Leptoceratops gracilis

E379468

Leptoceratops gracilis was a small, hornless ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, characterized by its parrot-like beak and robust, low-slung body.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Leptoceratops 2
Leptoceratops gracilis canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceratopsian dinosaur ⓘ
neoceratopsian ⓘ
ornithischian dinosaur ⓘ
species ⓘ
bodyBuild robust ⓘ
bodyPosture low-slung ⓘ
bodySize small ⓘ
clade Ceratopsia ⓘ
class Reptilia ⓘ
coexistedWith Triceratops horridus ⓘ
linked to: Triceratops

Tyrannosaurus rex ⓘ
linked to: Tyrannosaurus
couldMoveBipedally true ⓘ
describedBy Barnum Brown ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
ecologicalRole small herbivore ⓘ
estimatedLength about 2 to 2.5 meters ⓘ
estimatedMass about 70 to 200 kilograms ⓘ
extinctionStatus extinct ⓘ
family Leptoceratopsidae ⓘ
feedingAdaptation strong jaws for chewing tough vegetation ⓘ
forelimbStructure short but strong forelimbs ⓘ
fossilFoundIn Alberta ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
Saskatchewan ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
genus Leptoceratops ⓘ
geologicalFormation Hell Creek Formation ⓘ
Lance Formation ⓘ
Scollard Formation ⓘ
hasBeakType parrot-like beak ⓘ
hasBodyPlan quadrupedal ⓘ
hasFrill small bony frill ⓘ
hasHorn false ⓘ
hindlimbStructure longer hindlimbs than forelimbs ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
livedInAge Maastrichtian ⓘ
livedInContinent North America ⓘ
livedInPeriod Late Cretaceous ⓘ
locomotion primarily quadrupedal with facultative bipedality ⓘ
order Ornithischia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
superorder Dinosauria ⓘ
tailType long tail ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
toothType leaf-shaped cheek teeth ⓘ
typeLocality Scollard Formation ⓘ
yearDescribed 1914 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hell Creek Formation → containsFossil → Leptoceratops gracilis ⓘ
Leptoceratops gracilis → genus → Leptoceratops ⓘ
linked to: Leptoceratops gracilis
Ceratopsia → includesTaxon → Leptoceratops ⓘ
linked to: Leptoceratops gracilis