Category: triceratops

World’s Biggest Triceratops Skull Shows Puncture Wound From Rival’s Horns Inflicted in a Battle: Study

The world’s biggest triceratops had a “combat wound” in its skull inflicted by the three-foot-long horns of a rival, new research reveals. The dinosaur—nicknamed “Big John”—is believed to have suffered the injury during a fight over territory or a mate. The giant beast survived the scrap, and the injuries had almost cleared up at the…


World’s Biggest Triceratops Sells for $7.7 Million in Paris

PARIS—The world’s biggest triceratops skeleton, known as “Big John,” was sold for 6.6 million euros ($7.7 million) Thursday to a private collector at a Paris auction house. The enormous skeleton, estimated to be over 66 million years old, was found in 2014 in South Dakota. The triceratops is known for its three horns on the…