Leptoceratops
Leptoceratops (meaning 'Thin-horned face' and derived from Greek lepto-/λεπτο- meaning 'small', 'insignificant', 'slender', 'meagre' or 'lean', kerat-/κερατ- meaning 'horn' and -ops/ωψ meaning face), is a genus of leptoceratopsid ceratopsian dinosaurs from the late Cretaceous Period (late Maastrichtian age, 68.8-66 Ma ago) of what is now Western North America. Their skulls have been found in Alberta, Canada and Wyoming.
| Leptoceratops Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), | |
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| Fossils at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | †Ceratopsia |
| Family: | †Leptoceratopsidae |
| Genus: | †Leptoceratops Brown, 1914 |
| Species: | †L. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Leptoceratops gracilis Brown, 1914 | |
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