Kulceratops

Kul-seh-rah-tops.
Published on

Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

Cite Feedback Print

Name

Kulceratops ‭(‬Khodzhakul horned face‭)‬.

Phonetic

Kul-seh-rah-tops.

Named By

L.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Nessov‭ ‬-‭ ‬1995.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ceratopsidae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

K.‭ ‬kulensis‭

Size

Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.

Known locations

Uzbekistan‭ ‬-‭ ‬Khodzhakul Formation.

Time Period

Albian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Left maxilla.

In Depth

       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.

SPECIES SPOTLIGHT