Animals Before Man 



carried away from home by a flood, and had 

 drifted to this locality. 



Associated with Thespesius in time, but 

 apparently restricted in territory, were the huge 

 dinosaurs of the genus Triceratops, three-horned 

 face. These, too, have been often described, 

 and yet can not be omitted here any more than 

 elephants could be left out of a description of 

 the animals of Africa, simply because they were 

 well known. With one exception specimens of 

 this animal have come from Converse County, 

 Wyo., and no relations have been found abroad. 

 They were huge creatures, the largest 25 feet 

 long and 10 high, or about twice the bulk of 

 an elephant. The most noticeable feature was 

 the presence of a horn over each eye, and the 

 extension of the skull backward into a sort of 

 overhanging frill. Now and then a Triceratops 

 had a short horn on the nose, in addition to 

 the large horns over the eyes, but this was the 

 exception rather than the rule, and we do not 

 know yet whether the presence of this horn 

 was found only in the males of some species, 

 or is the mark of a distinct species. 



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