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Triceratops may have been headbangers

Lesions on Triceratops fossils attributed to head-to-head combat

By Sid Perkins

- More than 2 years ago

Comparing the pattern and prevalence of lesions on the skulls of dinosaurs in the Triceratops genus with those of a short-horned cousin strongly suggests that Triceratops used their horns in head-to-head combat among themselves.

BUTTING HEADS Lesions on the fossils of Triceratops, particularly those on the squamosal bone of the frill (red), suggest that the dinosaurs engaged in head-to-head combat with each other.