Leptoceratops
Extinct genus of ceratopsian dinosaur / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leptoceratops (meaning 'Thin-horned face' and derived from Greek lepto-/λεπτο- meaning 'small', 'insignificant', 'slender', 'meagre' or 'lean', kerat-/κερατ- meaning 'horn' and -ops/ωψ meaning face),[1] is a genus of leptoceratopsid ceratopsian dinosaurs from the late Cretaceous Period (late Maastrichtian age, 68.8-66 Ma ago[2]) of what is now Western North America. Their skulls have been found in Alberta, Canada and Wyoming.[3][4]
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Leptoceratops | |
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Fossils at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Clade: | †Ceratopsia |
Family: | †Leptoceratopsidae |
Genus: | †Leptoceratops Brown, 1914 |
Species: | †L. gracilis |
Binomial name | |
†Leptoceratops gracilis Brown, 1914 | |
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