Leptoceratops
Leptoceratops gracilis
Pronounced:
Diet: Herbivore (Plant-Eater)
Name Means: "Slender Horned Face"
Length: 10 feet (3 m)
Height: 2.5 feet (75 cm) at hips
Weight: 440 lbs (200 kilos)
Time: Mid/Late Cretaceous-112 to
65 MYA
Fossil
remains
for this
Dinosaur
have
been
found in
North
America,
Australia
Scientists know more about how this small dinosaur looked than how it lived. Leptoceratops had a long, slender body. It had short forelimbs, and may have spent most of its time walking or standing on its hind legs. It is considered to be one of the more primitive ceratopsians , lacking the large frills and horns common to its relatives.
Most of the Leptoceratops remains were found in North America,
and are dated from the last age of the Cretaceous. The shocking
discovery of a nearly perfect ulna in Australia, dating from the
first part of the Cretaceous, gives us a picture of a simple
creature that lived all over the globe. It was also apparently very
successful as it survived almost 50 million years, despite the
presence of some of the most ferocious predators of all time. |
