NAME | Meaning - Leptoceratops means “slender horned face” |
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DIET | Herbivore (plant-eater) - it ate low-lying plants. |
SIZE | Length - 6.6 ft (2 m) long |
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. |