LegendaryLeptoceratops
Leptoceratops gracilis
lep-toh-SERR-a-tops· “slender horned face”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Leptoceratopsidae
2 m
Length
0.7 m
Height
70 kg
Weight
A small, primitive horned dinosaur that lived right up to the end of the age of dinosaurs. It had a short frill and no real horns, and could probably rear up to run on its hind legs.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~68–66 million years ago
Found in
Canada
Discovered
Barnum Brown, 1914
Did you know?
- A small, hornless cousin of Triceratops with just a short frill.
- Lived right up until the end-Cretaceous extinction.
- Could likely stand and run on its two hind legs.
Artwork: Nobu Tamura, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.