Kulceratops

Kul horned face

• Kul · Uzbek/local place name · Kul (a locality/lake in Uzbekistan)
• ceratops · Greek · horned face

Kulceratops is a ceratopsian dinosaur whose name combines a reference to the locality where its fossils were found in Uzbekistan with the Greek word for "horned face." The prefix "Kul" refers to a geographic feature (a lake or locality) in Central Asia. The suffix "-ceratops" (from Greek "keras," horn, and "ops," face) is commonly used for horned dinosaurs of the ceratopsian group. The name thus means roughly "horned face from Kul."

Named by

Nessov

Year named

1995

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Aptian

Found in

Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Kulceratops kulensis was named by Nessov (1995) from fragmentary fossil material (teeth) from Uzbekistan. It is generally considered a nomen dubium because the material is too incomplete to confidently diagnose a distinct genus. It is one of the earliest known ceratopsians from Central Asia.