.55" Leptoceratops Tooth - Hell Creek Formation, South Dakota

Leptoceratops
An artists reconstruction of Leptoceratops.  By Nobu Tamura
An artists reconstruction of Leptoceratops. By Nobu Tamura
teeth are pretty hard to find in the Hell Creek Formation. This is from a Leptoceratops gracilis, the only Protoceratops found in North America. It was collected this summer in South Dakota. Comes in an acrylic display case.

Leptoceratops was a small, primitive genus of ceratopsian dinosaur who's name literally means "small-horn face" despite the fact it did not have any horns. It reached lengths of about 2 meters and is believed to be bipedal, meaning it could run on it's back legs. As with other ceratopsians it has a parrot-like beak and was probably able to chew very tough vegetation.
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SPECIES
Leptoceratops gracilis
LOCATION
South Dakota
FORMATION
Hell Creek Formation
SIZE
.55" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#81647
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