Triceratops Morning Mist T-Shirt — Plate 003

An adult Triceratops steps out of the morning mist on a forested Cretaceous floodplain, solid frill and three horns drawn from the fossils.

Plate 003 of the Deep Time Atlas: museum-style paleo-art of Triceratops horridus, reconstructed from fossil evidence and current research.

Field notes

• Period and age: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), about 68–66 million years ago
• Where found: Hell Creek (Montana, Dakotas), Lance (Wyoming), Scollard (Alberta)
• Habitat: Humid floodplain with rivers, wetlands and forests
• Plants: Flowering broadleaf trees, conifers, ferns, low flowering shrubs; no grasslands
• Neighbors: Tyrannosaurus rex, Edmontosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus
• Debated: Large polygonal scales are known from skin impressions; quill-like bristles are speculative; horn direction changed as the animal grew

The shirt

• Bella+Canvas 3001 unisex tee, 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz/yd² (142 g/m²), soft and lightweight
• Pre-shrunk, side-seamed, shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Printed on demand (DTG) for you; blank sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras or the US

Note: the fabric is slightly sheer and may show through a little in lighter colors.

Care: wash cold inside out, tumble dry low or hang dry, do not iron the print.