Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Leptoceratops

- Pronunciation: lep-toe-SAIR-uh-tops
- Translation: Slim Horned Face
- Order: Ornithischia
- Suborder: Marginocephalia
- Infraorder: Ceratopsia
- Family: Protoceratopsidae
- Height: 2.6 feet (0.8 meters)
- Weight: 120 pounds (54 kg)
- Length: 6 feet (1.8 meters)
- Period: Late Cretaceous
- Description: Herbivore, Quadrupedal
- Notes: Found in Alberta, Canada and Wyoming, Leptoceratopshad a parrot-like beak. Typically, ceratopsians would have horns, but Leptoceratops had only a solid neck frill, which would be consistent with being more primitive than later ceratopsians.