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horned dinosaur
Zuniceratops
Say it like this: “ZOO-nee-SER-a-tops”
Zuniceratops christopheri
Zuniceratops ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 1998 · Wolfe, D. G.; Kirkland, J. I.
- Hip height
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 2.2–3.5 m · 7–11 ft
- Weight
- 175 kg · 386 lb
- Found in
- the United States · Moreno Hill
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Ceratopsoidea
The story in short
Zuniceratops was formally named in 1998 by D. G. Wolfe and J. I. Kirkland. The name means “horned face.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Turonian), roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Moreno Hill Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Zuniceratops at a length near 2.2–3.5 m, hips about 1 m high, and a body mass around 175 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Ceratopsoidea, among the horned dinosaurs.