Dinosaurs · Ceratopsian

Leptoceratops

Say it lep-toh-ker-ah-tops. The name means ‘slim horned face’.

Leptoceratops beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of ceratopsians

Length: 3 m
Diet: Plant-eater
When: Late Cretaceous67 to 66 million years ago
Fossils found in: Canada, USA
Named by: Brown (1914)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Ceratopsia › Neoceratopsia › Coronosauria

Where Leptoceratops sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Ceratopsians. Horned and frilled plant-eaters, such as Triceratops. See all 29

Lived at the same time

Alamosaurus · same country
Ankylosaurus · same country
Dryptosaurus · same country
Edmontosaurus · same country
Ornithomimus · same country
Pachycephalosaurus · same country
Stygimoloch · same country
Thescelosaurus · same country

Other ceratopsians

Nedoceratops Late Cretaceous
Triceratops Late Cretaceous
Torosaurus Late Cretaceous
Arrhinoceratops Late Cretaceous
Anchiceratops Late Cretaceous
Einiosaurus Late Cretaceous
Pachyrhinosaurus Late Cretaceous
Protoceratops Late Cretaceous

Source: Leptoceratops in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.