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Triceratops

Origins of the Name The name Triceratops originates from the Greek words tri (three), keras (horn), and ops (face), meaning “three-horned face.” This name was given due to its distinctive skull structure featuring two large brow horns and a smaller nasal horn. The first fossil evidence of Triceratops was discovered in the late 19th century,

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Snakestones

The fossilised remains of ammonites were given the name snakestones in England because they resemble coiled snakes turned to stone. The myth about snakestones came mainly from two places where ammonites are very common and easy to find: Whitby in Yorkshire and Keynsham in Somerset William Camden, an early cartographer (map maker)  mentioned what we

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