Note: the illustration above shows very little padding on the front foot tracks compared to the back feet tracks. This is opposite of what is represented in the Smithsonian's sculpture.
COTA 753:
Animation Production
Sp 2003, Instructor: Maria Palazzi
Heather Caprette - Week One Report
Was Triceratop's stance
erect or semi-erect?
It was definitely not sprawled like older representations.
From the Scientific American Book of Dinosaurs: Ceratopsian
trackways indicate that the hands were separated by two hand widths from one
another; hindfeet nearly touched midline.
Below is an illustration from Dinosaur Tracks by Lockley and Hunt, 1995. The tracks are those from the Laramie formation.
Note: the illustration above shows very little padding on the
front foot tracks compared to the back feet tracks. This is opposite of what
is represented in the Smithsonian's sculpture.
Below is an illustration of 4 different Ceratopsian tracks from Dinosaur Tracks by Tony Thulborn, 1990
Still a controversy:
Excerpt from The
Complete Dinosaur by Farlow and Brett-Surman, 1997
Tom Hetherington's pick shows a semi-erect stance:
