Aquilops

Say it like this: “ACK-will-ops”

Aquilops americanus

Aquilops ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.

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When: Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Named in: 2014 · Farke, A. A.; Maxwell, W. D.; Cifelli, R. L.; Wedel, M. J.
Hip height: 0.1 m · 0 ft
Length: 0.6 m · 2 ft
Weight: 2 kg · 4 lb
Found in: the United States · Cloverly
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two legs
Kind: horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
Family branch: Neoceratopsia

The story in short

The genus Aquilops dates to 2014, the year A. A. Farke and colleagues described it. The name means “eagle face.”

Fossils referred to Aquilops date to the Early Cretaceous (Albian), roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Cloverly Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Aquilops at a length near 0.6 m, hips about 0.1 m high, and a body mass around 2 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Neoceratopsia, among the horned dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Archaeoceratops

Archaeoceratops oshimai

Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago

Asiaceratops

Asiaceratops salsopaludalis

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago

Auroraceratops

Auroraceratops rugosus

Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago