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| More Dinosaur Fact Sheets | EnchantedLearning.com Leptoceratops Fact Sheet |
Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Leptoceratops means "slender horned face" Pronounced - LEP-to-SAYR-ah-tops Named By - Barnum Brown When Named - 1914 |
| DIET: | Herbivore (plant-eater) - it ate low-lying plants. |
| SIZE: | Length - 6.6 ft (2 m) long Height - 2.5 ft (0.75 m) tall at the hips Weight - 150 pounds (68 kg) |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Late Cretaceous period, about 68-65 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in Alberta, Canada, and Wyoming, USA, in North America. |
| FOSSILS: | It is known from 5 skulls and some skeletal material. |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Leptoceratops was a stocky dinosaur that had a large skull - there was a horn on its beaked snout. |
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