Kulceratops
Named for the Khodzhakul Formation where the fossils were found, with 'kul' meaning 'lake' in the local language, combined with Greek 'keratops' meaning 'horned face'; the specific name kulensis also references the formation.
Early Cretaceous stages
Kulceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It lived in the late Albian stage. It is one of the few ceratopsians known from this period. However, the fossils from this genus have been sparse: only jaw and tooth fragments have been found so far.
Species
Kulceratops kulensis Nessov, 1995 Nomen dubium
Type species
Named for the Khodzhakul Formation of Uzbekistan, from which the holotype was recovered, with the Uzbek word 'kul' meaning 'lake'.
- Holotype
- CCMGE 495/12457 , F.N. Chernyshev Central Museum of Geological Exploration
- Material
- Left maxilla with broken anterior process; eight groups of alveoli for teeth.
- Horizon
- Khodzhakul Formation, Albian, Early Cretaceous , 113.2–100.5 million years ago
- Locality
- SH-21, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
References
- Nessov, L. A. (1995). 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. nessov1995a
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Chinnery, B. J.; Horner, J. R. (2007). A new neoceratopsian dinosaur linking North American and Asian taxa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3): 625-641. Informa UK Limited. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[625:anndln]2.0.co;2
Leaves Kulceratops out of its analysis of basal neoceratopsians as too incomplete.
chinnery2007a