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Published: 2011-02-25 16:33:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 1423; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 19
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A sort of sloppy quick and experimental sketch of Triceratops. I tried to get all the fine details of what is know of its integument into this little sketchbook.1. Keratinous shield and upper jaw (Horner's idea, makes perfect sense if look at some skulls).
2. Square crocodillian belly scales.
3. Larger than usual scales on rest of body.
4. Hollow spines thought to have been found on Kelsey specimen(?), and also Psittacosaurus tail.
5. Possibility of larger armoured scales on anterior side of limbs (Brachylophosaurus mummy).
6. Skull somewhat like that of Torosaurus? That whole debate is very interesting and also a headache for me wanting to draw a Cretaceous ecosystem..
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By-the-way, what does it take for someone to drop by and leave a comment? 
And, oh yes...
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Just my two cents and just an opinion, based on the skeletons I've seen; Torosaurus was not Triceratops. I know Triceratops bone could morph its shape as the beasty grew up, but into a torosaur??? I don't think so.
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The more I read into Horner's idea, the more it kind of makes sense. I have a dvd of National Geographic's Dinosaurs Decoded and it talks about dinosaur changes through growth and it includes Triceratops. There is also a university lecture done by Horner and it shows that the huge 2meter long skulls of Triceratops were still growing! The appearance of fenestrae in the frill is also curious.... that's just my opinion though!
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Eotriceratops. VERY Triceratops-like, from what I've seen, not a torosaur. Could be wrong, I've seen only one photo of the skull.
It is three meters long. There is what should be another Triceratops skull well over eight feet long. No fenestrae that I can see. Not Torosaur-like to my eyes, or even to my dragon, who wants a Triceratops sandwich.
Just one to go, please. And make sure you put it on those big buns!
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YAY! 
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Yes the possible spines are very interesting. I still can't believe that after all this time we can still find more things to learn about in one of the most famous dinosaurs. The square belly scales, large scales on body, and possible spines on some of them are AMAZING to think about!
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Thank you very much!!
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Your very welcome sir 
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