Genus
Valid Extinct

Aquilops

Farke et al. 2014

Aquilops is an early herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur dating from the Early Cretaceous of North America approximately 109 million to 104 million years ago. The type species is A. americanus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Aquilops
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The skull of Aquilops in three versions: the actual holotype fossil down below, a reconstruction of the distorted skull with the missing bits sculpted in by preparator and reptile-reconstructor extraordinaire Kyle Davies (see more of his work here), and a reconstruction of the skull as it might have looked before it went through the ravages of taphonomy. © Matt J. Wedel · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia
Aquilops
Aquilops
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Marginocephalia Unranked clade
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Ceratopsia Suborder
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Neoceratopsia Infraorder
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Aquilops Genus
Measurements
Length
0,6 m ⓘ
Aquilops americanus
Mass
1,5 kg ⓘ
Aquilops americanus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Cloverly
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Aquilops americanus 110 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
A. A. Farke, W. D. Maxwell, and R. L. Cifelli, M. J. Wedel. 2014. A ceratopsian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of western North America, and the biogeography of Neoceratopsia. PLoS ONE 9(12):e11205:1-18 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. A. Farke, W. D. Maxwell, and R. L. Cifelli, M. J. Wedel. 2014. A ceratopsian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of western North America, and the biogeography of Neoceratopsia. PLoS ONE 9(12):e11205:1-18 DOI ↗