Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Aquilops Aquilops americanus Farke et al. 2014
/ˈækwɪləps/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 110.1–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
Montana
Formation
Cloverly
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Aquilops americanus is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 110.1–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Montana, United States. It was named by Farke et al. 2014. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Aquilops americanus sits in deep time
Aquilops
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Aquilops americanus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.