Leptoceratopsidae

Leptoceratopsids; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
	Montage of three leptoceratopsids, clockwise from top left: Prenoceratops, Montanoceratops and Leptoceratops.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	†Ornithischia
Suborder:	†Ceratopsia
Clade:	†Euceratopsia
Family:	†Leptoceratopsidae; Nopcsa, 1923
Type species
	†Leptoceratops gracilis; Brown, 1914
Genera
	†Asiaceratops; †Bainoceratops?; †Cerasinops; †Ferrisaurus; †Gremlin; †Gryphoceratops; †Ischioceratops; †Leptoceratops; †Montanoceratops; †Prenoceratops; †Udanoceratops; †Unescoceratops; †Zhuchengceratops;

Leptoceratopsidae is an extinct family of neoceratopsian dinosaurs from Asia, North America and Europe. Leptoceratopsids resembled, and were closely related to, other neoceratopsians, such as the families Protoceratopsidae and Ceratopsidae, but they were more primitive and generally smaller.

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