Comments on: Triceratops: An A+ Dinosaur http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/06/triceratops-an-a-dinosaur/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Albertonykus http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/06/triceratops-an-a-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-4345 Albertonykus Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:08:43 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=5731#comment-4345 They also claim that Triceratops had five front hooves, when no archosaur is known to have had more than three claws on each hand... They also claim that Triceratops had five front hooves, when no archosaur is known to have had more than three claws on each hand…

]]> By: Doug http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/06/triceratops-an-a-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-4344 Doug Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:43:05 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=5731#comment-4344 Yeah, Kelsey and cliff put that bunk to rest. And how does one even grade fossil species? A rather bizarre and irrelevant notion i think. But if such a thing were to be done, you and Darren Naish ought to be the ones grading! Yeah, Kelsey and cliff put that bunk to rest. And how does one even grade fossil species? A rather bizarre and irrelevant notion i think. But if such a thing were to be done, you and Darren Naish ought to be the ones grading!

]]> By: Tracy Ford http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/06/triceratops-an-a-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-4343 Tracy Ford Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:42:26 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=5731#comment-4343 There is a missprint in your comments, you state in a book published in 1993 talked about a Triceratops found in 1994. You are right about the skulls being the only ones that people were interested, and just adult skulls at that. The Black Hills Institute has a new nearly complete Triceratops skeleton with skin impressions. A very impressive specimen that may change our views on how Triceratops looked. There are Triceratops specimens with the horn bitten off by a Tyrannosaurus rex. Some show healing, some with tooth marks. There is a missprint in your comments, you state in a book published in 1993 talked about a Triceratops found in 1994. You are right about the skulls being the only ones that people were interested, and just adult skulls at that. The Black Hills Institute has a new nearly complete Triceratops skeleton with skin impressions. A very impressive specimen that may change our views on how Triceratops looked. There are Triceratops specimens with the horn bitten off by a Tyrannosaurus rex. Some show healing, some with tooth marks.

]]> By: Babbletrish http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/06/triceratops-an-a-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-4340 Babbletrish Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:42:23 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=5731#comment-4340 "The fossil record is used here, one assumes, despite the fact that a complete Triceratops skeleton has never been found. This is why nobody has ever seen fit to consult paleontologists about anything that might actually matter." Two thoughts here: 1) Gaaaah, the stupid! It burns us! It FREEZES us!!! 2) My homeboy Cliff would like a word with this person. “The fossil record is used here, one assumes, despite the fact that a complete Triceratops skeleton has never been found. This is why nobody has ever seen fit to consult paleontologists about anything that might actually matter.”

Two thoughts here:

1) Gaaaah, the stupid! It burns us! It FREEZES us!!!

2) My homeboy Cliff would like a word with this person.

]]> By: Christopher http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/06/triceratops-an-a-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-4339 Christopher Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:47:19 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=5731#comment-4339 Good job setting the record straight. This article has been a mini-treasure-trove of new sources of new information about something pretty cool. Thanks! Good job setting the record straight. This article has been a mini-treasure-trove of new sources of new information about something pretty cool. Thanks!

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