Aquilops fossil map
Where fossils of Aquilops have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 100 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 100 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Horned & dome-headed dinosaurs |
|---|---|
| Lived | 110.1–100.5 million years ago (Albian) |
| Periods | Cretaceous |
| Named by | Farke et al. 2014 |
| Fossil records | 1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | United States |
| Rock formations | Cloverly |
About Aquilops
Aquilops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the Early Cretaceous, about 109-98 million years ago. The only known specimen, a skull of a subadult, was found in 1997 in the Cloverly Formation of Carbon County, southern Montana, and became the basis of the new genus and species Aquilops americanus in 2014. The genus name is derived from the Latin and Greek words for "eagle" and "face", in reference to the dinosaur's hooked beak, and the specific name refers to North America, since it was the first early neoceratopsian (ceratopsians with a neck-frill) found there. The holotype specimen consists of a partial skull and lower jaws of a probably subadult individual. Aquilops was prominently featured in the 2025 film Jurassic World: Rebirth, an occasion used for scientific outreach.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Aquilops (revision 1381293951), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q18617035.
