†family Leptoceratopsidae Nopcsa 1923 (leptoceratopsid)

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

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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

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