I know it’s been debated back and forth with a lot of the ceratopsian dinosaurs. Torosaurus was the one they think/thought is the adult version of a triceratops. I’m not sure where the consensus stands now though.
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prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoI haven’t checked in a while but I THOUGHT it was believed triceratops is now just a juvenile other dinosaur
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Consensus is probably not.
- We don’t have transition forms
- We probably have young Torosaurs (which are not Triceratops)
- Holes in the skull would have to form atypically late for ceratopsidae
- some otger stuff I forgot
Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
That was news to me. The wiki for Torosaurus is a deep rabbit hole, and since fossilization is rare and we have to go with what little we can find, this will probably be a long debate either way.
With that being said, whatever the name, three horn dino is best dino!