Triceratops

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(08-19-2017, 04:53 AM)Polar Wrote: There's also been a controversial debate a couple of years ago where a few scientists (Longrich and Field, 2012?) theorized that Triceratops was just a young Torosaurus, and many opposing studies stated that Triceratops was indeed a separate species from Torosaurus. The debate in 2012 made me a bit spooked as to how "the infamous Triceratops" could be considered as its smaller, less-famous relative.

Don't worry about that @Polar, that idea was discarted already by serious investigators.

In fact, it was not even a "theory", but just something that has no sence at all. Imagin this, how is going to be posible that an adult animal will be smaller than the subadult? It is well know that Torosaurus latus is smaller than Triceratops horridus/prorsus and we know young and old specimens for both species.

With all respect, Jack Horner was crazy when he proposed this idea, probably just to gain attention (and I was not the only one that especifically said that). It is really sad that a previous good investigator like him finished with such a silly ideas. Dinosaurs are NOT Pokemons!

Just in case, if someone is saying that I am exagerating again, check these two post and AAALLLLLLL the information on them, that destroy (literrally speaking ) the idea that Triceratops was Torosaurus:

http://paleoking.blogspot.com/2017/05/to...ively.html

https://paleoking.blogspot.com/2017/05/a...t.html?m=1

PLEASE, read them all.


By the way, here is a comparative image of all the specimens known of Torosaurus latus/utahensis from "GetAwayTrike", including old and young specimens,

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Interestingly, the specimen MOR 981 and MOR1122 were labeled as "the biggest skulls found for any land animal ever", but it seems that a new skull from the "Pentaceratops" OMNH 10165 (now known as Titanoceratops ouranus) owns the new title:

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