Describer

Nessov, 1995

Time

Cretaceous Early Albian

Classification

Ornithischia Genasauria Cerapoda Marginocephalia Ceratopia Neoceratopia Nomina Dubia

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

Karakalpakistan, Khodzhakul\\\' Formation, Uzbekistan

Info

Genus - Typespecies

Etymology

\\\"kul\\\',\\\" Uzbekistani for \\\"lake,\\\" and the usual \\\"ceratops\\\" | species name, like the generic name, from Khodzhakul\\\' locality; a small ceratopian referred to Protoceratopidae (as Protoceratopidae Incertae Sedis) that differs from Asiaceratops in tooth count and overall morphology

Holotype

TsNIGR museum #495/12457, a left maxilla with anterior portion broken away,

Locality and horizon

From Khodzhakul\\\', Karakalpakistan; upper Albian, lower or middle section of the Khodzhakul\\\' Formation (Khodzhakul\\\'skaya Svita).

Nessov considered it the oldest-known protoceratopid