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Leptoceratopsidae

Montanoceratops mon-tanoh-SƐRUHTOPS

"horn"

Generic ceratopsian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Montanoceratops 2.5 m (8.2 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ceratopsian body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Montanoceratops
Length
2.5 m (8.2 ft)
Period
Cretaceous (145–66 Mya)
Place
Alberta, Canada · Montana, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Leptoceratopsidae
Montanoceratops reconstruction by Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com)
Reconstruction · Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com) (CC-BY)

Montanoceratops is an extinct genus of small ceratopsian dinosaur that lived approximately 70 million years ago during the latter part of the Cretaceous Period in what is now Montana and Alberta. Montanoceratops was a small sized, moderately-built, ground-dwelling, quadrupedal herbivore, that could grow up to an estimated 2.5 m in length and 170 kg in body mass.

What we know

  • Named by (Brown & Schlaikjer, 1942).
  • Body length estimated at about 2.5 m.
  • Fossils found in Alberta, Canada and Montana, USA.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Montanoceratops — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.