Zuniceratops christopheri (meaning "Zuni-horned face") is an extinct genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in New Mexico, United States during the Late Cretaceous period.
Discovery[]
Zuniceratops was dicovered in 1996 in New Mexico by an eight year old boy named Christopher Wolfe and named in 1998.
Appearance[]
This dinosaur was superficially similar to later horned dinosaurs, such as Triceratops, but it was smaller in size, and only had two brow horns. It lived during the Middle to Late Cretaceous in North America, browsing on such plants like the ancient cycads. It probably was a herd animal as well.
In the Media[]
This dinosaur is first featured in When Dinosaurs Roamed America film, in the early Cretaceous segment, where they were shown as prey for unidentifed dromaeosaurs.
In Pokemon series, Bastiodon is based on Zuniceratops.