![]() ![]() ![]() And in Washington, D.C., at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, kids of all ages still can't wait to see the museum's beloved Hatcher, a favorite Triceratops specimen enjoyed in a complete form by crowds since 1905 until it fell apart 90 years later to be displayed as a T. 1Theropod Dinosaurs 1.1Coelophysoids 1.2Abelisaurs and Ceratosaurs 1.3Megalosauroids 1.4Carnosaurs 1.5Coelurosaurs 1.5.1Tyrannosaurs 1.5.2Maniraptorans 2Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs 2.1'Prosauropods' 2.2Sauropods 2.2.1Vulcanodonts 2.2.2Cetiosaurs 2.2.2.1Mamenchisaurs 2.2.2.2Turiasaurs 2.2.2.3Rebbachisaurids 2.2.2.4Dicraeosaurids 2.2.2. A dinosaur room at any museum is an awesome place for dinosaur lovers, and the Triceratops gets lots of attention at New York City's American Museum of Natural History-you can see the evidence of an injury from perhaps a fight with another Triceratops on the fossil at this museum. It has held a spotlight in movies such as "Night at the Museum: The Secret of the Tomb," and was later shrunken considerably to promote the film as a freebie in fast-food meals for kids. It's South Dakota's state fossil and Wyoming's official state dinosaur. This dinosaur is from the late Cretaceous period (68-66 million years ago), and the adults were big-about 26 feet long, 10 feet tall, and 12 tons. It combined a gentle, plant-eating disposition with three fearsome-looking horns that were probably used both in courtship and keeping hungry tyrannosaurs and raptors at bay. ![]() Probably the most instantly recognizable of all dinosaurs is the North American Triceratops (three-horned face), with its parrot-like beak and huge frill at the back of its head.
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