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Leptoceratops is a small (around 2 meters long and estimated to weigh 90 to 150kg ) member of the Leptoceratopsidae family from the Late Cretaceous North America. Leptoceratops was the first small basal ceratopsian to be named, discovered in 1910 by the famous palaeontologist Barnum Brown. It was the latest protoceratopsid, living through the end of the Cretaceous Period along with the large ceratopsid dinosaur Triceratops.

The large skull of Leptoceratops slopes down to a small, pointed, toothless beak. They don’t have nasal or brow horns, but there is a patch of rough scales above the nose. The frill is only slightly developed but solid, with a high, raised ridge down the midline. They sport a row of long quill like structures on their tails. Each quill is tipped with a small, sharp barb and a reservoir of venom that explodes upon contact. When confronted by predators, they swing their tails with great effect. The ejected barbs are embedded deep into the skin of any predator, injecting an irritating load of toxic quinines and phenols – heated y the same reaction associated with the removal of the quill. Quills that are shed are quickly replaced. In fact, an easy way of telling if a herd of Leptoceratops is nearby is to note the density of shed quills in an area (the denser and more numerous the quills, the closer you are to their territory)...

As a small herbivore it is hunted by a range of small and medium sized carnivores such as Troodon and Velociraptor. They can stand and run on their hind legs as well as walk on all fours. It can be found in great abundance in the tree fern forests on Isla Sorna. They live in small herds and congregate around large mounds of vegetation in which they incubate their eggs. They are sometimes found in forest streams foraging for weedy plants, snails and other invertebrates.

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Description
Leptoceratops is a small (around 2 meters long and estimated to weigh 90 to 150kg ) member of the Leptoceratopsidae family from the Late Cretaceous North America. Leptoceratops was the first small basal ceratopsian to be named, discovered in 1910 by the famous palaeontologist Barnum Brown. It was the latest protoceratopsid, living through the end of the Cretaceous Period along with the large ceratopsid dinosaur Triceratops.

The large skull of Leptoceratops slopes down to a small, pointed, toothless beak. They don’t have nasal or brow horns, but there is a patch of rough scales above the nose. The frill is only slightly developed but solid, with a high, raised ridge down the midline. They sport a row of long quill like structures on their tails. Each quill is tipped with a small, sharp barb and a reservoir of venom that explodes upon contact. When confronted by predators, they swing their tails with great effect. The ejected barbs are embedded deep into the skin of any predator, injecting an irritating load of toxic quinines and phenols – heated y the same reaction associated with the removal of the quill. Quills that are shed are quickly replaced. In fact, an easy way of telling if a herd of Leptoceratops is nearby is to note the density of shed quills in an area (the denser and more numerous the quills, the closer you are to their territory)...

As a small herbivore it is hunted by a range of small and medium sized carnivores such as Troodon and Velociraptor. They can stand and run on their hind legs as well as walk on all fours. It can be found in great abundance in the tree fern forests on Isla Sorna. They live in small herds and congregate around large mounds of vegetation in which they incubate their eggs. They are sometimes found in forest streams foraging for weedy plants, snails and other invertebrates.

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