
lep-toh-SAYR-uh-tops
"Slender Horned Face"
-small CERATOPSIAN
-large head with short, solid frill and parrot-like beak, NO HORNS
-QUADRUPEDAL, but may have been capable of walking on two legs, HERBIVORE
-forelegs were shorter than its hind legs
-known from very complete speciman found in Alberta, Canada and sediments that were formed during the late Late Cretaceous Period
Classification: Protoceratopsidae, Ceratopsia, Ornithishchia
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