Kulceratops
| Kulceratops | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ceratopsia |
| Infraorder: | † Neoceratopsia
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| Genus: | †Kulceratops Nesov, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| †Kulceratops kulensis Nesov, 1995
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Kulceratops is a
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.
Description
Kulceratops was named by
Andrei Dmitrievich Arkhangelsky. It consists of a left maxilla
, of which the front end has been broken off.
Classification
Kulceratops belonged to the Ceratopsia (the name is
Neoceratopia. Due to the paucity of the remains, it is considered a nomen dubium[citation needed
]
Diet
Kulceratops, like all ceratopsians, was a herbivore. During the early Cretaceous, flowering plants were "geographically limited on the landscape", and so it is likely that this dinosaur fed on the predominant plants of the era: ferns, cycads and conifers. It would have used its sharp ceratopsian beak to bite off the leaves or needles.
See also
References
- ^ L. A. Nessov, 1995, Dinozavri severnoi Yevrazii: Novye dannye o sostave kompleksov, ekologii i paleobiogeografii, Institute for Scientific Research on the Earth's Crust, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg pp. 1-156