恐龍卡第 2023 張，共 2 027 張

Zuniceratops

名字的意思： “Zuni horned face”1

吃：植物角龍類白堊紀晚期

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

生存年代

94 到 90 百萬年前3

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

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

長度

2.2 到 3.5 m (7.2 到 11 ft)1

體重

175 kg (386 lb)1

高度

1 m (3.3 ft)1

最高速度

時速約 37 公里（23 英里）

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牠生活在什麼時候？

三疊紀

侏羅紀

白堊紀

2 億 5200 萬年前20114566，小行星撞地球

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

牠有多高？

牠有多重？

跟 9 隻狗一樣重

跟 4 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 19 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 35 顆西瓜一樣重跟 9 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 5 個小學生一樣重能在 9.7 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Zuniceratops 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡算算數學。什麼都不會被儲存或傳送出去。

牠有多快？

走路的人 時速約 5 公里 (3 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 時速約 12 公里 (7 mph)

Zuniceratops 時速約 37 公里 (23 mph)

一匹飛奔的馬 時速約 65 公里 (40 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

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趣味知識

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

Zuniceratops 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Zuniceratops 可能的樣子。這只是猜測：真正的動物可能長得不一樣，也沒有人知道牠真正的顏色。

你們都在問

關於 Zuniceratops 最常被問的問題

?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

給恐龍專家

學名: Zuniceratops
命名者: Wolfe and Kirkland 19983
類群: 角龍類
科 / 演化支: Ceratopsoidea3
分類: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia3
岩石的年代: 94 到 90 百萬年 (Turonian)3
岩層: Moreno Hill3
國家: 美國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 3 筆3
發現: 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
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating exactly how Zuniceratops is related to the later, larger horned dinosaurs called ceratopsids.1