In Depth Agathaumas has been envisioned as a very large ceratopsian dinosaur, potentially as much as ten meters long, that lived in what is now the USA near the end of the Cretaceous period. However most palaeontologists agree that Agathaumas is a highly dubious genus of ceratopsian since it was based upon the description of … Read more
Akainacephalus: Research Database Ankylosauridae (Ornithischia) · Late Cretaceous (~76 MYA) ·> North America — USA (Wahweap Formation, Utah) Research Note: Akainacephalus was an ankylosaurid from the Late Cretaceous Wahweap Formation of Utah. As a member of Ankylosauridae, it provides important data on armored dinosaur diversity and evolution in the Late Cretaceous of North America. … Read more
Archaeoceratops: Research Database Ceratopsia (Ornithischia) · Early Cretaceous (~130–120 MYA) · Asia — China (Liaoning) Research Note: Archaeoceratops was a basal ceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China. As one of the earliest known ceratopsians, it provides critical data on the early evolution of the ceratopsian body plan. Research Finding Status … Read more
In Depth Aquilarhinus named for the perceived appearance of the snout which in life is thought to resemble the hooked bend of an eagles beak, suggesting Aquilarhinus may have had a specialised feeding method. Study of the lower jaw has led to a postulated reconstruction of front of the jaws having a rounded shovel-like structure. … Read more