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Zuniceratops

Il num vul dir: “Zuni horned face”1

Mangiava: PlantasDinos cun cornsCretacic tardiv

Zuniceratops was a small, plant-eating dinosaur that lived about 90 million years ago. It had a pair of long brow horns and a frill on its head, but no nose horn. It is one of the earliest horned dinosaurs to show how bigger, later horned dinosaurs like Triceratops evolved.1

Viveva

avant 94 fin 90 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Moreno Hill Formation, west-central New Mexico, USA1 3

Lunghezza

2,2 fin 3,5 m (7,2 fin 11 ft)1

Paisa

175 kg (386 lb)1

Autezza

1 m (3,3 ft)1

Spertadad maximala

var 37 km/h (23 mph)

Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Quant aut era el?

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 9 chauns

uschè lung sco 4 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 19 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè grev sco 35 melunasuschè grev sco 9 uffants da scolettauschè grev sco 5 scolarspudess currer 100 meters en 9,7 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Zuniceratops cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

Quant spert era el?

Ina persuna che va a pe var 5 km/h (3 mph)

In uffant sin il velo var 12 km/h (7 mph)

Zuniceratops var 37 km/h (23 mph)

In chaval che galoppescha var 65 km/h (40 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

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Fatgs divertents

Zuniceratops was discovered in 1996 by eight-year-old Christopher James Wolfe, the son of a paleontologist, while exploring in New Mexico.1

Young Zuniceratops had single-rooted teeth, but as they grew older their teeth became double-rooted. This change with age is unusual among horned dinosaurs.1

Zuniceratops lived alongside other dinosaurs like the tyrannosaur Suskityrannus, the big-clawed Nothronychus, and the ankylosaur Jeyawati.1

Fossils of several Zuniceratops individuals have been found together in a bonebed, suggesting they may have lived in groups.1

Zuniceratops had no nose horn, but it had well-developed brow horns that look like those of later, bigger horned dinosaurs.1

Zuniceratops is an important piece of evidence that horned dinosaurs may have evolved in North America, not Asia.1

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Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Zuniceratops

?How big was Zuniceratops?

Zuniceratops was about 2.2 to 3.5 meters (7.2 to 11.5 ft) long, 1 meter (3.3 ft) tall at the hips, and weighed around 175 kilograms (386 lb).1

?What did Zuniceratops eat?

Zuniceratops was a plant-eater (herbivore).2

?When did Zuniceratops live?

Zuniceratops lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 90.9 to 88.6 million years ago.1

?Who discovered Zuniceratops?

Zuniceratops was discovered in 1996 by eight-year-old Christopher James Wolfe, son of paleontologist Douglas G. Wolfe.1

?Did Zuniceratops have horns?

Yes, Zuniceratops had a pair of well-developed brow horns, but it had no nose horn.1

?Is Zuniceratops a dinosaur?

Yes, Zuniceratops is a dinosaur. It is a ceratopsian, a group of horned, plant-eating dinosaurs.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Zuniceratops
Numnà da: Wolfe and Kirkland 19983
Gruppa: Dinos cun corns
Famiglia / clada: Ceratopsoidea3
Classificaziun: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 94 fin 90 milliuns onns (Turonian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Moreno Hill3
Pajais: USA3
Chats da fossils: 3 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Zuniceratops was named in 1998 by paleontologists Douglas Wolfe and James Kirkland. The first fossils, including a skull and bones from several individuals, were found in the Moreno Hill Formation in New Mexico in 1996. The species name, christopheri, honors the discoverer, Christopher James Wolfe.1 3
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating exactly how Zuniceratops is related to the later, larger horned dinosaurs called ceratopsids.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Zuniceratops (en.wikipedia.org)
enchantedlearning.com (enchantedlearning.com)
Zuniceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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