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Dinosaur: Leptoceratops gracilis
| Length*: | 2.6 m | 8.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 200 kg | 441 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Brown
Year: 1914
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: Canada, USA
Region: Alberta, Montana, Wyoming
Formation: Scollard, Hell Creek, Lance
Locations
Sources
Material: At least over a dozen individuals (partial skeletons and skulls).
References: Ott, C.J. (2007) "Cranial anatomy and biogeography of the first Leptoceratops gracilis (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) specimens from the Hell Creek Formation, Southeast Montana".
Sternberg, C.M. (1951) "Complete skeleton of Leptoceratops gracilis Brown from the Upper Edmonton Member on Red Deer River, Alberta".
