Leptoceratops was a herbivore. It lived in the Late Cretaceous period and inhabited North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Alberta (Canada), Wyoming and Montana.
Quick facts about Leptoceratops:
- Existed from Maastrichtian Age to 66 million years ago
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 7 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Leptoceratops was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- B. Brown. 1914. Cretaceous Eocene correlation in New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, Alberta. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 25:355-380
- C. J. Ott. 2007. Cranial anatomy and biogeography of the first Leptoceratops gracilis (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) specimens from the Hell Creek Formation, southeast Montana. In K. Carpenter (ed.), Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
- C. M. Sternberg. 1950. Leptoceratops, the most primitive horned dinosaur, from the Upper Edmonton of Alberta. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 3 44:229
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