Organism

Triceratops

TL;DR

Large herbivorous dinosaur that went extinct in the K-Pg event.

Triceratops horridus

Dinosaur (Ceratopsian)

Large herbivorous dinosaur that went extinct in the K-Pg event. Specialized adaptations to specific plants became liabilities when those plants vanished.

Related Mechanisms for Triceratops

Mass Extinction The Dinosaur's Dilemma

Tags

extinctionherbivorek-pg

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