Zuniceratops was a ceratopsian dinosaur of the mid-Late Cretaceous period. It lived about 10 million years before the better known horned Ceratopsidae and inhabited what is now New Mexico, USA. In 1996, it was discovered by eight-year-old Christopher James Wolfe, son of paleontologist Douglas G. Wolfe.
It was the oldest known ceratopsid from North America, and the oldest known ceratopsid with brow horns. The Zuniceratops frill was not solid bone or fenestrated, but had two large holes in the bone that grew over the skin. This means that the frill was lighter than it would have been if it were solid throughout and was probably not a defensive structure. However, the frill was for display to others of its species or to attract mates. It was similar to dinosaurs with hind horns, such as Triceratops, but smaller in size. Zuniceratops was a herbivore or herd animal as well.
Zuniceratops was approximately 3 to 3.5 meters long, 1 meter high at the hips, and weighed 100 to 150 kilograms.
Zuniceratops was a herbivore and its main diet was plants.
The name Zuniceratops means "Zuni Hornhead". The word "Zuni" is the North American Indians.
Zuniceratops was a ceratopsian dinosaur of the mid-Late Cretaceous period. It lived about 10 million years before the better known horned Ceratopsidae and inhabited what is now New Mexico, USA.
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