![]() Aquilops looks different than other ceratopsians. Aquilops was less than a meter (2 feet) long and weighed about 1.6 kilograms (3.5 pounds)-” about as much as a large bunny rabbit,” according to one paleontologist. Triceratops reached about 9 meters (30 feet) in length and weighed about 6 tons (13,000 pounds)- about the size of a bus. ![]() Aquilops is much smaller than most ceratopsians. Triceratops went extinct ( along with about three-quarters of life on Earth!) about 66 million years ago. Aquilops is the oldest ceratopsian discovered in North America, having lived more than 100 million years ago. According to the map, Triceratops and other ceratopsians “appear to have been the most numerous of dinosaurs.” So, what makes Aquilops so special?
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