Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Zuniceratops Zuniceratops christopheri Wolfe and Kirkland 1998
/zjˈuːnɪsɚɹˌætɑːps/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · 93.9–89.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
New Mexico
Formation
Moreno Hill
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Zuniceratops christopheri is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 93.9–89.8 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from New Mexico, United States. It was named by Wolfe and Kirkland 1998. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Zuniceratops christopheri sits in deep time
Zuniceratops
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Zuniceratops christopheri's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.