Reptilia - Ornithischia - Leptoceratopsidae
Alternative spelling: Leptoceratopsinae
Full reference: B. F. Nopcsa. 1923. Die Familien der Reptilien [The families of reptiles]. Forschritte der Geologie und Palaeontologie. Verlag von Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin 2:1-210
Parent taxon: Neoceratopsia according to M. J. Ryan et al. 2023
See also Arbour and Evans 2019, Butler et al. 2008, Chinnery 2004, Chinnery and Horner 2007, Farke et al. 2014, Han et al. 2012, Huene 1934, Huene 1934, Makovicky 2001, Morschhauser et al. 2019, Nopcsa 1923, Nopcsa 1928, Nopcsa 1929, You and Dodson 2003 and Zheng et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Aquilops, Archaeoceratops, Archaeoceratopsidae, Asiaceratops, Auroraceratops, Beg, Ceratopsomorpha, Chaoyangsauridae, Coronosauria, Graciliceratops, Liaoceratops, Mosaiceratops, Protoceratopoidea, Sasayamagnomus, Yamaceratops
Subtaxa: Cerasinops Ferrisaurus Gremlin Gryphoceratops Helioceratops Ischioceratops Koreaceratops Leptoceratops Montanoceratops Prenoceratops Udanoceratops Unescoceratops Zhuchengceratops
Type: Leptoceratops
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (10: Alberta, British Columbia collections), China (2), Mongolia (2), South Korea (1), Sweden (2), United States (12: Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences