Zuniceratops Wolfe and Kirkland 1998 (ceratopsian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: D. G. Wolfe and J. I. Kirkland. 1998. Zuniceratops christopheri n. gen. & n. sp., a ceratopsian dinosaur from the Moreno Hill Formation (Cretaceous, Turonian) of west-central New Mexico. S. G. Lucas, J. I. Kirkland, and J. W. Estep (eds.), Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14:307-317

Parent taxon: Ceratopsoidea according to E. M. Morschhauser et al. 2019

See also Chinnery 2004, Chinnery and Horner 2007, Chinnery et al. 1998, Farke et al. 2014, Makovicky 2001, Osi et al. 2010, Ryan 2007, Wolfe 2000, You and Dodson 2004 and Zheng et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Ajkaceratops, Turanoceratops

Subtaxa: Zuniceratops christopheri

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Type: Zuniceratops christopheri

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: New Mexico collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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