This large ceratopsian, or horned dinosaur, is well known from fossils found in the western United States and Canada. One of the very last dinosaurs, Triceratops died out in the great extinction about 66 million years ago signaling the end of the Mesozoic Era. Like other ceratopsians, Triceratops was a plant-eater. It had a total of up to 200 teeth in its jaws, which it used to shear masses of vegetation. Powerful and heavy-bodied, an adult Triceratops was probably slow on its feet. With its three sharp horns and bony neck frill, however, it probably was not greatly troubled by the meat-eaters that shared its habitat (such as Tyrannosaurus rex). Most paleontologists now believe that Triceratops also used its horns and frill to show off to and fight with other members of its own species.For over 25 years, Safari Ltd. has been proud to provide this premier line of scale model, dinosaur collectibles. These award winning dinosaur replicas are authenticated by the paleontologists of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, who houses the largest collection of dinosaur fossils in the world. Each Carnegie dinosaur can have up to 25 steps of hand painting to ensure the highest quality in the world marketplace.