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Microceratops: quick facts

Found in China, Microceratops is the smallest known horned dinosaur. A protoceratopsid, it probably resembled Protoceratops and Leptoceratops but the upper forelimb andhind limb bones of Microceratops

Period
Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
30 inches (0.8 meters)
Weight
4 pounds (1.8 kg)
Family
Protoceratopsidae

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Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.

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