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This article describes Triceratops as it is portrayed in Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis and should not be used as a resource for information about the real animal.
Readers who would like to learn about real Triceratops should look to other sources, like the ones listed below:

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a special announcement. Our newest five-star attraction, the heroic herbivore, Triceratops, is now on display. This gentle giant will put a smile on the faces of those visitors who longed to see a vegetarian who fights back. Please Enjoy!

- Jane Powers

Triceratops is a five-star large herbivore. One of the most robust herbivores in the game, the Triceratops is the only herbivore that requires a medium-security fence. It is also friends with the Torosaurus and will fight in death duels with Tyrannosaurus. Triceratops is the largest Ceratopsian featured in JPOG.

It is believed that Triceratops preferred shrubs and bushes, since grass hadn't evolved until the Cenozoic Era.

Triceratops is one of the three dinosaurs included with the demo version of JPOG. The other two are Gallimimus and Tyrannosaurus.

Description[]

Triceratops, with its three horns and bony frill around the back of its head, is one of the most recognizable dinosaurs. Its name is a combination of Greek syllables tri-, meaning "three," kéras, meaning "horn," and ops, meaning "face."

Triceratops roamed North America about 68 million to 65 million years ago, toward the end of the Cretaceous Period. Triceratops was about 8 to 9 meters (26 to 30 ft) long, 3 meters (9.8 ft) tall, and weighed 6.5 to 13 tons (5,909 kilograms to 11,818 kilograms).

Behavior[]

Triceratops is a notoriously aggressive dinosaur and will attack any carnivores in close vicinity. Consequently, it should only be kept with other herbivores. It is strong and will kill any small carnivore (except Albertosaurus) in one hit. Triceratops will also attack Land Cruisers when they are nearby, so it is recommended avoidance beacons are installed to keep them away from the vehicle's path. Triceratops will not harm visitors however, so even if the Land Cruiser is destroyed the player won't need to worry about them being killed.

Inaccuracies[]

It is now widely accepted by paleontologists that Triceratops may have had long quills on its tail, however, given that this is a relatively recent discovery, its absence from the game is understandable. Triceratops was also believed to have carried it's tail horizontally, rather than straight downwards such as in JPOG.

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