Pronunciation : TOR-uh-SAWR-us
Translation : Protuberance Lizard
Also Known As : -
Description : Herbivore and Quadrupedal
Order : Ornithischia
Suborder : Marginocephalia
Infraorder : Ceratopsia
Micro-order : Neoceratopsia
Family : Ceratopsidae
Height : 8 feet (2.4 meters)
Length : 20.3 feet (6.2 meters)
Weight : 9,900 - 18,000 pounds (4,491 - 8,165 kg)
Period : Late Cretaceous
While Torosaurus has been found in Montana, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, Texas, New Mexico, and Canada, it is a fairly uncommon dinosaur. It had the largest skull of any land animal that ever lived, measuring almost nine feet. The last and most advanced of the horned dinosaurs, Torosaurus had nose horn and a large brow horn that pointed forward. Behind the brow horn, the huge smooth crest extended back almost five feet.
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