![Cartoon of a person holding a microphone and wearing a button-up, jeans, and lace-up shoes.](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/deenabig/2686542-1-eng-US/deenabig_full_495.gif 174w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/deenabig/2686542-1-eng-US/deenabig_full_990.gif 174w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/deenabig/2686542-1-eng-US/deenabig_full_1468.gif 174w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/deenabig/2686542-1-eng-US/deenabig_full_1980.gif 174w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/deenabig/2686542-1-eng-US/deenabig_full_2475.gif 174w)
![Text reading "What Were You Like When You Were Alive?" above a colorful oval shape.](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/ques01_title/2686890-1-eng-US/ques01_title_full_495.gif 375w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/ques01_title/2686890-1-eng-US/ques01_title_full_990.gif 375w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/ques01_title/2686890-1-eng-US/ques01_title_full_1468.gif 375w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/ques01_title/2686890-1-eng-US/ques01_title_full_1980.gif 375w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/ques01_title/2686890-1-eng-US/ques01_title_full_2475.gif 375w)
![A partially excavated Protoceratops fossil skeleton, still mostly underneath the dirt.](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/p1q1/2686590-1-eng-US/p1q1_full_495.gif 197w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/p1q1/2686590-1-eng-US/p1q1_full_990.gif 197w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/p1q1/2686590-1-eng-US/p1q1_full_1468.gif 197w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/p1q1/2686590-1-eng-US/p1q1_full_1980.gif 197w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/p1q1/2686590-1-eng-US/p1q1_full_2475.gif 197w)
DEENA: You look fabulous. How old are you?
PROTO ANDY: I'm about 80 -
DEENA: (interrupting) 80? That's not very old for a dinosaur. My grandmother is 95, so what's the big —
PROTO ANDY: (interrupting back) I wasn't finished. I'm 80 million years old. But I feel like I'm only 10 million. It's all in your attitude, Deena.
![A full, mounted Protoceratops fossil skeleton with a long tail.](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/p1q2/2686614-1-eng-US/p1q2_full_495.gif 210w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/p1q2/2686614-1-eng-US/p1q2_full_990.gif 210w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/p1q2/2686614-1-eng-US/p1q2_full_1468.gif 210w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/p1q2/2686614-1-eng-US/p1q2_full_1980.gif 210w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/p1q2/2686614-1-eng-US/p1q2_full_2475.gif 210w)
DEENA: What did you look like when you were alive?
PROTO ANDY: I've heard the scientists say that 80 million years ago I used to be the size of a very large pig and might have weighed as much as 500 pounds.
![A Protoceratops fossil skeleton pictured from behind depicting the four legs and stomach.](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/p1q3/2686626-1-eng-US/p1q3_full_495.gif 200w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/p1q3/2686626-1-eng-US/p1q3_full_990.gif 200w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/p1q3/2686626-1-eng-US/p1q3_full_1468.gif 200w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/p1q3/2686626-1-eng-US/p1q3_full_1980.gif 200w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/paleontology/face-to-fossil/p1q3/2686626-1-eng-US/p1q3_full_2475.gif 200w)
DEENA: Were you fast on your feet?
PROTO ANDY: No one knows. Paleontologists haven't found any Protoceratops footprints yet. However, Protoceratops were a lot slower than some carnivores that ate us for lunch because we have such short legs.
DEENA: How do scientists guess an extinct dinosaur's speed?
PROTO ANDY: Sometimes scientists can estimate a dinosaur's speed by comparing its fossilized legs with the legs of similar animals that are alive and running.