Triceratops (genus name:)Triceratops）A genus of herbivorous dinosaurs belonging to the Ceratopsidae family of the Ornithischia order. Fossils were discovered in the Late Cretaceous Maastrichtian strata of North America, approximately6800Ten thousand years ago6500Ten thousand years ago. Triceratops is one of the latest dinosaurs to appear and is often used as a representative fossil of the Late Cretaceous period. There are already two valid species: the folded Triceratops and the true Triceratops, but there are also other genera named. Triceratops is also one of the most famous dinosaurs and a very popular dinosaur in popular culture.