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Tiny & Old: Images of 'Triceratops' Ancestors

By Jennifer Welsh | March 13, 2012 01:58pm ET
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Unescoceratops koppelhusae jaw

Unescoceratops koppelhusae jaw

Credit: Michael Ryan, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Unescoceratops koppelhusae jaw from the Dinosaur Park Formation of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.

Illustration of Unescoceratops koppelhusae,

Illustration of Unescoceratops koppelhusae,

Credit: Julius T. Csotonyi

An illustration of Unescoceratops koppelhusae, a plant-eating dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period that lived approximately 75 million years ago.

Illustration of Gryphoceratops morrisoni,

Illustration of Gryphoceratops morrisoni,

Credit: Julius T. Csotonyi

An illustration of Gryphoceratops morrisoni, a plant-eating dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period that lived approximately 83 million years ago.

Unescoceratops koppelhusae and Gryphoceratops morrisonii

Unescoceratops koppelhusae and Gryphoceratops morrisonii

Credit: Julius T. Csotonyi

Unescoceratops koppelhusae (upper right) and Gryphoceratops morrisonii (lower left), new leptoceratopsid dinosaurs from Alberta, Canada.

Gryphoceratops Morrison jaw

Gryphoceratops Morrison jaw

Credit: Michael Ryan, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Gryphoceratops Morrison jaw from the Milk River Formation of Alberta, Canada.

Illustration of Gryphoceratops morrisoni,

Illustration of Gryphoceratops morrisoni,

Credit: Julius T. Csotonyi

An illustration of Gryphoceratops morrisoni, a plant-eating dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period that lived approximately 83 million years ago.

Illustration of Unescoceratops koppelhusae,

Illustration of Unescoceratops koppelhusae,

Credit: Julius T. Csotonyi

An illustration of Unescoceratops koppelhusae, a plant-eating dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period that lived approximately 75 million years ago.

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Unescoceratops koppelhusae jaw

Credit: Michael Ryan, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Unescoceratops koppelhusae jaw from the Dinosaur Park Formation of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.

Illustration of Unescoceratops koppelhusae,

Credit: Julius T. Csotonyi

An illustration of Unescoceratops koppelhusae, a plant-eating dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period that lived approximately 75 million years ago.

Illustration of Gryphoceratops morrisoni,

Credit: Julius T. Csotonyi

An illustration of Gryphoceratops morrisoni, a plant-eating dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period that lived approximately 83 million years ago.

Unescoceratops koppelhusae and Gryphoceratops morrisonii

Credit: Julius T. Csotonyi

Unescoceratops koppelhusae (upper right) and Gryphoceratops morrisonii (lower left), new leptoceratopsid dinosaurs from Alberta, Canada.

Gryphoceratops Morrison jaw

Credit: Michael Ryan, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Gryphoceratops Morrison jaw from the Milk River Formation of Alberta, Canada.

Illustration of Gryphoceratops morrisoni,

Credit: Julius T. Csotonyi

An illustration of Gryphoceratops morrisoni, a plant-eating dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period that lived approximately 83 million years ago.

Illustration of Unescoceratops koppelhusae,

Credit: Julius T. Csotonyi

An illustration of Unescoceratops koppelhusae, a plant-eating dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period that lived approximately 75 million years ago.

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