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minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoI know it’s been debated back and forth with a lot of the ceratopsian dinosaurs. Torosaurus was the one they think/thought is the adult version of a triceratops. I’m not sure where the consensus stands now though.
minus-squareRedjard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-25 months agoConsensus is probably not. We don’t have transition forms We probably have young Torosaurs (which are not Triceratops) Holes in the skull would have to form atypically late for ceratopsidae some other stuff I forgot
I know it’s been debated back and forth with a lot of the ceratopsian dinosaurs. Torosaurus was the one they think/thought is the adult version of a triceratops. I’m not sure where the consensus stands now though.
Consensus is probably not.