| Named By: | P. C. Sereno, J. A. Wilson, & J. L. Conrad in 2004. |
| Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, 95 Ma |
| Location: | Africa, Niger - Echkar Formation |
| Size: | Estimated about 6 meters long |
| Diet: | unavailable |
| Fossil(s): | Skull |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Abelisauridae | |
Rugops (meaning "wrinkle face") is a genus of theropod dinosaur which inhabited what is now Africa approximately 95 million years ago (Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous). The discovery of a Rugops skull in Niger in 2000 was a crucial breakthrough in the understanding of the evolution of theropods in that area, and demonstrates that this landmass was still united with Gondwana at that stage in history.