Aquilarhinus
ak-wil-ah-RYE-nus /ˌækwɪləˈraɪnəs/
Accepted genus
eagle nose
- aquila · Latin · eagle
- rhinos · Greek · nose
The name combines the Latin word for "eagle" with the Greek word for "nose". It refers to the hooked, beak-like profile of the snout, which resembles an eagle's beak. The animal was a duck-billed dinosaur with an unusual shovel-like lower jaw.
- Named by
- Prieto-Márquez, Wagner and Lehman
- Year named
- 2019
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Campanian
- Found in
- Aguja Formation, Big Bend area, Texas, USA
A hadrosaurid ("duck-billed") dinosaur. The only known species is Aquilarhinus palimentus.