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Aquilops americanus
Taxonomy
Aquilops americanus was named by Farke et al. (2014). Its type specimen is . OMNH 34557, a partial skull (partial skull, with associated predentary, partial left dentary, and additional associated but unidentifiable fragments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is OMNH locality V1057, which is in an Albian/Albian terrestrial claystone in the Cloverly Formation of Montana.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Aquilops americanus Farke et al. p. 4–5 figs. 3-9 |
| 2015 | Aquilops americanus Frederickson et al. p. 65 |
| 2015 | Aquilops americanus Han et al. p. 1 |
| 2020 | Aquilops americanus Yu et al. p. 1 |
| 2022 | Aquilops americanus Son et al. p. 7 |
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†Aquilops americanus Farke et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| A. A. Farke et al. 2014 | A small neoceratopsian with the following autapomorphies: rostral with a ventrally-directed tip and a strongly arched keel possessing a boss; oral margin rostral to maxillary tooth row entirely concave in lateral view; antorbital fenestra more than twice as long as tall and tapering to a sharp point below the orbit. |