Sunday, February 16, 2025

Horned

 Certain herbivore dinosaurs had their own evolutionary defenses- armored bodies.


This included the panaplosaurus, a walking tank.


This is the fossilized skull of one.


We start getting into the various horned dinosaurs now.


Leptoceratops was a member of the horned dinosaurs, but without the horns, living at the same time as its cousins. A case with fossils of one such dinosaur is contained above this panel.


Here we have the dinosaur most of us think of first- triceratops


There were others, such as chasmosaurus, each with differing looks, but similarities too.


I leave off here. Tomorrow we finish up this series.

26 comments:

  1. The horns are impressive! Take care, have a great week!

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  2. Dinosaurs with armoured bodies - wow!

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  3. ...they were outfitted for battle.

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  4. amazing what we can learn when se study dinosaurs.

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  5. I do like dinosaurs. I could use a suit of armour, though.

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  6. Fascinating species and great exhibit ~ thanks,

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  7. They are scary with the horns.

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  8. Dinosaurs are fascinating. My kids used to love learning about them.

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  9. Yikes! Can you just imagine being confronted by one of these on your hike in the woods?

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  10. Those skeletons look like they would've been huge and scary in real life.

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    1. Our equivalents in this day andvage would be elephants, rhinos, gators, bears, and Moose.

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  11. They must have been enormous ! Fortunately I wont meet one anymore !

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