Leptoceratops
-described by Brown, 1914 (Dodson, 1996).
Leptoceratops, although a 'horned' dinosaur, has no
nasal horn, nor horns anywhere else. Leptoceratops is
tiny, at most 2.7m long, and has the simplest of frills
which is lacking a pareitosquamosal crest, fenestrae, and
other features (ex. epoccipitals) typical of large horned
dinosaurs (Dodson, 1996). Although it possesses the most
primitive characteristics, it co-existed with
Triceratops - the most advanced
ceratopsian.
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