TRICERATOPS
by Harold T. Rober
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Rober, Harold T.
Title: Triceratops / by Harold T. Rober.
Description: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2017] | Series: Bumba booksDinosaurs and prehistoric beasts |
Audience: Age 48. | Audience: K to grade 3. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016019322 (print) | LCCN 2016023330 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512426427 (lb : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781512429169 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512427363 (eb pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: TriceratopsJuvenile literature. | DinosaursJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QE862.O65 R6227 2017 (print) | LCC QE862.O65 (ebook) | DDC 567.915/8dc23
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Table of
Contents
Triceratops
Had Horns
Triceratops was a kind of dinosaur.
It lived millions of years ago.
It is extinct.
Triceratops was huge.
It was as big as an elephant.
Triceratops lived
in groups.
This helped keep it safe.
Why do you
think groups
helped keep
triceratops safe?
Triceratops had
three horns.
Two horns were
above its eyes.
One was near
its nose.
Sometimes Tyrannosaurus
rex attacked!
Triceratops used its horns
to fight.
What else
do you think
triceratops used
its horns for?
Triceratops had a large frill.
This was a hard bone
behind its head.
The frill may have helped
triceratops stay warm.
Triceratops walked
on four legs.
Its back legs
were long.
Its front legs
were short.
What other
dinosaurs walked
on four legs?
beak
Triceratops did
not eat meat.
It ate only plants.
It used its beak to pull
plants out of the ground.
Triceratops had hundreds of teeth.
These teeth had different parts.
The parts made it easy
to chew plants.
Parts of a Triceratops
horns
frill
beak
legs
Picture Glossary
beak
the hard, pointed
mouth of an animal
extinct
no longer alive
frill
a hard bone
behind the head
horns
hard, pointed
growths on an
animal
Index
beak,
eyes,
fight,
frill,
groups,
horns,
legs,