say that will be an Amur tiger and a Russian wild boar, both reaching the 200 kg but with boars going a little more heavier. I put the boar not just becuase of the size but also the attitude. I mean, Triceratops doesn't look like an animal that will run away from a fight. O yes, we are just speculating, but based in the fossils, Triceratops had injures of T. rex and had survived!

So, I guess, and some Paleontologist too, that Triceratops do fighted back and will be a very dangerous prey for T. rex.

Just to give an idea, we know that the largest T. rex skulls reached about 1.5 meters long, but the longest Triceratops prorsus skull was a magnificen specimen of about 2.5 meters long (reconstructed) and is identify as MWC_7584, here are some images:

As it was found:

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Original:

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Reconstructured:

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With other specimens (some of them are no longer clasify as Triceratops):

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So Triceratops was an incredible dinosaur, a defender and probably a good fighter. For nothing is my favorite dinosaur after T. rex. Reply