Kulceratops
Name:
Kulceratops
(Khodzhakul horned face).
Phonetic: Kul-seh-rah-tops.
Named By: L. A. Nessov - 1995.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Ceratopsidae.
Species: K. kulensis (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Uzbekistan - Khodzhakul
Formation.
Time period: Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Left maxilla.
Kulceratops is a very interesting genus of ceratopsian dinosaur as the holotype has been dated to coming from a fossil deposit Albian of the Early Cretaceous in age. This makes Kulceratops a candidate for being one of the first ceratopsian dinosaurs to appear. Unfortunately Kulceratops is only known from a partial maxilla (upper jaw bone), making the attribution of further remains so difficult, that many researchers consider the genus to be a dubious genus of dinosaur.
Further reading
- Dinozavri severnoi Yevrazii: Novye dannye o sostave kompleksov,
ekologii i paleobiogeografii [Dinosaurs of northern Eurasia: new
data about assemblages, ecology, and paleobiogeography]. -
Institute for Scientific Research on the Earth's Crust, St.
Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 1-156. - L.
A. Nessov - 1995.
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