Zuniceratops christopheri 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

Belongs to Zuniceratops according to M. Manabe et al. 2017

See also Chinnery 2004, Currie et al. 2008, Farke et al. 2011, Loewen et al. 2013, Longrich 2010, Longrich 2013, Makovicky 2001, Wolfe 2000, Wolfe and Kirkland 1998 and You and Dodson 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MSM P2101. Its type locality is Haystack Butte, MSM 98-65, which is in a Turonian crevasse splay mudstone in the Moreno Hill Formation of New Mexico.

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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