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Leptoceratops

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Collage of three leptoceratopsids, clockwise from top left: Prenoceratops, Montanoceratops and Leptoceratops. These files are already on Commons with their respective licenses. This montage was made for the article Leptoceratopsidae on Wikipedia. File:The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis - Prenoceratops pieganensis -1.jpg File:Montanoceratops Royal Tyrrell 1.jpg File:Leptoceratopsidae - Leptoceratops.JPG File:Leptoceratops skull Royal Tyrrell.jpg
Taxa Leptoceratopsidae

Collage of three leptoceratopsids, clockwise from top left: Prenoceratops, Montanoceratops and Leptoceratops. These files are already on Commons with their respective licenses. This montage was made for the article Leptoceratopsidae on Wikipedia. File:The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis - Prenoceratops pieganensis -1.jpg File:Montanoceratops Royal Tyrrell 1.jpg File:Leptoceratopsidae - Leptoceratops.JPG File:Leptoceratops skull Royal Tyrrell.jpg

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Fossil of Leptoceratops at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
Taxa Leptoceratops

Fossil of Leptoceratops at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa

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Leptoceratops: Beast of the Week
Leptoceratops: Beast of the Week
limb Canada Cretaceous Late Cretaceous Ceratopsia Dinosauria Leptoceratops
 Today we will be looking at the small ceratopsian dinosaur, Leptoceratops gracilis!Leptoceratops was a plant-eating ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in what is now Alberta, Canada, during the late Cretaceous period, between 68 and 66 million years ago.  From beak to tail it measured about 6.5 feet (about 2m) and would have been able to walk on four or two limbs when alive. The genus name translates to "small horned face". Leptoceratops life reconstruction in watercolors by Christopher DiPiazza.L
08/06/2026 prehistoricbeastoftheweek