A new study suggested that dinosaurs locked horns when the existed. According to the study Triceratops used their horns to get their point across.
The new paper suggests that Triceratops, which lived during the Cretaceous period -144 million to 65 million years ago-, may not have been all that different, potentially using their horns for the dual purposes of fighting.
While the new paper does not confirm or deny the concept of display, it does present considerable evidence that fighting existed.
Triceratops had three horns on its head: Two long ones on its brow and one smaller horn on its nose. Along the back of the head was a bony frill resembling a shield, which protected the neck.
Farke and his colleagues theorized that if Triceratops used the horns for dueling purposes, evidence of past injuries would be found on the skulls.
