Leptoceratops
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| Leptoceratops Temporal range: Late Cretaceous |
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| Leptoceratops gracilis forelimb | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | Cerapoda |
| Infraorder: | Ceratopsia |
| Family: | Leptoceratopsidae |
| Genus: | Leptoceratops |
| Species: | L. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptoceratops gracilis Brown, 1914 |
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Leptoceratops (meaning "slender horned face") was a stocky ceratopsian dinosaur that had a large skull are there was a horn on its beaked snout. It is known from 5 skulls and some skeletal material. Leptoceratops are during in the Late Cretaceous period, about 68-65 million years ago. Fossils have been found in Alberta, Canada, and Wyoming, in North America.
