[D] Kulceratops kulensis [sG] [T]
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