Triceratops

== Translingual == === Etymology === New Latin, from Ancient Greek τρί- (trí-, “three”) +‎ κέρατ- (kérat-, “horn”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “face”). Coined by American paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh in 1889. === Proper noun === †Triceratops m A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopsidae – triceratops; herbivorous dinosaurs, with a bony frill and three horns on its head. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Eureptilia, Romeriida – clades; Diapsida – subclass; Archosauromorpha – infraclass; Archosauria – division; Ornithodira – subsection; Dinosauria – superorder; †Ornithischia – order, Cerapoda – suborder, Ceratopsia – infraorder, Neoceratopsia – clade, Ceratopsoidea – superfamily, Ceratopsidae – family; Ceratopsinae - subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Triceratops horridus, Triceratops prorsus - recognized species. See Triceratops on WikispeciesWikispecies for species, both accepted and dubious. === References === Triceratops on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Triceratops on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Triceratops on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons “Triceratops”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026