Unusual, Rooted Leptoceratops Dinosaur Tooth

Unusual, Rooted Leptoceratops Dinosaur ToothExcellent, mostly rooted tooth with no repair or restoration. Leptoceratops, a genus of small, herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaurs, lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 68 to 66 million years ago. Its name, derived from Greek, means "slender horned face," although ironically, Leptoceratops did not have the prominent horns that characterize many of its ceratopsian relatives, like Triceratops. Leptoceratops was relatively small compared

Despite its size

Time Period and Range: These predators lived during the Late Pleistocene epoch and roamed large swaths of Eurasia

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relying on its powerful jaws and sharp teeth to quickly incapacitate its prey

Its size and powerful jaws suggest it could take down some of the largest herbivores of its era

with finds including tusks

This tooth was recovered from the Pleistocene deposits of Siberia

floodplains

other small theropods) is still being debated

Considered a probable ancestor of today’s mako sharks

often with lighter and darker mottled patterns

it contains large teeth with attractive natural coloring