Tag Archives: Triceratops

Crowned Kings

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Jaime A. Headden

A recently completed art project (ostensibly to hone skills and objectively to explore reconstruction ideas) led me through the Ceratopsidae from its beginnings to its end. This was observed on Twitter, where I posted each full piece (at reduced size), … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Biology, Paleobiology, Paleontology, Reconstruction | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The “Toroceratops” Debate is Entering a New Round!

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Jaime A. Headden

Posted in Biomechanics, Morphometrics, Paleontology, Science Reporting | Tagged , , , , , | 11 Comments

“Toroceratops” Matters, as an Open Discussion

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Jaime A. Headden

So there’s this debate, which I may have discussed — more than once, twice, or thrice — before, in which it is argued that the taxa Triceratops and Torosaurus represent young adult and old adult representatives of the same species. … Continue reading →

Posted in Paleontology, Philosophy, Taphonomy, Taxonomy | Tagged , , , , , | 15 Comments

The Thing I Like About “Toroceratops”

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Jaime A. Headden

Let me first apologize for using “Toroceratops.” There is no such taxon, but the name is being used to describe the debate that is now raging through the dinosaur paleontological circuit, and it’s too catchy not to use. Now, on … Continue reading →

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When Does Morphology Trump Ontogeny?

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Jaime A. Headden

An outstanding issue among some systematists is the question when, in a given sample, a series of recognized taxa are argued to be an array of successively distant sister taxa versus a reflection of transformation in an ontogenetic series in … Continue reading →

Posted in Paleontology, Science Reporting, Taxonomy | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments