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Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...
s are a diverse group of
reptile Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates ( lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalia ...
s of the
clade A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English ter ...
Dinosauria. They first appeared during the
Triassic The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 Mya. The Triassic is the first and shortest per ...
period, between 243 and 233.23 
million years ago The abbreviation Myr, "million years", is a unit of a quantity of (i.e. ) years, or 31.556926 teraseconds. Usage Myr (million years) is in common use in fields such as Earth science and cosmology. Myr is also used with Mya (million years ago ...
, although the exact origin and timing of the
evolution of dinosaurs Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is the ...
is the subject of active research. They became the dominant terrestrial
vertebrate Vertebrates () comprise all animal taxa within the subphylum Vertebrata () ( chordates with backbones), including all mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Vertebrates represent the overwhelming majority of the phylum Chordata, with ...
s after the Triassic–Jurassic extinction event 201.3 million years ago; their dominance continued throughout the
Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of ...
and
Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...
periods. The
fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...
record demonstrates that
bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
s are modern
feathered dinosaur A feathered dinosaur is any species of dinosaur possessing feathers. While this includes all species of birds, there is a hypothesis that many, if not all non-avian dinosaur species also possessed feathers in some shape or form. It has been s ...
s, having
evolved Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variati ...
from earlier theropods during the
Late Jurassic The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 163.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.Owen 1987. In European lithostratigraphy, the name ...
epoch In chronology and periodization, an epoch or reference epoch is an instant in time chosen as the origin of a particular calendar era. The "epoch" serves as a reference point from which time is measured. The moment of epoch is usually decided ...
. Birds were therefore the only dinosaur lineage to survive the
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event (also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction) was a sudden mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth, approximately 66 million years ago. With the ...
approximately 66 million years ago. Dinosaurs can be divided into avian dinosaurs (birds) and non-avian dinosaurs, which are all dinosaurs other than birds. This list of dinosaurs is a comprehensive listing of all
genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
that have ever been considered to be non-avian dinosaurs, but also includes some dinosaurs of disputed status (avian? or non-avian?, where "avian" refers to the clade
Avialae Avialae ("bird wings") is a clade containing the only living dinosaurs, the birds. It is usually defined as all theropod dinosaurs more closely related to birds (Aves) than to deinonychosaurs, though alternative definitions are occasionally use ...
), as well as purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (''
nomen dubium In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Zoology In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...
''), or were not formally published (''
nomen nudum In taxonomy, a ''nomen nudum'' ('naked name'; plural ''nomina nuda'') is a designation which looks exactly like a scientific name of an organism, and may have originally been intended to be one, but it has not been published with an adequate desc ...
''), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered dinosaurs. Many listed names have been reclassified as everything from true
bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
s to
crocodilia Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both ) is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, known as crocodilians. They first appeared 95 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period ( Cenomanian stage) and are the closest livi ...
ns to
petrified wood Petrified wood, also known as petrified tree (from Ancient Greek meaning 'rock' or 'stone'; literally 'wood turned into stone'), is the name given to a special type of '' fossilized wood'', the fossilized remains of terrestrial vegetation. ' ...
. The list contains 1740 names, of which approximately 1304 are considered either valid dinosaur genera or ''
nomina dubia In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Zoology In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...
''.


Scope and terminology

There is no official, canonical list of all non-avian dinosaur genera. The closest is the ''Dinosaur Genera List'', compiled by
biological nomenclature Nomenclature codes or codes of nomenclature are the various rulebooks that govern biological taxonomic nomenclature, each in their own broad field of organisms. To an end-user who only deals with names of species, with some awareness that species ...
expert George Olshevsky, which was first published online in 1995 and was regularly updated until June 2021.Olshevsky, G. (1995–2021)
Dinosaur Genera List
Retrieved June 7, 2021.
The most authoritative general source in the field is the second (2004) edition of ''The Dinosauria''. The vast majority of names listed below are sourced to Olshevsky's list, and all subjective determinations (such as junior synonymy or non-dinosaurian status) are based on ''The Dinosauria'', except where they conflict with primary literature. These exceptions are noted. Naming conventions and terminology follow the
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its publisher, the I ...
. Technical terms used include: *
Junior synonym The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linn ...
: A name which describes the same taxon as a previously published name. If two or more genera are formally designated and the
type specimens In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to anchor or centralizes the ...
are later assigned to the same genus, the first to be published (in chronological order) is the senior synonym, and all other instances are junior synonyms. Senior synonyms are generally used, except by special decision of the ICZN (see ''
Tyrannosaurus ''Tyrannosaurus'' is a genus of large theropoda, theropod dinosaur. The species ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' (''rex'' meaning "king" in Latin), often called ''T. rex'' or colloquially ''T-Rex'', is one of the best represented theropods. ''Tyrannosa ...
''), but junior synonyms cannot be used again for a different genus, even if deprecated. Junior synonymy is often subjective, unless the genera described were both based on the same type specimen. * ''
Nomen nudum In taxonomy, a ''nomen nudum'' ('naked name'; plural ''nomina nuda'') is a designation which looks exactly like a scientific name of an organism, and may have originally been intended to be one, but it has not been published with an adequate desc ...
'' (Latin for "naked name"): A name that has appeared in print but has not yet been formally published by the standards of the ICZN. ''Nomina nuda'' (the plural form) are invalid, and are therefore not italicized as a proper generic name would be. If the name is later formally published, that name is no longer a ''nomen nudum'' and will be italicized on this list. Often, the formally published name will differ from any ''nomina nuda'' that describe the same specimen. * ''
Nomen oblitum In zoological nomenclature, a ''nomen oblitum'' (plural: ''nomina oblita''; Latin for "forgotten name") is a disused scientific name which has been declared to be obsolete (figuratively 'forgotten') in favour of another 'protected' name. In its p ...
'' (Latin for "forgotten name"): A name that has not been used in the scientific community for more than fifty years after its original proposal. * ''Nomen manuscriptum'' (Latin for "manuscript name"): A name that appears in manuscript of a formal publication that has no scientific backing. * Preoccupied name: A name that is formally published, but which has already been used for another taxon. This second use is invalid (as are all subsequent uses) and the name must be replaced. Preoccupied names are not valid generic names. * ''
Nomen dubium In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Zoology In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...
'' (Latin for "dubious name"): A name describing a fossil with no unique diagnostic features. As this can be an extremely subjective and controversial designation (see '' Hadrosaurus''), no genera should be marked as such on this list.


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Aachenosaurus ''Nicolia'' is a genus of fossilized wood from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian-Campanian). At one time, specimens were misidentified as a jaw fragments of a hadrosaur and named ''Aachenosaurus''.H. N. Andrews. (1970). Index of Generic Names of ...
'' – subsequently found to be a piece of
petrified wood Petrified wood, also known as petrified tree (from Ancient Greek meaning 'rock' or 'stone'; literally 'wood turned into stone'), is the name given to a special type of '' fossilized wood'', the fossilized remains of terrestrial vegetation. ' ...
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Aardonyx ''Aardonyx'' (Afrikaans ''aard'', "earth" + Greek , "nail, claw") is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur. It is known from the type species ''Aardonyx celestae'' found from the Early Jurassic Elliot Formation of South Africa. ''A. cele ...
'' * " Abdallahsaurus" – ''nomen nudum'', synonym of '' Giraffatitan'' * '' Abdarainurus'' * ''
Abditosaurus ''Abditosaurus'' (meaning "forgotten lizard") is an extinct genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous ( Maastrichtian) Tremp Group of Catalonia, Spain. The type and only species is ''Abditosaurus kuehnei''. Phylogeneti ...
'' * ''
Abelisaurus ''Abelisaurus'' (; "Abel's lizard") is a genus of predatory abelisaurid theropod dinosaur alive during the Late Cretaceous Period (Campanian) of what is now South America. It was a bipedal carnivore that probably reached about in length, alth ...
'' * '' Abrictosaurus'' * '' Abrosaurus'' * ''
Abydosaurus ''Abydosaurus'' (meaning " Abydos lizard") is a genus of brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur known from skull and postcranial material found in upper Lower Cretaceous rocks of northeastern Utah, United States. Discovery ''Abydosaurus'' is one of th ...
'' * '' Acantholipan'' * '' Acanthopholis'' * ''
Achelousaurus ''Achelousaurus'' () is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now North America, about 74.2 million years ago. The first fossils of ''Achelousaurus'' were collected in Mo ...
'' * '' Acheroraptor'' * '' Achillesaurus'' * '' Achillobator'' * '' Acristavus'' * '' Acrocanthosaurus'' * '' Acrotholus'' * '' Actiosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a
choristoderan Choristodera (from the Greek χωριστός ''chōristos'' + δέρη ''dérē'', 'separated neck') is an extinct order of semiaquatic diapsid reptiles that ranged from the Middle Jurassic, or possibly Triassic, to the late Miocene (16 ...
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Adamantisaurus ''Adamantisaurus'' ( ) is a poorly-known genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. It is only known from six tail vertebrae but, as a sauropod, it can be assumed that this dinosaur was ...
'' * ''
Adasaurus ''Adasaurus'' ( ; meaning "Ada lizard") is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous period about 70 million years ago. The genus is known from two partial specimens found in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia ...
'' * '' Adelolophus'' * '' Adeopapposaurus'' * ''
Adratiklit ''Adratiklit'' (meaning "mountain lizard") is an extinct genus of herbivorous stegosaurian dinosaur that lived on the supercontinent Gondwana during the Middle Jurassic period (168–164 million years ago). The genus contains a single species, ...
'' * ''
Adynomosaurus ''Adynomosaurus'' is a genus of lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of what is now Catalonia, Spain. First discovered in 2012, it was named in 2019 with the type and only species ''Adynomosaurus arcanus'', as an addition to the v ...
'' * ''
Aegyptosaurus ''Aegyptosaurus'' (meaning 'Egypt's lizard') is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Africa, around 95 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period (Cenomanian faunal stage). Discovery and naming The holotype (191 ...
'' * ''
Aeolosaurus ''Aeolosaurus'' (; "Aeolus' lizard") is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. Like most sauropods, it would have been a quadrupedal herbivore with a long neck and tail. ''Aeolos ...
'' * '' Aepisaurus'' * '' Aepyornithomimus'' * '' Aerosteon'' * ''
Aetonyx ''Massospondylus'' ( ; from Greek, (massōn, "longer") and (spondylos, "vertebra")) is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic. (Hettangian to Pliensbachian ages, ca. 200–183 million years ago). It was described by S ...
'' – junior synonym of '' Massospondylus'' * '' Afromimus'' * '' Afrovenator'' * '' Agathaumas'' – possible synonym of ''
Triceratops ''Triceratops'' ( ; ) is a genus of herbivorous chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur that first appeared during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 68 million years ago in what is now North America. It is one ...
'' * '' Aggiosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a metriorhynchid
crocodilia Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both ) is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, known as crocodilians. They first appeared 95 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period ( Cenomanian stage) and are the closest livi ...
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Agilisaurus ''Agilisaurus'' (; 'agile lizard') is a genus of ornithischian dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period of what is now eastern Asia. It was about 3.5–4 ft (1.2-1.7 m) long, 2 ft (0.6 m) in height and 40 kg in weight. It has le ...
'' * '' Agnosphitys'' – possibly non-dinosaurian * '' Agrosaurus'' – probably a junior synonym of ''
Thecodontosaurus ''Thecodontosaurus'' ("socket-tooth lizard") is a genus of herbivorous basal sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the late Triassic period ( Rhaetian age). Its remains are known mostly from Triassic "fissure fillings" in South England. ' ...
'' * '' Agujaceratops'' * '' Agustinia'' * '' Ahshislepelta'' * " Airakoraptor" – ''nomen nudum''; ''
Kuru Kuru may refer to: Anthropology and history * Kuru (disease), a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy associated with the cannibalistic funeral practices of the Fore people * Kuru (mythology), part of Meithei mythology * Kuru Kingdom, ...
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Ajancingenia ''Heyuannia'' ("from Heyuan") is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, in what is now China and Mongolia. It was the first oviraptorid found in China; most others were found in neighbouring Mongoli ...
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synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are al ...
of ''
Heyuannia ''Heyuannia'' ("from Heyuan") is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, in what is now China and Mongolia. It was the first oviraptorid found in China; most others were found in neighbouring Mongoli ...
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Ajkaceratops ''Ajkaceratops'' (pronounced "oi-ka-sera-tops") is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur described in 2010. It lived during the Late Cretaceous in the western Tethyan archipelago, in what is now Europe. The type species, ''A. kozmai'', is most closel ...
'' * '' Ajnabia'' * '' Akainacephalus'' * ''
Alamosaurus ''Alamosaurus'' (; meaning "Ojo Alamo lizard") is a genus of opisthocoelicaudiine titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs, containing a single known species, ''Alamosaurus sanjuanensis'', from the late Cretaceous Period of what is now southern North A ...
'' * '' Alaskacephale'' * '' Albalophosaurus'' * '' Albertaceratops'' * ''
Albertadromeus ''Albertadromeus'' is an extinct genus of orodromine thescelosaurid dinosaur known from the upper part of the Late Cretaceous Oldman Formation (middle Campanian stage) of Alberta, Canada. It contains a single species, ''Albertadromeus syntars ...
'' * '' Albertavenator'' * '' Albertonykus'' * '' Albertosaurus'' * '' Albinykus'' * '' Albisaurus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
reptile Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates ( lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalia ...
* '' Alcovasaurus'' – possible junior synonym of '' Miragaia'' * '' Alectrosaurus'' * '' Aletopelta'' * ''
Algoasaurus ''Algoasaurus'' (; " Algoa Bay reptile") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Berriasian- early Valanginian-age Early Cretaceous Upper Kirkwood Formation of Cape Province, South Africa, specifically near a town called Despatch. Discovery ...
'' * '' Alioramus'' * '' Aliwalia'' – junior synonym of '' Eucnemesaurus'' * ''
Allosaurus ''Allosaurus'' () is a genus of large carnosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived 155 to 145 million years ago during the Late Jurassic epoch ( Kimmeridgian to late Tithonian). The name "''Allosaurus''" means "different lizard" alludin ...
'' * '' Almas'' * ''
Alnashetri ''Alnashetri'' is an extinct genus of alvarezsaurid coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur known from the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian stage) of La Buitrera, Río Negro Province, Argentina. It contains one known species, ''Alnashetri cerropolicien ...
'' * ''
Alocodon ''Alocodon'' is a genus of ornithischian dinosaur known from multiple teeth from the Middle or Late Jurassic. The taxon was first described in 1973 by Richard A. Thulborn for an assemblage of teeth from the Pedrógão locality of Portugal, dist ...
'' * '' Altirhinus'' * '' Altispinax'' * '' Alvarezsaurus'' * ''
Alwalkeria ''Alwalkeria'' (; "for Alick Walker") is a genus partly based on basal saurischian dinosaur remains from the Late Triassic, living in India. A thighbone found indicates a small bipedal form. It has been seen as a chimera. Etymology This taxon ...
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Alxasaurus ''Alxasaurus'' (; meaning " Alxa lizard") is a genus of therizinosauroid theropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous (Albian age) Bayin-Gobi Formation of Inner Mongolia. History of discovery The fossil remains were first discovered in 198 ...
'' * '' Amanzia'' * '' Amargasaurus'' * " Amargastegos" – ''nomen nudum'' * '' Amargatitanis'' * '' Amazonsaurus'' * '' Ambopteryx'' * ''
Ammosaurus ''Anchisaurus'' is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur. It lived during the Early Jurassic Period, and its fossils have been found in the red sandstone of the Portland Formation, Northeastern United States, which was deposited from the ...
'' – junior synonym of '' Anchisaurus'' * '' Ampelosaurus'' * ''
Amphicoelias ''Amphicoelias'' (, meaning "biconcave", from the Greek ἀμφί, ''amphi'': "on both sides", and κοῖλος, ''koilos'': "hollow, concave") is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur that lived approximately 150 million years ago during ...
'' * " Amphicoelicaudia" – ''nomen nudum''; synonym of '' Huabeisaurus'' * "'' Amphisaurus''" –
preoccupied The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
name, now known as '' Anchisaurus'' * '' Amtocephale'' * '' Amtosaurus'' – possibly a junior synonym of ''
Talarurus ''Talarurus'' ( ; meaning "basket tail" or "wicker tail") is a genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous period, about 96 million to 89 million years ago. The first remains of ''Talarurus'' were discovered in ...
'' * ''
Amurosaurus ''Amurosaurus'' (; "Amur lizard") is a genus of lambeosaurine hadrosaurid dinosaur found in the latest Cretaceous period (66 million years ago)Godefroit, P., Lauters, P., Van Itterbeeck, J., Bolotsky, Y. and Bolotsky, I.Y. (2011). "Recent adva ...
'' * '' Amygdalodon'' * '' Anabisetia'' * '' Analong'' * ''
Anasazisaurus ''Anasazisaurus'' ( ; "Anasazi lizard") is a genus of saurolophine hadrosaurid ("duckbill") ornithopod dinosaur that lived about 74 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous Period. It was found in the Farmington Member of the Kirtland Format ...
'' * '' Anatosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Edmontosaurus ''Edmontosaurus'' ( ) (meaning "lizard from Edmonton") is a genus of hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur. It contains two known species: ''Edmontosaurus regalis'' and '' Edmontosaurus annectens''. Fossils of ''E. regalis'' have been found in rock ...
'' * '' Anatotitan'' – junior synonym of ''
Edmontosaurus ''Edmontosaurus'' ( ) (meaning "lizard from Edmonton") is a genus of hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur. It contains two known species: ''Edmontosaurus regalis'' and '' Edmontosaurus annectens''. Fossils of ''E. regalis'' have been found in rock ...
'' * ''
Anchiceratops ''Anchiceratops'' ( ) is an extinct genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur that lived approximately 72 to 71 million years ago during the latter part of the Cretaceous Period in what is now Alberta, Canada. ''Anchiceratops'' was a medium-siz ...
'' * ''
Anchiornis ''Anchiornis'' is a genus of small, four-winged paravian dinosaurs, with only one known species, the type species ''Anchiornis huxleyi'', named for its similarity to modern birds. The Latin name ''Anchiornis'' derives from a Greek word meaning " ...
'' * '' Anchisaurus'' * '' Andesaurus'' * "
Andhrasaurus This list of informally named dinosaurs is a listing of dinosaurs (excluding Aves; birds and their extinct relatives) that have never been given formally published scientific names. This list only includes names that were not properly published ...
" – ''nomen nudum'' * '' Angaturama'' – possible junior synonym of '' Irritator'' * " Angloposeidon" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''
Angolatitan ''Angolatitan'' (meaning "Angolan giant") is a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous. It is also the first non-avian dinosaur discovered in Angola. The genus contains a single species, ''Angolatitan adamastor'', kno ...
'' * '' Angulomastacator'' * '' Anhuilong'' * '' Aniksosaurus'' * '' Animantarx'' * '' Ankistrodon'' – subsequently found to be a proterosuchid
archosauriform Archosauriformes (Greek for 'ruling lizards', and Latin for 'form') is a clade of diapsid reptiles that developed from archosauromorph ancestors some time in the Latest Permian (roughly 252 million years ago). It was defined by Jacques Gauthier ...
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Ankylosaurus ''Ankylosaurus'' is a genus of armored dinosaur. Its fossils have been found in geological formations dating to the very end of the Cretaceous Period, about 68–66 million years ago, in western North America, making it among the last of th ...
'' * '' Anodontosaurus'' * '' Anomalipes'' * ''
Anoplosaurus ''Anoplosaurus'' (meaning "unarmored or unarmed lizard") is an extinct genus of herbivorous nodosaurid dinosaur, from the late Albian-age Lower Cretaceous Cambridge Greensand of Cambridgeshire, England. It has in the past been classified with ...
'' * '' Anserimimus'' * ''
Antarctopelta ''Antarctopelta'' ( ; meaning 'Antarctic shield') was a genus of ankylosaurian dinosaur with one known species, ''A. oliveroi'', which lived in Antarctica during the Late Cretaceous Period. It was a medium-sized ankylosaur, reaching 4 meters (13& ...
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Antarctosaurus ''Antarctosaurus'' (; meaning "southern lizard") is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. The type species, ''Antarctosaurus wichmannianus'', and a second species, ''Antarc ...
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Antetonitrus ''Antetonitrus'' is a genus of sauropod dinosaur found in the Early Jurassic Elliot Formation of South Africa. The only species is ''Antetonitrus ingenipes''. As one of the oldest known sauropods, it is crucial for the understanding of the origi ...
'' * '' Anthodon'' – subsequently found to be a
pareiasaur Pareiasaurs (meaning "cheek lizards") are an extinct clade of large, herbivorous parareptiles. Members of the group were armoured with scutes which covered large areas of the body. They first appeared in southern Pangea during the Middle Permi ...
* '' Antrodemus'' – possibly a synonym of ''
Allosaurus ''Allosaurus'' () is a genus of large carnosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived 155 to 145 million years ago during the Late Jurassic epoch ( Kimmeridgian to late Tithonian). The name "''Allosaurus''" means "different lizard" alludin ...
'' * '' Anzu'' * ''
Aoniraptor ''Aoniraptor'' is a megaraptoran theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina (Huincul Formation). Discovery and naming The holotype, MPCA-Pv 804/1 to 804/25, which consists of the last sacral vertebra, six proximal caudal vertebrae, four mid ...
'' * '' Aorun'' * '' Apatodon'' – possibly a junior synonym of ''
Allosaurus ''Allosaurus'' () is a genus of large carnosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived 155 to 145 million years ago during the Late Jurassic epoch ( Kimmeridgian to late Tithonian). The name "''Allosaurus''" means "different lizard" alludin ...
'' * '' Apatoraptor'' * ''
Apatosaurus ''Apatosaurus'' (; meaning "deceptive lizard") is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic period. Othniel Charles Marsh described and named the first-known species, ''A. ajax'', in 1 ...
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Appalachiosaurus ''Appalachiosaurus'' ( ; "Appalachian lizard") is a genus of tyrannosauroid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of eastern North America. Like almost all theropods, it was a bipedal predator. Only a juvenile skeleton has been found ...
'' * '' Aquilarhinus'' * ''
Aquilops ''Aquilops'' is an early herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur dating from the Early Cretaceous of North America, approximately 109 million to 104 million years ago. The type species is ''A. americanus''. Description The skull is 84.2 mm long. ...
'' * '' Arackar'' * '' Aragosaurus'' * '' Aralosaurus'' * '' Aratasaurus'' * "
Araucanoraptor ''Neuquenraptor'' (meaning Neuquén thief) is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaurs that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous in what is now the Portezuelo Formation of Argentina. It is one of the first dromaeosaurids found i ...
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Archaeoceratops ''Archaeoceratops'', meaning "ancient horned face", is a genus of basal neoceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian stage) of north central China. It appears to have been bipedal and quite small, reaching in length and in body ...
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Archaeodontosaurus ''Archaeodontosaurus'' ("ancient-toothed lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. Its fossils were found in the Isalo III Formation of Madagascar. The type species, ''Archaeodontosaurus descouensi'', was described in Se ...
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Archaeopteryx ''Archaeopteryx'' (; ), sometimes referred to by its German name, "" ( ''Primeval Bird''), is a genus of bird-like dinosaurs. The name derives from the ancient Greek (''archaīos''), meaning "ancient", and (''ptéryx''), meaning "feather" ...
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bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
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Archaeoraptor "Archaeoraptor" is the informal generic name for a fossil chimera from China in an article published in ''National Geographic'' magazine in 1999. The magazine claimed that the fossil was a " missing link" between birds and terrestrial theropod ...
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bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
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Microraptor ''Microraptor'' ( Greek, μικρός, ''mīkros'': "small"; Latin, ''raptor'': "one who seizes") is a genus of small, four-winged dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. Numerous well-preserved fossil specimens have been recovered from Liaoning, China. ...
'' * '' Archaeornis'' – junior synonym of ''
Archaeopteryx ''Archaeopteryx'' (; ), sometimes referred to by its German name, "" ( ''Primeval Bird''), is a genus of bird-like dinosaurs. The name derives from the ancient Greek (''archaīos''), meaning "ancient", and (''ptéryx''), meaning "feather" ...
'' * '' Archaeornithoides'' * '' Archaeornithomimus'' * '' Arcovenator'' * '' Arctosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
reptile Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates ( lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalia ...
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Arcusaurus ''Arcusaurus'' is an extinct genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic (Hettangian to Sinemurian stages) of South Africa. ''Arcusaurus'' was first named by Adam Yates, Matthew Bonnan and Johann Neveling in 2011 and the type ...
'' * '' Arenysaurus'' * '' Argentinosaurus'' * ''
Argyrosaurus ''Argyrosaurus'' ( ) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived about 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now Argentina. Discovery and naming The type species, ''Argyrosaurus superbus'', was formal ...
'' * '' Aristosaurus'' – junior synonym of '' Massospondylus'' * '' Aristosuchus'' * ''
Arizonasaurus ''Arizonasaurus'' was a ctenosauriscid archosaur from the Middle Triassic (243 million years ago). ''Arizonasaurus'' is found in the Middle Triassic Moenkopi Formation of northern Arizona. A fairly complete skeleton was found in 2002 by Sterling ...
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rauisuchian "Rauisuchia" is a paraphyletic group of mostly large and carnivorous Triassic archosaurs. Rauisuchians are a category of archosaurs within a larger group called Pseudosuchia, which encompasses all archosaurs more closely related to crocodilians ...
* '' Arkansaurus'' * '' Arkharavia'' * '' Arrhinoceratops'' * ''
Arrudatitan ''Arrudatitan'' (meaning " Arruda's giant") is an extinct genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian)-aged Adamantina Formation of Brazil. The type species, ''A. maximus'', was named and descri ...
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Arstanosaurus ''Arstanosaurus'' (meaning "Arstan lizard" after the Arstan well) is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Santonian-Campanian-age Upper Cretaceous Bostobe Formation, Kazakhstan. It has had a confusing history, being considered both a h ...
'' * '' Asfaltovenator'' * ''
Asiaceratops ''Asiaceratops'' (meaning "Asian horned face") is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur. It lived during the Early-Late Cretaceous. The type species, ''A. salsopaludalis'' is known from Uzbekistan, while ''A. sulcidens'' is known from Chin ...
'' * '' Asiamericana'' – a
fish Fish are Aquatic animal, aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack Limb (anatomy), limbs with Digit (anatomy), digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and Chondrichthyes, cartilaginous and bony fish as we ...
* '' Asiatosaurus'' * '' Asilisaurus'' – possibly non-dinosaurian * '' Astrodon'' * '' Astrodonius'' – junior synonym of '' Astrodon'' * '' Astrodontaurus'' – junior synonym of '' Astrodon'' * '' Astrophocaudia'' * '' Asylosaurus'' * ''
Atacamatitan ''Atacamatitan'' (meaning "Atacama Desert titan") is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous period. Discovery and naming In February 2000, with the purpose of looking for Mesozoic f ...
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Atlantosaurus ''Atlantosaurus'' (meaning "Atlas lizard") is a dubious genus of sauropod dinosaur. It contains a single species, ''Atlantosaurus montanus'', from the upper Morrison Formation of Colorado, United States. ''Atlantosaurus'' was the first sauropod ...
'' * '' Atlasaurus'' * '' Atlascopcosaurus'' * ''
Atrociraptor ''Atrociraptor'' (meaning "savage thief") is a genus of saurornitholestine dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage) of Alberta, Canada. The type (and only) specimen of ''Atrociraptor'', holotype RTMP 95 ...
'' * '' Atsinganosaurus'' * '' Aublysodon'' * ''
Aucasaurus ''Aucasaurus'' is a genus of medium-sized abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from Argentina that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Campanian stage) of the Anacleto Formation. It was smaller than the related ''Carnotaurus'', although m ...
'' * "'' Augustia''" –
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Auroraceratops ''Auroraceratops'', meaning "dawn horned face", is a genus of bipedal basal neoceratopsian dinosaur, from the Early Cretaceous ( Aptian age) of north central China. The etymology of the generic name refers to its status as an early ceratopsian ...
'' * '' Aurornis'' * ''
Australodocus ''Australodocus'' (meaning "southern beam" from the Latin ''australis'' "southern" and the Greek ''dokos''/δοκоς "beam") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period, around 150 million years ago, in what is now ...
'' * '' Australotitan'' * ''
Australovenator ''Australovenator'' (meaning "southern hunter") is a genus of megaraptoran theropod dinosaur from Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous)-age Winton Formation (dated to 95 million years ago) of Australia. It is known from partial cranial and postcranial r ...
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Austrocheirus ''Austrocheirus'' is an extinct genus of theropod dinosaur, possibly a neoceratosaurian, which existed during the Late Cretaceous period. It was named and described by Martin Ezcurra, Federico Agnolin and Fernando Novas in 2010. It contains ...
'' * '' Austroposeidon'' * ''
Austroraptor ''Austroraptor'' ( ) is a genus of large dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period in what is now Argentina. ''Austroraptor'' was a large-sized, moderately-built, ground-dwelling, bipedal carnivore, estimated at in ...
'' * '' Austrosaurus'' * ''
Avaceratops ''Avaceratops'' is a genus of small herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaurs which lived during the late Campanian during the Late Cretaceous Period in what are now the Northwest United States. Most fossils come from the Judith River Formation. Discov ...
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Avalonia Avalonia was a microcontinent in the Paleozoic era. Crustal fragments of this former microcontinent underlie south-west Great Britain, southern Ireland, and the eastern coast of North America. It is the source of many of the older rocks of West ...
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name, now known as '' Avalonianus'' * '' Avalonianus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosaur Archosauria () is a clade of diapsids, with birds and crocodilians as the only living representatives. Archosaurs are broadly classified as reptiles, in the cladistic sense of the term which includes birds. Extinct archosaurs include non-avia ...
* '' Aviatyrannis'' * '' Avimimus'' * '' Avipes'' – probably a non-dinosaurian dinosauromorph * ''
Avisaurus ''Avisaurus'' (meaning "bird lizard") is a genus of enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous of North America. Discovery ''Avisaurus archibaldi'' was discovered in the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of North America (Maastrichtian, f ...
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enantiornithine The Enantiornithes, also known as enantiornithines or enantiornitheans in literature, are a group of extinct avialans ("birds" in the broad sense), the most abundant and diverse group known from the Mesozoic era. Almost all retained teeth and cla ...
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Azendohsaurus ''Azendohsaurus'' is an extinct genus of herbivorous archosauromorph reptile from roughly the late Middle to early Late Triassic Period of Morocco and Madagascar. The type species, ''Azendohsaurus laaroussii'', was described and named by Jean- ...
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Bagualia ''Bagualia'' (meaning "wild horse" in Spanish, after Bagual Canyon, the type locality), is an extinct genus of eusauropod dinosaur, from the Early Jurassic Epoch in what is now Argentina. The type species, ''B. alba'', was formally described ...
'' * '' Bagualosaurus'' * ''
Bahariasaurus ''Bahariasaurus'' (meaning " Bahariya lizard") is an enigmatic genus of large theropod dinosaur. ''Bahariasaurus'' is known to have included at least 1 species, ''Bahariasaurus ingens'', which was found in North African rock layers dating to the ...
'' * '' Bainoceratops'' * '' Bajadasaurus'' * " Bakesaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Bactrosaurus'' * '' Balaur'' – possibly a
bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
* " Balochisaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * '' Bambiraptor'' * '' Banji'' * ''
Bannykus ''Bannykus'' is an alvarezsaur from the Early Cretaceous of the Bayin-Gobi Formation of Inner Mongolia, China. It includes one species, ''Bannykus wulatensis''. It is large for an alvarezsaur, with an estimated weight of 24 kg based on fe ...
'' * '' Baotianmansaurus'' * ''
Barapasaurus ''Barapasaurus'' ( ) is a genus of basal sauropod dinosaur from Early Jurassic rocks of India. The only species is ''B. tagorei''. ''Barapasaurus'' comes from the lower part of the Kota Formation, that dates back to the Sinemurian and Pliensb ...
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Barilium ''Barilium'' is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur which was first described as a species of ''Iguanodon'' (''I. dawsoni'') by Richard Lydekker in 1888, the specific epithet honouring the discoverer Charles Dawson. In 2010 it was reclassified ...
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Barosaurus ''Barosaurus'' ( ) was a giant, long-tailed, long-necked, plant-eating sauropod dinosaur closely related to the more familiar ''Diplodocus''. Remains have been found in the Morrison Formation from the Upper Jurassic Period of Utah and South Da ...
'' * '' Barrosasaurus'' * '' Barsboldia'' * '' Baryonyx'' * ''
Bashanosaurus ''Bashanosaurus'' (meaning "Bashan lizard", after an ancient name for Chongqing) is a genus of stegosaur dinosaur recovered from the Bajocian ( Middle Jurassic)-aged Shaximiao Formation of Yunyang, Chongqing, China. The type species is ''Bas ...
'' * '' Bashunosaurus'' * ''
Basutodon ''Basutodon'' was a genus of suchian archosaur from the late Carnian- early Norian-age Upper Triassic Lower Elliot Formation of Lesotho.von Huene, F. (1932). Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihte Entwicklung und Geschichte. ''Monographien ...
'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosaur Archosauria () is a clade of diapsids, with birds and crocodilians as the only living representatives. Archosaurs are broadly classified as reptiles, in the cladistic sense of the term which includes birds. Extinct archosaurs include non-avia ...
* '' Bathygnathus'' – a
pelycosaur Pelycosaur ( ) is an older term for basal or primitive Late Paleozoic synapsids, excluding the therapsids and their descendants. Previously, the term ''mammal-like reptile'' had been used, and pelycosaur was considered an order, but this is ...
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Dimetrodon ''Dimetrodon'' ( or ,) meaning "two measures of teeth,” is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid that lived during the Cisuralian (Early Permian), around 295–272 million years ago (Mya). It is a member of the family Sphenacodont ...
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Batyrosaurus ''Batyrosaurus'' is an extinct genus of herbivorous basal hadrosauroid dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Bostobe Formation (Santonian to Campanian stage) of central Kazakhstan. It contains a single species, ''Batyrosaurus rozhdestven ...
'' * '' Baurutitan'' * '' Bayannurosaurus'' * " Bayosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * '' Becklespinax'' – junior synonym of '' Altispinax'' * " Beelemodon" – ''nomen nudum'' * '' Beg'' * ''
Beibeilong ''Beibeilong'' (meaning "baby dragon") is a genus of large caenagnathid dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 96 million and 88 million years ago. The genus contains a single species, ''Beibeilong sinensis'', named ...
'' * '' Beipiaognathus'' – chimera of several unnamed dinosaurs * ''
Beipiaosaurus ''Beipiaosaurus'' is a genus of therizinosauroid theropod dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Early Cretaceous in the Yixian Formation. The first remains were found in 1996 and formally described in 1999. Before the discovery of ''Yutyrannus ...
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Beishanlong ''Beishanlong'' is a genus of giant ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China. Discovery and naming Three fossils of ''Beishanlong'' were in the early twenty-first century found in northwestern China at the ''Whit ...
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Bellusaurus ''Bellusaurus'' (meaning "Beautiful lizard", from Vulgar Latin ''bellus'' 'beautiful' (masculine form) and Ancient Greek ''sauros'' 'lizard') was a small short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic which measured about long. Its f ...
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Belodon ''Belodon'' (meaning "arrow tooth") is a genus of phytosaur, a crocodile-like reptile that lived during the Triassic. Its fossils have been found in Europe and elsewhere. The type species, ''Belodon plieningeri'', was named by prolific German p ...
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Berberosaurus ''Berberosaurus'' (meaning " Berber lizard", in reference to the Berbers of Morocco) is a genus of neotheropod dinosaur, possibly a ceratosaur, from the Early Toarcian-age (Lower Jurassic) Azilal Formation found in the High Atlas of Toundoute, O ...
'' * '' Berthasaura'' * '' Betasuchus'' * '' Bicentenaria'' * '' Bienosaurus'' * " Bihariosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * " Bilbeyhallorum" – ''nomen nudum''; ''
Cedarpelta ''Cedarpelta'' is a extinct genus of basal ankylosaurid dinosaur from Utah that lived during the Late Cretaceous period ( Cenomanian to lower Turonian stage, 98.2 to 93 Ma) in what is now the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formati ...
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Bissektipelta ''Bissektipelta'' (meaning " Bissekty shield") is a genus of ankylosaurine thyreophoran dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous in what is now the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. ''Bissektipelta'' is a monospecific genus, co ...
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Bistahieversor ''Bistahieversor'' (meaning "Bistahi destroyer"), also known as the "Bisti Beast", is a genus of eutyrannosaurian tyrannosauroid dinosaur; the genus contains only a single known species, ''B. sealeyi'', described in 2010, from the Late Cretaceo ...
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Bisticeratops ''Bisticeratops'' (meaning " Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness horned face") is a genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsian from outcrops of the Campanian age Kirtland Formation found in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness in northwestern New Mexico, United States ...
'' * " Blancocerosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'', synonym of '' Giraffatitan'' * '' Blasisaurus'' * '' Blikanasaurus'' * '' Bolong'' * ''
Bonapartenykus ''Bonapartenykus'' (meaning " José F. Bonaparte's claw") is a monospecific genus of alvarezsauroid dinosaur from Argentina that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) in what is now the upper Allen Formation of the Río Neg ...
'' * '' Bonapartesaurus'' * '' Bonatitan'' * ''
Bonitasaura ''Bonitasaura'' is a titanosaurian dinosaur hailing from uppermost layers of the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Neuquén Group of the eastern Neuquén Basin, located in Río Negro Province, Northwestern Patagonia, Arg ...
'' * '' Borealopelta'' * '' Borealosaurus'' * ''
Boreonykus ''Boreonykus'' is an extinct genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur, that lived during the Late Cretaceous in the area of present Canada. Fragmentary dromaeosaurid remains were discovered in the eighties at the Pipestone Creek site in central Alberta ...
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Borogovia ''Borogovia'' is a troodontid theropod dinosaur genus which lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, in what is now Mongolia. In 1971, a Polish-Mongolian expedition discovered the remains of a small theropod at the Altan Ula IV site, in the N ...
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Bothriospondylus ''Bothriospondylus'' ("excavated vertebra") is a dubious genus of neosauropod sauropod dinosaur. It lived during the Late Jurassic. Discovery and naming The type species, ''Bothriospondylus suffossus'', was described by Richard Owen in 1875. T ...
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Brachiosaurus ''Brachiosaurus'' () is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic, about 154to 150million years ago. It was first Species description, described by American paleontologist Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 in pal ...
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Brachyceratops ''Brachyceratops'' ('short horned face') is a dubious genus of ceratopsian dinosaur known only from partial juvenile specimens dating to the late Cretaceous Period of Montana, United States. ''Brachyceratops'' has historically been known from j ...
'' * '' Brachylophosaurus'' * ''
Brachypodosaurus ''Brachypodosaurus'' (meaning "short-footed lizard") is a dubious genus of dinosaur, possibly an ornithischian, from the Late Cretaceous Lameta Formation ( Maastrichtian) in India. The only remains discovered so far for this animal consist ...
'' * '' Brachyrophus'' – junior synonym of ''
Camptosaurus ''Camptosaurus'' ( ) is a genus of plant-eating, beaked ornithischian dinosaurs of the Late Jurassic period of western North America and possibly also Europe. The name means 'flexible lizard' ( Greek (') meaning 'bent' and (') meaning 'li ...
'' * '' Brachytaenius'' – subsequently found to be a metriorhynchid; junior objective synonym of '' Dakosaurus'' or '' Geosaurus'' * '' Brachytrachelopan'' * ''
Bradycneme ''Bradycneme'' (meaning "ponderous leg") is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Maastrichtian-age Upper Cretaceous Sânpetru Formation of the Hațeg Basin, Transylvania, Romania. The genus contains a single species, ''Bradycneme draculae'', k ...
'' * '' Brasileosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosaur Archosauria () is a clade of diapsids, with birds and crocodilians as the only living representatives. Archosaurs are broadly classified as reptiles, in the cladistic sense of the term which includes birds. Extinct archosaurs include non-avia ...
* '' Brasilotitan'' * '' Bravasaurus'' * ''
Bravoceratops ''Bravoceratops'' is a genus of large chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur that lived approximately 70 million years ago, and is known from the Late Cretaceous Javelina Formation in what is now Texas, United States. Discovery and naming ''Brav ...
'' * '' Breviceratops'' * ''
Brighstoneus ''Brighstoneus'' (after Brighstone, a village on the Isle of Wight) is a genus of hadrosauriform dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, England. The genus contains a single species, ''Brighstoneus simmondsi'', ...
'' * '' Brohisaurus'' * '' Brontomerus'' * " Brontoraptor" – ''nomen nudum'', synonym of '' Torvosaurus'' * ''
Brontosaurus ''Brontosaurus'' (; meaning "thunder lizard" from Greek , "thunder" and , "lizard") is a genus of gigantic quadruped sauropod dinosaurs. Although the type species, ''B. excelsus'', had long been considered a species of the closely related ...
'' * '' Bruhathkayosaurus'' * '' Bugenasaura'' – junior synonym of ''
Thescelosaurus ''Thescelosaurus'' ( ; ancient Greek - (''-'') meaning "godlike", "marvellous", or "wondrous" and (') "lizard") was a genus of small neornithischian dinosaur that appeared at the very end of the Late Cretaceous period in North America. It was ...
'' * '' Buitreraptor'' * '' Burianosaurus'' * '' Buriolestes'' * " Byranjaffia" – ''nomen nudum''; ''
Byronosaurus ''Byronosaurus'' is a genus of troodontid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of Mongolia. Discovery and naming In 1993, Michael Novacek, a member of an American Museum of Natural History expedition to the Gobi Desert, discovered the ske ...
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Byronosaurus ''Byronosaurus'' is a genus of troodontid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of Mongolia. Discovery and naming In 1993, Michael Novacek, a member of an American Museum of Natural History expedition to the Gobi Desert, discovered the ske ...
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Caenagnathasia ''Caenagnathasia'' ('recent jaw from Asia') is a small caenagnathid oviraptorosaurian theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan. Discovery The type species ''Caenagnathasia martinsoni'' was named and described in 1994 by Philip J. Currie, ...
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Caenagnathus ''Caenagnathus'' ('recent jaw') is a genus of caenagnathid oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period (Campanian stage; ~75 million years ago). It is known from partial remains including lower jaws, a tail vertebra, hand bones ...
'' * '' Caieiria'' * '' Caihong'' * '' Calamosaurus'' * "'' Calamospondylus''" –
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name, now known as '' Calamosaurus'' * '' Calamospondylus'' * ''
Callovosaurus ''Callovosaurus'' (meaning "Callovian lizard") is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur known from most of a left thigh bone discovered in Middle Jurassic-age rocks of England. At times, it has been considered dubious or a valid genus of basal ...
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Camarasaurus ''Camarasaurus'' ( ) was a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs and is the most common North American sauropod fossil. Its fossil remains have been found in the Morrison Formation, dating to the Late Jurassic epoch ( Kimmeridgian to ...
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Camptonotus ''Camptonotus'' is a genus of leaf-rolling crickets in the subfamily Gryllacridinae. It includes the following species are all found in the Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass compri ...
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Camptosaurus ''Camptosaurus'' ( ) is a genus of plant-eating, beaked ornithischian dinosaurs of the Late Jurassic period of western North America and possibly also Europe. The name means 'flexible lizard' ( Greek (') meaning 'bent' and (') meaning 'li ...
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Camptosaurus ''Camptosaurus'' ( ) is a genus of plant-eating, beaked ornithischian dinosaurs of the Late Jurassic period of western North America and possibly also Europe. The name means 'flexible lizard' ( Greek (') meaning 'bent' and (') meaning 'li ...
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name, now known as '' Campylodoniscus'' * '' Campylodoniscus'' * ''
Canardia ''Canardia'' is an extinct genus of lambeosaurine dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Marnes d'Auzas Formation (late Maastrichtian stage) of Haute-Garonne department, in Occitanie region, southwestern France. The type species ''Canardia ga ...
'' * " Capitalsaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * '' Carcharodontosaurus'' * '' Cardiodon'' * '' Carnotaurus'' * '' Caseosaurus'' * ''
Cathartesaura ''Cathartesaura'' is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur hailing from the Late Cretaceous strata of the Huincul Formation, at the "La Buitrera" locality, in the Neuquén Basin of Río Negro Province, Argentina. The fossil remains, d ...
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Cathetosaurus ''Camarasaurus lewisi'' is a species of sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic of the United States. It was named by James A. Jensen in 1988. ''C. lewisi'' was originally placed in its own genus, ''Cathetosaurus'', but in 1996 it was reclassi ...
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Camarasaurus ''Camarasaurus'' ( ) was a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs and is the most common North American sauropod fossil. Its fossil remains have been found in the Morrison Formation, dating to the Late Jurassic epoch ( Kimmeridgian to ...
'' * '' Caudipteryx'' * '' Caudocoelus'' – junior synonym of '' Teinurosaurus'' * '' Caulodon'' – junior synonym of ''
Camarasaurus ''Camarasaurus'' ( ) was a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs and is the most common North American sauropod fossil. Its fossil remains have been found in the Morrison Formation, dating to the Late Jurassic epoch ( Kimmeridgian to ...
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Cedarosaurus ''Cedarosaurus'' (meaning "Cedar lizard" - named after the Cedar Mountain Formation, in which it was discovered) was a nasal-crested macronarian dinosaur genus from the Early Cretaceous Period (Valanginian). It was a sauropod which lived in what ...
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Cedarpelta ''Cedarpelta'' is a extinct genus of basal ankylosaurid dinosaur from Utah that lived during the Late Cretaceous period ( Cenomanian to lower Turonian stage, 98.2 to 93 Ma) in what is now the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formati ...
'' * '' Cedrorestes'' * ''
Centemodon ''Centemodon'' (meaning "point tooth") is an extinct genus of basal phytosaur from the Late Triassic Period. It lived in what is now Pennsylvania, United States. It is classified as a ''nomen dubium''. It was found in the Red Sandstone For ...
'' – subsequently found to be a phytosaur * ''
Centrosaurus ''Centrosaurus'' ( ; ) is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Canada. Their remains have been found in the Dinosaur Park Formation, dating from 76.5 to 75.5 million years ago. Discovery and naming The firs ...
'' * '' Cerasinops'' * ''
Ceratonykus ''Ceratonykus'' (meaning "horned claw") is a monospecific genus of alvarezsaurid dinosaur from Mongolia that lived during the Late Cretaceous (late Campanian stage, 72.1 Ma) in what is now the Barun Goyot Formation. The type and only species, ''C ...
'' * '' Ceratops'' * '' Ceratosaurus'' * ''
Ceratosuchops ''Ceratosuchops'' (meaning "horned crocodile face") is a genus of spinosaurid from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Britain. Discovery and naming In 2021, the type species ''C. inferodios'' was named and described by a team of paleont ...
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Cetiosauriscus ''Cetiosauriscus'' ( ) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived between 166 and 164 million years ago during the Callovian (Middle Jurassic Period) in what is now England. A herbivore, ''Cetiosauriscus'' had — by sauropod standards ...
'' * '' Cetiosaurus'' * ''
Changchunsaurus ''Changchunsaurus'' (meaning "Changchun lizard") is an extinct genus of small herbivorous dinosaur from Early Cretaceous deposits of Gongzhuling, Jilin, China. It is the first named dinosaur genus from Jilin. Description ''Changchunsaurus'' was ...
'' * " Changdusaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * '' Changmiania'' * '' Changyuraptor'' * '' Chaoyangsaurus'' * ''
Charonosaurus ''Charonosaurus'' ( ; meaning "Charon's lizard") is a genus of dinosaur whose fossils were discovered by Godefroit, Zan & Jin in 2000 on the south bank of the Amur River, dividing China from Russia. It is monotypic, consisting of the species '' ...
'' * '' Chasmosaurus'' * '' Chassternbergia'' – junior synonym of ''
Edmontonia ''Edmontonia'' is a genus of panoplosaurin nodosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period. It is part of the Nodosauridae, a family within Ankylosauria. It is named after the Edmonton Formation (now the Horseshoe Canyon Formation in Ca ...
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Chebsaurus ''Chebsaurus'' is a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous, cetiosaurid sauropod dinosaur, specifically a eusauropod. It lived in present-day Algeria, in the Callovian aged Aïssa Formation. The type species, ''C. algeriensis'', was named in 2 ...
'' * '' Chenanisaurus'' * '' Cheneosaurus'' – junior synonym of '' Hypacrosaurus'' * '' Chialingosaurus'' * '' Chiayusaurus'' * '' Chienkosaurus'' – possible junior synonym of '' Szechuanosaurus'' * " Chihuahuasaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''
Sonorasaurus ''Sonorasaurus'' is a genus of brachiosaurid dinosaur from the Early to Late Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian stages, around 112 to 93 million years ago). It was a herbivorous sauropod whose fossils have been found in southern Arizona in ...
'' * '' Chilantaisaurus'' * '' Chilesaurus'' * '' Chindesaurus'' * '' Chingkankousaurus'' * ''
Chinshakiangosaurus ''Chinshakiangosaurus'' (JIN-shah-jiahng-uh-SOR-us, meaning "Chinshakiang lizard") is a genus of dinosaur and probably one of the most basal sauropods known. The only species, ''Chinshakiangosaurus chunghoensis'', is known from a fragmentary ...
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Chirostenotes ''Chirostenotes'' ( ; named from Greek 'narrow-handed') is a genus of oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from the late Cretaceous (about 76.5 million years ago) of Alberta, Canada. The type species is ''Chirostenotes pergracilis''. History of discover ...
'' * '' Choconsaurus'' * ''
Chondrosteosaurus ''Chondrosteosaurus'' (meaning "cartilage and bone lizard") was a sauropod dinosaur from Early Cretaceous England. The type species, ''Chondrosteosaurus gigas'', was described and named by Richard Owen in 1876. The fossils of ''Chondrosteos ...
'' * '' Choyrodon'' * ''
Chromogisaurus ''Chromogisaurus'' is an extinct genus of saturnaliid sauropodomorph which existed in Argentina during the Late Triassic (Carnian) period. It is from the Cancha de Bochas, Valle Pintado member of the Ischigualasto Formation. It was a herbivore ...
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Chuandongocoelurus ''Chuandongocoelurus'' ( ) is a genus of carnivorous tetanuran theropod dinosaur from the Jurassic of China. Discovery and naming The type species ''Chuandongocoelurus primitivus'' was first described and named by Chinese paleontologist H ...
'' * '' Chuanjiesaurus'' * '' Chuanqilong'' * '' Chubutisaurus'' * ''
Chungkingosaurus ''Chungkingosaurus'', meaning "Chongqing Lizard", is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Upper Shaximiao Formation in what is now China. It is a member of the Stegosauria. Description According to Dong e.a. the ''Chungkingo ...
'' * '' Chuxiongosaurus'' * " Cinizasaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * '' Cionodon'' * '' Citipati'' * ''
Citipes ''Citipes'' (meaning "fleet-footed") is an extinct genus of caenagnathid dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian aged) Dinosaur Park of southern Alberta, Canada. It lived about 76.9–75.8 million years ago. The specializations of th ...
'' * '' Cladeiodon'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian rauisuchian; synonym of '' Teratosaurus'' * ''
Claorhynchus ''Claorhynchus'' (meaning "broken beak", as it is based on broken bones from the snout region) is a dubious genus of cerapodan dinosaur with a confusing history behind it. It has been considered to be both a hadrosaurid and a ceratopsid, someti ...
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Triceratops ''Triceratops'' ( ; ) is a genus of herbivorous chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur that first appeared during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 68 million years ago in what is now North America. It is one ...
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Claosaurus ''Claosaurus'' ( ; Greek κλάω, ''klao'' meaning 'broken' and , ''sauros'' meaning 'lizard'; "broken lizard", referring to the odd position of the fossils when discovered) is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cre ...
'' * '' Clarencea'' – subsequently found to be a sphenosuchian; synonym of ''
Sphenosuchus ''Sphenosuchus'' ("wedge crocodile") is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph from the Early Jurassic Elliot Formation of South Africa, discovered and described early in the 20th century. The skull is preserved very well but other than elements of t ...
'' * '' Clasmodosaurus'' * '' Clepsysaurus'' – subsequently found to be a phytosaur, possibly ''
Palaeosaurus ''Palaeosaurus'' (or ''Paleosaurus'') is a genus of indeterminate archosaur known from two teeth found in the Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation and also either the Magnesian Conglomerate or the Avon Fissure Fill of Clifton, Bristol, England (ori ...
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Coahuilaceratops ''Coahuilaceratops'' (meaning "Coahuila horn face") is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur. It is a chasmosaurine ceratopsian which lived during the Late Cretaceous period (late Campanian stage) in what is now southern Coahuila in no ...
'' * '' Coelophysis'' * "'' Coelosaurus''" –
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genus name, species "''Coelosaurus''" ''antiquus'' * '' Coeluroides'' * '' Coelurosauravus'' – subsequently found to be a primitive
diapsid Diapsids ("two arches") are a clade of sauropsids, distinguished from more primitive eureptiles by the presence of two holes, known as temporal fenestrae, in each side of their skulls. The group first appeared about three hundred million years a ...
* '' Coelurus'' * '' Colepiocephale'' * "'' Coloradia''" –
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name, now known as '' Coloradisaurus'' * '' Coloradisaurus'' * " Colossosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Pelorosaurus'' * '' Comahuesaurus'' * " Comanchesaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''
Compsognathus ''Compsognathus'' (; Ancient Greek, Greek ''kompsos''/κομψός; "elegant", "refined" or "dainty", and ''gnathos''/γνάθος; "jaw") is a genus of small, bipedalism, bipedal, carnivore, carnivorous theropoda, theropod dinosaur. Members o ...
'' * '' Compsosuchus'' * ''
Concavenator ''Concavenator'' is an extinct genus of theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 130 million years ago during the early Cretaceous period (Barremian age). The type species is ''C. corcovatus''; ''Concavenator corcovatus'' means " Cuenca hunter ...
'' * '' Conchoraptor'' * '' Condorraptor'' * '' Convolosaurus'' * ''
Coronosaurus ''Coronosaurus'' is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaurs which lived in the Late Cretaceous, in the middle Campanian stage. Its remains, two bone beds, were discovered by Phillip J. Currie in the Oldman Formation of Alberta, Canada, a ...
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Corythoraptor ''Corythoraptor'' () is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur from the late Maastrichtian Nanxiong Formation of South China. It contains one species, ''C. jacobsi'', known from a single well-preserved skeleton, and named after paleontologist Louis L. ...
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Corythosaurus ''Corythosaurus'' (; ) is a genus of hadrosaurid "duck-billed" dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Period, about 77–75.7 million years ago. It lived in what is now North America. Its name means "helmet lizard", derived from Greek κόρυ ...
'' * '' Craspedodon'' * '' Crataeomus'' – junior synonym of ''
Struthiosaurus ''Struthiosaurus'' (Latin ''struthio'' = ostrich + Greek ''sauros'' = lizard) is a genus of nodosaurid dinosaurs, from the Late Cretaceous period (Santonian-Maastrichtian) of Austria, Romania, France and Hungary in Europe. ...
'' * '' Craterosaurus'' * '' Creosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Allosaurus ''Allosaurus'' () is a genus of large carnosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived 155 to 145 million years ago during the Late Jurassic epoch ( Kimmeridgian to late Tithonian). The name "''Allosaurus''" means "different lizard" alludin ...
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Crichtonpelta ''Crichtonpelta'' is a genus of extinct herbivorous ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) of China. Discovery and naming In 2007, Lü Junchang, Ji Qiang, Gao Yubo and Li Zhixin named and described a second species of ''C ...
'' * '' Crichtonsaurus'' * ''
Cristatusaurus ''Cristatusaurus'' is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous Period of what is now Niger, 112 million years ago. It was a baryonychine member of the Spinosauridae, a group of large bipedal carnivores with well-bui ...
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Crittendenceratops ''Crittendenceratops'' (meaning "horned face from the Fort Crittenden Formation") is a genus of horned centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the late Campanian Fort Crittenden Formation of Arizona. It contains a single species, ''C. krzyzanows ...
'' * '' Crosbysaurus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosauriform Archosauriformes (Greek for 'ruling lizards', and Latin for 'form') is a clade of diapsid reptiles that developed from archosauromorph ancestors some time in the Latest Permian (roughly 252 million years ago). It was defined by Jacques Gauthier ...
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Cruxicheiros ''Cruxicheiros'' (meaning "cross hand") is a genus of theropod dinosaur which lived in the Middle Jurassic of England. The type species is ''C. newmanorum'', described by Roger Benson and Jonathan Radley in 2010. Discovery The remains of t ...
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Cryolophosaurus ''Cryolophosaurus'' ( or ; "CRY-oh-loaf-oh-SAWR-us") is a genus of large theropod dinosaur known from only a single species ''Cryolophosaurus ellioti'', from the early Jurassic of Antarctica. It was one of the largest theropods of the Early Jura ...
'' * '' Cryptodraco'' – junior synonym (unneeded replacement name) of '' Cryptosaurus'' * " Cryptoraptor" – ''nomen nudum'' * '' Cryptosaurus'' * ''
Cryptovolans ''Microraptor'' (Greek, μικρός, ''mīkros'': "small"; Latin, ''raptor'': "one who seizes") is a genus of small, four-winged dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. Numerous well-preserved fossil specimens have been recovered from Liaoning, China. They da ...
'' – junior synonym of ''
Microraptor ''Microraptor'' ( Greek, μικρός, ''mīkros'': "small"; Latin, ''raptor'': "one who seizes") is a genus of small, four-winged dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. Numerous well-preserved fossil specimens have been recovered from Liaoning, China. ...
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* '' Daanosaurus'' * '' Dacentrurus'' * " Dachongosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * '' Daemonosaurus'' * '' Dahalokely'' * '' Dakosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a metriorhynchid
crocodilia Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both ) is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, known as crocodilians. They first appeared 95 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period ( Cenomanian stage) and are the closest livi ...
n * '' Dakotadon'' * ''
Dakotaraptor ''Dakotaraptor'' (meaning “thief from Dakota”) is a potentially chimaeric genus of large dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous period. The remains have been found in the Maastrichtian stag ...
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Daliansaurus ''Daliansaurus'' (meaning " Dalian reptile") is a genus of small troodontid theropod dinosaur, measuring approximately long, from the Early Cretaceous of China. It contains a single species, ''D. liaoningensis'', named in 2017 by Shen and c ...
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Damalasaurus This list of informally named dinosaurs is a listing of dinosaurs (excluding Aves; birds and their extinct relatives) that have never been given formally published scientific names. This list only includes names that were not properly published ...
" – ''nomen nudum'' * '' Dandakosaurus'' * '' Danubiosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Struthiosaurus ''Struthiosaurus'' (Latin ''struthio'' = ostrich + Greek ''sauros'' = lizard) is a genus of nodosaurid dinosaurs, from the Late Cretaceous period (Santonian-Maastrichtian) of Austria, Romania, France and Hungary in Europe. ...
'' * " Daptosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; early manuscript name for '' Deinonychus'' * '' Darwinsaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Hypselospinus ''Hypselospinus'' is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur which was first described as a species of ''Iguanodon'' (''I. fittoni'') by Richard Lydekker in 1889, the specific name honouring William Henry Fitton. History In May 2010 the fossils co ...
'' or ''
Mantellisaurus ''Mantellisaurus'' is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur that lived in the Barremian and early Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous Period of Europe. Its remains are known from Belgium ( Bernissart), England, Spain and Germany. The type and only ...
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Dashanpusaurus ''Dashanpusaurus'' (meaning "Dashanpu lizard" after the township it was discovered in) is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the middle of the Jurassic period. The dinosaur was described in 2005 by Peng Guangzhao, Ye Yong, Ga ...
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Daspletosaurus ''Daspletosaurus'' ( ; meaning "frightful lizard") is a genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaur that lived in Laramidia between about 79.5 and 74 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period. The genus ''Daspletosaurus'' contains three spec ...
'' * '' Dasygnathoides'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosaur Archosauria () is a clade of diapsids, with birds and crocodilians as the only living representatives. Archosaurs are broadly classified as reptiles, in the cladistic sense of the term which includes birds. Extinct archosaurs include non-avia ...
; possible junior synonym of '' Ornithosuchus'' * "'' Dasygnathus''" –
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name, now known as '' Dasygnathoides'' * ''
Datanglong ''Datanglong'' is an extinct genus of theropod belonging to either Carcharodontosauria or Megaraptora. It existed during the Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Albian) in what is now southeastern China. Discovery and naming In 2011, staff of the ...
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Datonglong ''Datonglong tianzhenensis'' is an herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur belonging to the Hadrosauroidea, which lived in the Late Cretaceous period in present-day China. It is the type species of the genus ''Datonglong''. Discovery and naming In ...
'' * '' Datousaurus'' * '' Daurlong'' * '' Daurosaurus'' – synonym of '' Kulindadromeus'' * '' Daxiatitan'' * ''
Deinocheirus ''Deinocheirus'' ( ) is a genus of large ornithomimosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous around 70 million years ago. In 1965, a pair of large arms, shoulder girdles, and a few other bones of a new dinosaur were first discovered in the N ...
'' * '' Deinodon'' – possibly '' Gorgosaurus'' * '' Deinonychus'' * '' Delapparentia'' – junior synonym of ''
Iguanodon ''Iguanodon'' ( ; meaning ' iguana-tooth'), named in 1825, is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur. While many species have been classified in the genus ''Iguanodon'', dating from the late Jurassic Period to the early Cretaceous Period of Asia, ...
'' * '' Deltadromeus'' * '' Demandasaurus'' * ''
Denversaurus ''Denversaurus'' (meaning "Denver lizard") is a genus of panoplosaurin nodosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) of western North America. Although at one point treated as a junior synonym of ''Edmontonia'' by some t ...
'' * '' Deuterosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a
therapsid Therapsida is a major group of eupelycosaurian synapsids that includes mammals, their ancestors and relatives. Many of the traits today seen as unique to mammals had their origin within early therapsids, including limbs that were oriented more ...
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Diabloceratops ''Diabloceratops'' is an extinct genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that lived approximately 81.4-81 million years ago during the latter part of the Cretaceous Period in what is now Utah, in the United States. ''Diabloceratops'' was ...
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Diamantinasaurus ''Diamantinasaurus'' is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod from Australia that lived during the early Late Cretaceous, about 94 million years ago. The type species of the genus is ''D. matildae'', first described and named in 2009 by Scott Hocknu ...
'' * '' Dianchungosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a
crocodilia Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both ) is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, known as crocodilians. They first appeared 95 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period ( Cenomanian stage) and are the closest livi ...
n * "'' Diceratops''" –
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name, now known as ''
Nedoceratops ''Nedoceratops'' (meaning "insufficient horned face") is a controversial genus of ceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period Lance Formation of North America. It is known only from a single skull discovered in Wyoming. Its status is the ...
'' * '' Diceratus'' – junior synonym of ''
Nedoceratops ''Nedoceratops'' (meaning "insufficient horned face") is a controversial genus of ceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period Lance Formation of North America. It is known only from a single skull discovered in Wyoming. Its status is the ...
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Diclonius ''Diclonius'' (meaning "double sprout") is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a hadrosaur based solely on teeth. Its fossils were found in the Judith River Formation of Montana, northern US. The name is in reference to the me ...
'' * '' Dicraeosaurus'' * '' Didanodon'' – synonym of '' Lambeosaurus''; possibly a ''nomen nudum'' * '' Dilong'' * ''
Dilophosaurus ''Dilophosaurus'' ( ) is a genus of theropod dinosaurs that lived in what is now North America during the Early Jurassic, about 193 million years ago. Three skeletons were discovered in northern Arizona in 1940, and the two best preserve ...
'' * '' Diluvicursor'' * '' Dimodosaurus'' – junior synonym of '' Plateosaurus'' * '' Dineobellator'' * '' Dinheirosaurus'' – possible junior synonym of ''
Supersaurus ''Supersaurus'' (meaning "super lizard") is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic period. The type species, ''S. vivianae'', was first discovered by Vivian Jones of Delta, Colorado, in ...
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Dinodocus ''Dinodocus'' (meaning "terrible beam") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur, named by Richard Owen in 1884. The name is now usually considered a ''nomen dubium''. The only species, ''D. mackesoni'', a name given to some fossil bones from the Lo ...
'' * "'' Dinosaurus''" –
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name for a junior synonym of '' Brithopus''; now a junior synonym of '' Plateosaurus'' * '' Dinotyrannus'' – junior synonym ''
Tyrannosaurus ''Tyrannosaurus'' is a genus of large theropoda, theropod dinosaur. The species ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' (''rex'' meaning "king" in Latin), often called ''T. rex'' or colloquially ''T-Rex'', is one of the best represented theropods. ''Tyrannosa ...
'' or some other tyrannosaurid * ''
Diodorus Diodorus Siculus, or Diodorus of Sicily ( grc-gre, Διόδωρος ;  1st century BC), was an ancient Greek historian. He is known for writing the monumental universal history ''Bibliotheca historica'', in forty books, fifteen of which su ...
'' – possibly non-dinosaurian * ''
Diplodocus ''Diplodocus'' (, , or ) was a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs, whose fossils were first discovered in 1877 by S. W. Williston. The generic name, coined by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1878, is a neo-Latin term derived from Greek δ ...
'' * '' Diplotomodon'' * '' Diracodon'' – junior synonym of ''
Stegosaurus ''Stegosaurus'' (; ) is a genus of herbivorous, four-legged, armored dinosaur from the Late Jurassic, characterized by the distinctive kite-shaped upright plates along their backs and spikes on their tails. Fossils of the genus have been fou ...
'' * '' Dolichosuchus'' * '' Dollodon'' – junior synonym of ''
Mantellisaurus ''Mantellisaurus'' is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur that lived in the Barremian and early Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous Period of Europe. Its remains are known from Belgium ( Bernissart), England, Spain and Germany. The type and only ...
'' * " Domeykosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'', synonym of '' Arackar'' * '' Dongbeititan'' * '' Dongyangopelta'' * '' Dongyangosaurus'' * '' Doratodon'' – subsequently found to be a
crocodilia Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both ) is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, known as crocodilians. They first appeared 95 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period ( Cenomanian stage) and are the closest livi ...
n * '' Doryphorosaurus'' – junior synonym (unneeded replacement name) of '' Kentrosaurus'' * ''
Draconyx ''Draconyx'' (meaning "dragon claw") is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic. It was an ornithopod which lived in what is now Portugal and was a herbivore. It was found in the Lourinhã Formation in 1991, and described by Octávio Mateus ...
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Dracopelta ''Dracopelta'' (meaning “dragon shield”) is a monospecific genus of ankylosaur dinosaur from Portugal that lived during the Late Jurassic (uppermost lower Tithonian-upper Tithonian, 152.1-145.0 Ma) in what is now the Lourinhã Formation. The ...
'' * '' Dracoraptor'' * ''
Dracorex ''Pachycephalosaurus'' (; meaning "thick-headed lizard", from Greek ''pachys-/'' "thick", ''kephale/'' "head" and ''sauros/'' "lizard") is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs. The type species, ''P. wyomingensis'', is the only known species, ...
'' – junior synonym of ''
Pachycephalosaurus ''Pachycephalosaurus'' (; meaning "thick-headed lizard", from Greek ''pachys-/'' "thick", ''kephale/'' "head" and ''sauros/'' "lizard") is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs. The type species, ''P. wyomingensis'', is the only known specie ...
'' * '' Dracovenator'' * '' Dravidosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a
plesiosaur The Plesiosauria (; Greek: πλησίος, ''plesios'', meaning "near to" and ''sauros'', meaning "lizard") or plesiosaurs are an order or clade of extinct Mesozoic marine reptiles, belonging to the Sauropterygia. Plesiosaurs first appea ...
ian * '' Dreadnoughtus'' * '' Drinker'' – junior synonym of ''
Nanosaurus ''Nanosaurus'' ("small or dwarf lizard") is the name given to a genus of neornithischian dinosaur that lived about 155 to 148 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic-age. Its fossils are known from the Morrison Formation of the south-weste ...
'' * '' Dromaeosauroides'' * '' Dromaeosaurus'' * '' Dromiceiomimus'' * '' Dromicosaurus'' – junior synonym of '' Massospondylus'' * ''
Drusilasaura ''Drusilasaura'' is an extinct genus of possible lognkosaurian titanosaur sauropod dinosaur which lived during the late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian- Turonian stage) of Santa Cruz Province of southern Patagonia, Argentina. ''Drusilasaura'' is ...
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Dryosaurus ''Dryosaurus'' ( , meaning 'tree lizard', Greek ' () meaning 'tree, oak' and () meaning 'lizard'; the name reflects the forested habitat, not a vague oak-leaf shape of its cheek teeth as is sometimes assumed) is a genus of an ornithopod dinosaur ...
'' * '' Dryptosauroides'' * '' Dryptosaurus'' * '' Dubreuillosaurus'' * " Duranteceratops" – ''nomen nudum'' * '' Duriatitan'' * '' Duriavenator'' * '' Dynamosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Tyrannosaurus ''Tyrannosaurus'' is a genus of large theropoda, theropod dinosaur. The species ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' (''rex'' meaning "king" in Latin), often called ''T. rex'' or colloquially ''T-Rex'', is one of the best represented theropods. ''Tyrannosa ...
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Dynamoterror ''Dynamoterror'' (meaning "powerful terror") is a monospecific genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaur from New Mexico that lived during the Late Cretaceous (lower Campanian stage, 78 Ma) in what is now the upper Allison Member of the Menefee Formation. ...
'' * '' Dyoplosaurus'' * '' Dysalotosaurus'' * ''
Dysganus ''Dysganus'' (dis-GANN-us) (meaning "rough enamel") is a dubious genus of ceratopsian dinosaur from the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The fossil teeth referred to ''Dysganus'' were first collected by Charles Sternberg from the Cretac ...
'' * '' Dyslocosaurus'' * ''
Dystrophaeus ''Dystrophaeus'' is the name given to an extinct genus of eusauropod dinosaur from the early Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic that existed around 154.8 Ma.Turner, C.E. and Peterson, F., (1999). "Biostratigraphy of dinosaurs in the Upper J ...
'' * '' Dystylosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Supersaurus ''Supersaurus'' (meaning "super lizard") is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic period. The type species, ''S. vivianae'', was first discovered by Vivian Jones of Delta, Colorado, in ...
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Dzharaonyx ''Dzharaonyx'' (meaning "Dzharakuduk claw", named after the type locality) is a genus of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. The type species is ''Dzharaonyx eski''; ''eski'' being an Uzbek ...
'' *'' Dzharatitanis''


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* '' Echinodon'' * '' Edmarka'' – junior synonym of '' Torvosaurus'' * ''
Edmontonia ''Edmontonia'' is a genus of panoplosaurin nodosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period. It is part of the Nodosauridae, a family within Ankylosauria. It is named after the Edmonton Formation (now the Horseshoe Canyon Formation in Ca ...
'' * ''
Edmontosaurus ''Edmontosaurus'' ( ) (meaning "lizard from Edmonton") is a genus of hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur. It contains two known species: ''Edmontosaurus regalis'' and '' Edmontosaurus annectens''. Fossils of ''E. regalis'' have been found in rock ...
'' * '' Efraasia'' * ''
Einiosaurus ''Einiosaurus'' is a genus of herbivorous centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian stage) of northwestern Montana. The name means 'buffalo lizard', in a combination of Blackfeet Indian ''eini'' and Latinized Anc ...
'' * '' Ekrixinatosaurus'' * '' Elachistosuchus'' – subsequently found to be a rhynchocephalian * '' Elaltitan'' * ''
Elaphrosaurus ''Elaphrosaurus'' ( ) is a genus of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 154 to 150 million years ago during the Late Jurassic Period in what is now Tanzania in Africa. ''Elaphrosaurus'' was a medium-sized but lightly built m ...
'' * '' Elemgasem'' * ''
Elmisaurus ''Elmisaurus'' (meaning "foot sole lizard") is an extinct genus of caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. It was a theropod belonging to the Oviraptorosauria. Discovery In 1970, a paleontological Polish-M ...
'' * ''
Elopteryx ''Elopteryx'' is a genus of, perhaps troodontid, maniraptoran theropod dinosaur based on fragmentary fossils found in late Cretaceous Period rocks of Romania. The single species, ''Elopteryx nopcsai'', is known only from very incomplete materia ...
'' * '' Elosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Brontosaurus ''Brontosaurus'' (; meaning "thunder lizard" from Greek , "thunder" and , "lizard") is a genus of gigantic quadruped sauropod dinosaurs. Although the type species, ''B. excelsus'', had long been considered a species of the closely related ...
'' * ''
Elrhazosaurus ''Elrhazosaurus'' (meaning " Elrhaz lizard") is a genus of basal iguanodontian dinosaur, known from isolated bones found in Early Cretaceous rocks of Niger. These bones were initially thought to belong to a species of the related dryosaurid '' ...
'' * " Elvisaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''
Cryolophosaurus ''Cryolophosaurus'' ( or ; "CRY-oh-loaf-oh-SAWR-us") is a genus of large theropod dinosaur known from only a single species ''Cryolophosaurus ellioti'', from the early Jurassic of Antarctica. It was one of the largest theropods of the Early Jura ...
'' * '' Emausaurus'' * '' Embasaurus'' * ''
Enigmosaurus ''Enigmosaurus'' (meaning "Enigma lizard" or "Enigmatic lizard") is a genus of therizinosauroid that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous period. It was a medium-sized, ground-dwelling, bipedal herbivore that represents the third therizinosa ...
'' * '' Eoabelisaurus'' * '' Eobrontosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Brontosaurus ''Brontosaurus'' (; meaning "thunder lizard" from Greek , "thunder" and , "lizard") is a genus of gigantic quadruped sauropod dinosaurs. Although the type species, ''B. excelsus'', had long been considered a species of the closely related ...
'' * ''
Eocarcharia ''Eocarcharia'' (meaning "dawn shark") is a genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation that lived in the Sahara 112 million years ago, in what today is the country of Niger. It was discovered in 2 ...
'' * ''
Eoceratops ''Chasmosaurus'' ( ) is a genus of ceratopsid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Period of North America. Its name means 'opening lizard', referring to the large openings (fenestrae) in its frill ( Greek ''chasma'' meaning 'opening' or 'hollo ...
'' – junior synonym of '' Chasmosaurus'' * '' Eocursor'' * ''
Eodromaeus ''Eodromaeus'' (meaning "dawn runner") is an extinct genus of probable basal theropod dinosaurs from the Late Triassic of Argentina. Like many other of the earliest-known dinosaurs, it hails from the Carnian-age (~230 Ma) Ischigualasto Forma ...
'' * " Eohadrosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Eolambia'' * '' Eolambia'' * '' Eomamenchisaurus'' * "
Eoplophysis This list of informally named dinosaurs is a listing of dinosaurs (excluding Aves; birds and their extinct relatives) that have never been given formally published scientific names. This list only includes names that were not properly published ...
" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''
Eoraptor ''Eoraptor'' () is a genus of small, lightly built, basal sauropodomorph. One of the earliest-known dinosaurs, it lived approximately 231 to 228 million years ago, during the Late Triassic in Western Gondwana, in the region that is now northw ...
'' * ''
Eosinopteryx ''Eosinopteryx'' is an extinct genus of theropod dinosaurs known to the late Jurassic period of China. It contains a single species, ''Eosinopteryx brevipenna''. Discovery and naming ''E. brevipenna'' is known from a single fossil specimen recov ...
'' * '' Eotrachodon'' * ''
Eotriceratops ''Eotriceratops'' (meaning "dawn three-horned face") is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaurs which lived in the area of North America during the late Cretaceous period. The only named species is ''Eotriceratops xerinsularis''. Discovery ...
'' * '' Eotyrannus'' * ''
Eousdryosaurus ''Eousdryosaurus'' ("eastern ''Dryosaurus''") is a genus of basal iguanodontian dinosaur known from a partial skeleton discovered in Upper Jurassic rocks in western Portugal. The type, and only species, is ''Eousdryosaurus nanohallucis'', n ...
'' * '' Epachthosaurus'' * '' Epanterias'' – may be ''
Allosaurus ''Allosaurus'' () is a genus of large carnosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived 155 to 145 million years ago during the Late Jurassic epoch ( Kimmeridgian to late Tithonian). The name "''Allosaurus''" means "different lizard" alludin ...
'' * " Ephoenosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''
Machimosaurus ''Machimosaurus'' is an extinct genus of machimosaurid crocodyliform from the Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian and Tithonian) and Early Cretaceous. The type species, ''Machimosaurus hugii'', was found in Switzerland. Other fossils have been f ...
'' (a
crocodilia Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both ) is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, known as crocodilians. They first appeared 95 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period ( Cenomanian stage) and are the closest livi ...
n) * '' Epicampodon'' – subsequently found to be a proterosuchid
archosauriform Archosauriformes (Greek for 'ruling lizards', and Latin for 'form') is a clade of diapsid reptiles that developed from archosauromorph ancestors some time in the Latest Permian (roughly 252 million years ago). It was defined by Jacques Gauthier ...
, '' Ankistrodon'' * ''
Epichirostenotes ''Epichirostenotes'' (meaning "above ''Chirostenotes''", because it lived after the latter genus) is a genus of oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from the late Cretaceous. ''Epichirostenotes'' is known from an incomplete skeleton found in 1923 at the H ...
'' * '' Epidendrosaurus'' – synonym of '' Scansoriopteryx'' * '' Epidexipteryx'' * '' Equijubus'' * '' Erectopus'' * '' Erketu'' * ''
Erliansaurus ''Erliansaurus'' (meaning "Erlian lizard") is a genus of therizinosaur theropod dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Nei Mongol, Iren Dabasu Formation. Discovery and naming The r ...
'' * ''
Erlikosaurus ''Erlikosaurus'' (meaning " Erlik's lizard") is a genus of therizinosaurid that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous period. The fossils, a skull and some post-cranial fragments, were found in the Bayan Shireh Formation of Mongolia in 1972, ...
'' * '' Erythrovenator'' * '' Eshanosaurus'' * " Euacanthus" – ''nomen nudum''; junior synonym of '' Polacanthus'' * '' Eucamerotus'' * '' Eucentrosaurus'' – junior synonym (unneeded replacement name) of ''
Centrosaurus ''Centrosaurus'' ( ; ) is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Canada. Their remains have been found in the Dinosaur Park Formation, dating from 76.5 to 75.5 million years ago. Discovery and naming The firs ...
'' * '' Eucercosaurus'' * '' Eucnemesaurus'' * ''
Eucoelophysis ''Eucoelophysis'' (meaning "true hollow form") is a genus of silesaurid dinosauriform from the Late Triassic (Norian) period Chinle Formation of New Mexico. It was assumed to be a coelophysid upon description, but a study by Nesbitt ''et al.'' ...
'' – possibly non-dinosaurian * " Eugongbusaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * '' Euhelopus'' * ''
Euoplocephalus ''Euoplocephalus'' ( ) is a genus of very large, herbivorous ankylosaurid dinosaurs, living during the Late Cretaceous of Canada. It has only one named species, ''Euoplocephalus tutus''. The first fossil of ''Euoplocephalus'' was found in 1 ...
'' * '' Eupodosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a nothosaur synonymous with ''
Lariosaurus ''Lariosaurus'' is an extinct genus of nothosaurid from the Middle Triassic (late Anisian to late Ladinian stage) of central and western Europe and China. With a length of just , it was one of the smallest known nothosaurs. First discovered at Pe ...
'' * " Eureodon" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Tenontosaurus'' * '' Eurolimnornis'' – subsequently found to be a
pterosaur Pterosaurs (; from Greek ''pteron'' and ''sauros'', meaning "wing lizard") is an extinct clade of flying reptiles in the order, Pterosauria. They existed during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous (228 ...
* '' Euronychodon'' * ''
Europasaurus ''Europasaurus'' is a basal macronarian sauropod, a form of quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur. It lived during the Late Jurassic (middle Kimmeridgian, about 154 million years ago) of northern Germany, and has been identified as an example of ins ...
'' * ''
Europatitan ''Europatitan'' (meaning "European giant") is a genus of somphospondylan sauropod from the Early Cretaceous Castrillo de la Reina Formation of Iberia, known from a relatively completely specimen discovered in the early 2000s. It contains a singl ...
'' * '' Europelta'' * '' Euskelosaurus'' * '' Eustreptospondylus''


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* ''
Fabrosaurus ''Fabrosaurus'' ( ) is an extinct genus of ornithischian dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic during the Hettangian to Sinemurian stages 199 - 189 mya.Ginsburg, L., (1964), "Decouverte d’un Scelidosaurien (Dinosaure ornithischien) da ...
'' – possibly '' Lesothosaurus'' * '' Falcarius'' * " Fendusaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * " Fenestrosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Oviraptor'' * '' Ferganasaurus'' * " Ferganastegos" – ''nomen nudum'' * '' Ferganocephale'' * '' Ferrisaurus'' * '' Foraminacephale'' * '' Fosterovenator'' * '' Fostoria'' * '' Frenguellisaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Herrerasaurus ''Herrerasaurus'' is a genus of saurischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic period. This genus was one of the earliest dinosaurs from the fossil record. Its name means "Herrera's lizard", after the rancher who discovered the first specimen i ...
'' * '' Fruitadens'' * '' Fukuiraptor'' * ''
Fukuisaurus ''Fukuisaurus'' (meaning " Fukui lizard") is a genus of herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous in what is now Japan. The type species is ''F. tetoriensis'', which was named and described in 2003. Discovery and n ...
'' * ''
Fukuititan ''Fukuititan'' (meaning " Fukui giant") is a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous (either Barremian or Aptian age) in what is now Japan. It is known from FPDM-V8468, the associated partial skeleton of a ...
'' * '' Fukuivenator'' * '' Fulengia'' * '' Fulgurotherium'' * '' Fushanosaurus'' * " Fusinasus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Eotyrannus'' * '' Fusuisaurus'' * " Futabasaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; not to be confused with the formally named
plesiosaur The Plesiosauria (; Greek: πλησίος, ''plesios'', meaning "near to" and ''sauros'', meaning "lizard") or plesiosaurs are an order or clade of extinct Mesozoic marine reptiles, belonging to the Sauropterygia. Plesiosaurs first appea ...
'' Futabasaurus'' * ''
Futalognkosaurus ''Futalognkosaurus'' ( ; meaning "giant chief lizard") is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur. The herbivorous ''Futalognkosaurus'' lived approximately 87 million years ago in the Portezuelo Formation, in what is now Argentina, of the Coniacian ...
'' *'' Fylax''


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* " Gadolosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * '' Galeamopus'' * '' Galesaurus'' – subsequently found to be a
therapsid Therapsida is a major group of eupelycosaurian synapsids that includes mammals, their ancestors and relatives. Many of the traits today seen as unique to mammals had their origin within early therapsids, including limbs that were oriented more ...
* '' Galleonosaurus'' * ''
Gallimimus ''Gallimimus'' ( ) is a genus of Theropoda, theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Mongolia during the Late Cretaceous Period (geology), period, about seventy mya (unit), million years ago (mya). Several fossils in various stages of growth ...
'' * '' Galtonia'' – subsequently found to be a
pseudosuchia Pseudosuchia is one of two major divisions of Archosauria, including living crocodilians and all archosaurs more closely related to crocodilians than to birds. Pseudosuchians are also informally known as "crocodilian-line archosaurs". Prior to ...
n; possibly a junior synonym of ''
Revueltosaurus ''Revueltosaurus'' ("Revuelto lizard") is an extinct genus of suchian pseudosuchian from Late Triassic (late Carnian to middle Norian stage) deposits of New Mexico, Arizona and North Carolina, United States. Many specimens, mostly teeth, have bee ...
'' * '' Galveosaurus'' – synonym of '' Galvesaurus'' * '' Galvesaurus'' * ''
Gamatavus ''Gamatavus'' (meaning "Picada do Gama great-grandfather") is a genus of silesaurid dinosauriform from the Middle Triassic Santa Maria Formation of Dilermando de Aguiar Municipality, Brazil. The genus contains a single species, ''G. antiquus'' ...
'' — possibly non-dinosaurian * '' Gannansaurus'' * " Gansutitan" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Daxiatitan'' * ''
Ganzhousaurus ''Ganzhousaurus'' (meaning "Ganzhou lizard") is an extinct genus of oviraptorid dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation of Nankang County, Ganzhou City of Jiangxi Province, southern China. It was found in a Maastrichti ...
'' * ''
Gargoyleosaurus ''Gargoyleosaurus'' (meaning "gargoyle lizard") is one of the earliest ankylosaurs known from reasonably complete fossil remains. The holotype was discovered in 1995 at the Bone Cabin Quarry West locality, in Albany County, Wyoming in exposures ...
'' * '' Garrigatitan'' * '' Garudimimus'' * '' Gasosaurus'' * '' Gasparinisaura'' * '' Gastonia'' * " Gavinosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Eotyrannus'' * '' Geminiraptor'' * ''
Genusaurus ''Genusaurus'' ( ; meaning "knee lizard") is a genus of abelisauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. Its fossils were found in France. ''Genusaurus'' is believed to have lived during the Albian stage, around 112-100 million years ago. Des ...
'' * ''
Genyodectes ''Genyodectes'' ("jaw bite", from the Greek words ''genys'' ("jaw") and ''dektes'' ("bite")) is a genus of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) of South America. The holotype material (MLP 26–39, Museo de La Plat ...
'' * ''
Geranosaurus ''Geranosaurus'' (meaning "crane reptile") is a genus of ornithischian dinosaur from the Early Jurassic. It is known only from crushed fragments of the skull, a single jaw bone with nine tooth stubs and limb elements discovered in the Clarens ...
'' * '' Gideonmantellia'' * ''
Giganotosaurus ''Giganotosaurus'' ( ) is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina, during the early Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 99.6 to 95 million years ago. The holotype specimen was discovered in th ...
'' * '' Gigantoraptor'' * "'' Gigantosaurus''" –
preoccupied The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
name, now known as '' Tornieria'' * '' Gigantosaurus'' * '' Gigantoscelus'' – Probable junior synonym of '' Euskelosaurus'' * '' Gigantspinosaurus'' * '' Gilmoreosaurus'' * " Ginnareemimus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''
Kinnareemimus ''Kinnareemimus'' is a genus of ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaur from Thailand. It is known only from incomplete remains discovered no later than the early 1990s that includes vertebrae, partial pubic bones, metatarsals, and an incomplete fi ...
'' * '' Giraffatitan'' * ''
Glacialisaurus ''Glacialisaurus'' is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur. It lived during the Pliensbachian stage of the Early Jurassic period around 186 to 182 million years ago in what is now the central region of the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. I ...
'' * '' Glishades'' * ''
Glyptodontopelta ''Glyptodontopelta'' (meaning "''Glyptodon'' shield") is a monospecific genus of nodosaurid dinosaur from New Mexico that lived during the Late Cretaceous (lower to upper Maastrichtian, 69 to 66 Ma) in what is now the Naashoibito member of the ...
'' * ''
Gnathovorax ''Gnathovorax'' is a genus of herrerasaurid saurischian dinosaur from the Santa Maria Formation in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The type and only species is ''Gnathovorax cabreirai'', described by Pacheco ''et al.'' in 2019. The type specimen ...
'' * '' Gobiceratops'' – possibly a junior synonym of '' Bagaceratops'' * '' Gobihadros'' * ''
Gobiraptor ''Gobiraptor'' is a genus of oviraptorid maniraptoran dinosaur from the Maastrichtian-age Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. The type and only species is ''Gobiraptor minutus'', known from a single incomplete specimen—the holotype MPC-D 102/ ...
'' * '' Gobisaurus'' * '' Gobititan'' * '' Gobivenator'' * " Godzillasaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Gojirasaurus'' * '' Gojirasaurus'' * ''
Gondwanatitan ''Gondwanatitan'' (meaning "giant from Gondwana") was a titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur. ''Gondwanatitan'' was found in Brazil, at the time part of the southern supercontinent Gondwana, in the late Cretaceous Period (70 mya). Like some oth ...
'' * ''
Gongbusaurus ''Gongbusaurus'' is a genus of ornithischian, perhaps ornithopod, dinosaur that lived between about 160 and 157 million years ago, in the Late Jurassic period. A small herbivore, it is very poorly known. Two species have been assigned to it, but ...
'' * ''
Gongpoquansaurus ''Gongpoquansaurus'' (meaning "Gongpoquan reptile") is an extinct genus of basal hadrosauroid dinosaur that was not formally named until 2014, while the name was a ''nomen nudum'' for many years previously. It is known from IVPP V.11333, a part ...
'' * '' Gongxianosaurus'' * '' Gorgosaurus'' * '' Goyocephale'' * '' Graciliceratops'' * ''
Graciliraptor ''Graciliraptor'' (meaning "graceful thief") is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period. It is a microraptorine dromaeosaurid. The type species ''Graciliraptor lujiatunensis'' was first named and described in 2004 by Xu X ...
'' * '' Gracilisuchus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosaur Archosauria () is a clade of diapsids, with birds and crocodilians as the only living representatives. Archosaurs are broadly classified as reptiles, in the cladistic sense of the term which includes birds. Extinct archosaurs include non-avia ...
* '' Gravitholus'' * ''
Gresslyosaurus ''Gresslyosaurus'' (meaning "Amanz Gressly's lizard") is a genus of plateosaurian sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period, around 214 to 204 million years ago, in Switzerland. Taxonomy ''Gresslyosaurus'' was origina ...
'' – possible junior synonym of '' Plateosaurus'' * '' Griphornis'' – junior synonym of ''
Archaeopteryx ''Archaeopteryx'' (; ), sometimes referred to by its German name, "" ( ''Primeval Bird''), is a genus of bird-like dinosaurs. The name derives from the ancient Greek (''archaīos''), meaning "ancient", and (''ptéryx''), meaning "feather" ...
'' * '' Griphosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Archaeopteryx ''Archaeopteryx'' (; ), sometimes referred to by its German name, "" ( ''Primeval Bird''), is a genus of bird-like dinosaurs. The name derives from the ancient Greek (''archaīos''), meaning "ancient", and (''ptéryx''), meaning "feather" ...
'' * '' Gryphoceratops'' * '' Gryponyx'' * '' Gryposaurus'' * "Gspsaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Guaibasaurus'' * ''Gualicho'' * ''Guanlong'' * ''Guemesia'' * ''Gwyneddosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a Tanystropheus, tanystrophid * ''Gyposaurus'' – possibly a junior synonym of '' Massospondylus''


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* "Hadrosauravus" – ''nomen nudum''; junior synonym of '' Gryposaurus'' * '' Hadrosaurus'' * ''Haestasaurus'' * ''Hagryphus'' * ''Hallopus'' – subsequently found to be a crocodylomorph * ''Halszkaraptor'' * ''Halticosaurus'' * ''Hamititan'' * ''Hanssuesia'' * "Hanwulosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Haplocanthosaurus'' * "''Haplocanthus''" –
preoccupied The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
name, now known as ''Haplocanthosaurus'' * ''Haplocheirus'' * ''Harpymimus'' * ''Haya griva, Haya'' * ''Hecatasaurus'' – junior synonym of ''Telmatosaurus'' * "Heilongjiangosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Heishansaurus'' * ''Helioceratops'' * "''Euhelopus, Helopus''" –
preoccupied The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
name, now known as '' Euhelopus'' * ''Heptasteornis'' * ''Herbstosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a
pterosaur Pterosaurs (; from Greek ''pteron'' and ''sauros'', meaning "wing lizard") is an extinct clade of flying reptiles in the order, Pterosauria. They existed during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous (228 ...
* ''
Herrerasaurus ''Herrerasaurus'' is a genus of saurischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic period. This genus was one of the earliest dinosaurs from the fossil record. Its name means "Herrera's lizard", after the rancher who discovered the first specimen i ...
'' * ''Hesperonychus'' * ''Hesperornithoides'' * ''Hesperosaurus'' * ''Heterodontosaurus'' * ''Heterosaurus'' – possible synonym of ''
Mantellisaurus ''Mantellisaurus'' is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur that lived in the Barremian and early Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous Period of Europe. Its remains are known from Belgium ( Bernissart), England, Spain and Germany. The type and only ...
'' * ''Hexing'' * ''Hexinlusaurus'' * ''
Heyuannia ''Heyuannia'' ("from Heyuan") is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, in what is now China and Mongolia. It was the first oviraptorid found in China; most others were found in neighbouring Mongoli ...
'' * ''Hierosaurus'' * ''Hikanodon'' – junior synonym of ''
Iguanodon ''Iguanodon'' ( ; meaning ' iguana-tooth'), named in 1825, is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur. While many species have been classified in the genus ''Iguanodon'', dating from the late Jurassic Period to the early Cretaceous Period of Asia, ...
'' * ''Hippodraco'' * "Hironosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * "Hisanohamasaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Histriasaurus'' * ''Homalocephale'' * "Yandusaurus, Honghesaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' later described as ''Yandusaurus''; name later used for Honghesaurus, a genus of marine reptile * ''Hongshanosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''Psittacosaurus'' * ''Hoplitosaurus'' * ''Hoplosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Struthiosaurus ''Struthiosaurus'' (Latin ''struthio'' = ostrich + Greek ''sauros'' = lizard) is a genus of nodosaurid dinosaurs, from the Late Cretaceous period (Santonian-Maastrichtian) of Austria, Romania, France and Hungary in Europe. ...
'' * ''Horshamosaurus'' * ''Hortalotarsus'' – possible junior synonym of '' Massospondylus'' * '' Huabeisaurus'' * ''Hualianceratops'' * ''Huallasaurus'' * ''Huanansaurus'' * ''Huanghetitan'' * ''Huangshanlong'' * ''Huaxiagnathus'' * ''Huaxiaosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''Shantungosaurus'' * "Huaxiasaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''Huaxiagnathus'' * ''Huayangosaurus'' * ''Hudiesaurus'' * ''Huehuecanauhtlus'' * ''Huinculsaurus'' * ''Hulsanpes'' * ''Hungarosaurus'' * ''Huxleysaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Hypselospinus ''Hypselospinus'' is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur which was first described as a species of ''Iguanodon'' (''I. fittoni'') by Richard Lydekker in 1889, the specific name honouring William Henry Fitton. History In May 2010 the fossils co ...
'' * ''Hylaeosaurus'' * ''Hylosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''Hylaeosaurus'' * '' Hypacrosaurus'' * ''Hypselorhachis'' – subsequently found to be a ctenosauriscid * ''Hypselosaurus'' * ''
Hypselospinus ''Hypselospinus'' is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur which was first described as a species of ''Iguanodon'' (''I. fittoni'') by Richard Lydekker in 1889, the specific name honouring William Henry Fitton. History In May 2010 the fossils co ...
'' * ''Hypsibema'' * ''Hypsilophodon'' * ''Hypsirhophus''


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* ''Iberospinus'' * ''Ibirania'' * "Ichabodcraniosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''Shri devi, Shri'' * ''Ichthyovenator'' * ''Ignavusaurus'' * ''Ignotosaurus'' – possibly non-dinosaurian * ''Iguanacolossus'' * ''
Iguanodon ''Iguanodon'' ( ; meaning ' iguana-tooth'), named in 1825, is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur. While many species have been classified in the genus ''Iguanodon'', dating from the late Jurassic Period to the early Cretaceous Period of Asia, ...
'' * "Iguanoides" – ''nomen nudum''; ''
Iguanodon ''Iguanodon'' ( ; meaning ' iguana-tooth'), named in 1825, is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur. While many species have been classified in the genus ''Iguanodon'', dating from the late Jurassic Period to the early Cretaceous Period of Asia, ...
'' * "Iguanosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''
Iguanodon ''Iguanodon'' ( ; meaning ' iguana-tooth'), named in 1825, is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur. While many species have been classified in the genus ''Iguanodon'', dating from the late Jurassic Period to the early Cretaceous Period of Asia, ...
'' * ''Iliosuchus'' * ''Ilokelesia'' * ''Imperobator'' * ''Incisivosaurus'' * ''Indosaurus'' * ''Indosuchus'' * "''Heyuannia, Ingenia''" –
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name, now known as ''Heyuannia, Heyuannia yanshini'' * ''Ingentia'' * ''Inosaurus'' * ''Invictarx'' * ''Irisosaurus'' * '' Irritator'' * ''Isaberrysaura'' * ''Isanosaurus'' * ''Isasicursor'' * ''Ischioceratops'' * ''Ischisaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Herrerasaurus ''Herrerasaurus'' is a genus of saurischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic period. This genus was one of the earliest dinosaurs from the fossil record. Its name means "Herrera's lizard", after the rancher who discovered the first specimen i ...
'' * "''Ischyrosaurus''" –
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genus name, species ''Ischyrosaurus manseli'' * ''Isisaurus'' * "Issasaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Dicraeosaurus'' * ''Issi'' * ''Itapeuasaurus'' * ''Itemirus'' * ''Iuticosaurus'' * ''Iyuku''


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* ''Jainosaurus'' * ''Jakapil'' * ''Jaklapallisaurus'' * ''Janenschia'' * ''Jaxartosaurus'' * ''Jeholosaurus'' * ''Jenghizkhan'' – junior synonym of ''Tarbosaurus'' * "Jensenosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''
Supersaurus ''Supersaurus'' (meaning "super lizard") is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic period. The type species, ''S. vivianae'', was first discovered by Vivian Jones of Delta, Colorado, in ...
'' * ''Jeyawati'' * ''Jianchangosaurus'' * "Jiangjunmiaosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''Monolophosaurus'' * ''Jiangjunosaurus'' * ''Jiangshanosaurus'' * ''Jiangxisaurus'' * ''Jianianhualong'' * ''Jinbeisaurus'' * ''Jinfengopteryx'' * ''Jingshanosaurus'' * ''Jintasaurus'' * ''Jinyunpelta'' * ''Jinzhousaurus'' * ''Jiutaisaurus'' * ''Jobaria'' * ''Jubbulpuria'' * ''Judiceratops'' * ''Jurapteryx'' – junior synonym of ''
Archaeopteryx ''Archaeopteryx'' (; ), sometimes referred to by its German name, "" ( ''Primeval Bird''), is a genus of bird-like dinosaurs. The name derives from the ancient Greek (''archaīos''), meaning "ancient", and (''ptéryx''), meaning "feather" ...
'' * "Jurassosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''Tianchisaurus'' * ''Juratyrant'' * ''Juravenator''


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* ''Kaatedocus'' * "Kagasaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Kaijiangosaurus'' * ''Kaijutitan'' * ''Kakuru'' * ''Kamuysaurus'' * ''Kangnasaurus'' * ''Kansaignathus'' * ''Karongasaurus'' * ''Katepensaurus'' * "Katsuyamasaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' *''Kayentavenator'' * ''Kazaklambia'' * ''Kelmayisaurus'' * ''Kelumapusaura'' * ''Kemkemia'' – subsequently found to be a crocodyliform * '' Kentrosaurus'' * ''Kentrurosaurus'' – junior synonym (unneeded replacement name) of '' Kentrosaurus'' * ''Kerberosaurus'' * ''Khaan'' * "Khetranisaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Kholumolumo'' * ''Khulsanurus'' * ''Kileskus'' * ''
Kinnareemimus ''Kinnareemimus'' is a genus of ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaur from Thailand. It is known only from incomplete remains discovered no later than the early 1990s that includes vertebrae, partial pubic bones, metatarsals, and an incomplete fi ...
'' * "Kitadanisaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Fukuiraptor'' * "Kittysaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Eotyrannus'' * ''Klamelisaurus'' * ''Kol ghuva, Kol'' * ''Koparion'' * ''Koreaceratops'' * ''Koreanosaurus'' * "Koreanosaurus (theropod), Koreanosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; name later used formally for a Koreanosaurus, genus of ornithopod * ''Koshisaurus'' * ''Kosmoceratops'' * ''Kotasaurus'' * ''Koutalisaurus'' – possible junior synonym of ''Pararhabdodon'' * ''Kritosaurus'' * ''Kryptops'' * ''Krzyzanowskisaurus'' – probably a
pseudosuchia Pseudosuchia is one of two major divisions of Archosauria, including living crocodilians and all archosaurs more closely related to crocodilians than to birds. Pseudosuchians are also informally known as "crocodilian-line archosaurs". Prior to ...
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Revueltosaurus ''Revueltosaurus'' ("Revuelto lizard") is an extinct genus of suchian pseudosuchian from Late Triassic (late Carnian to middle Norian stage) deposits of New Mexico, Arizona and North Carolina, United States. Many specimens, mostly teeth, have bee ...
''?) * ''Kukufeldia'' – junior synonym of ''
Barilium ''Barilium'' is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur which was first described as a species of ''Iguanodon'' (''I. dawsoni'') by Richard Lydekker in 1888, the specific epithet honouring the discoverer Charles Dawson. In 2010 it was reclassified ...
'' * ''Kulceratops'' * '' Kulindadromeus'' * ''Kulindapteryx'' – synonym of '' Kulindadromeus'' * ''Kunbarrasaurus'' * ''Kundurosaurus'' * "Kunmingosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''
Kuru Kuru may refer to: Anthropology and history * Kuru (disease), a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy associated with the cannibalistic funeral practices of the Fore people * Kuru (mythology), part of Meithei mythology * Kuru Kingdom, ...
'' * ''Kurupi itaata, Kurupi'' * ''Kuszholia'' – probably a
bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
* ''Kwanasaurus'' – possibly non-dinosaurian


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* ''Labocania'' * ''Labrosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Allosaurus ''Allosaurus'' () is a genus of large carnosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived 155 to 145 million years ago during the Late Jurassic epoch ( Kimmeridgian to late Tithonian). The name "''Allosaurus''" means "different lizard" alludin ...
'' * "''Laelaps (dinosaur), Laelaps''" –
preoccupied The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
name, now known as '' Dryptosaurus'' * ''Laevisuchus'' * ''Lagerpeton'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian pterosauromorph * ''Lagosuchus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian dinosauromorph * ''Laiyangosaurus'' * ''Lajasvenator'' * ''Lamaceratops'' – possible junior synonym of '' Bagaceratops'' * '' Lambeosaurus'' * ''Lametasaurus'' * ''Lamplughsaura'' * ''Lanasaurus'' – junior synonym of ''Lycorhinus'' * "Lancangosaurus" – variant spelling of "Lancanjiangosaurus" * "Lancanjiangosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Lanzhousaurus'' * ''Laosaurus'' * ''Lapampasaurus'' * ''Laplatasaurus'' * ''Lapparentosaurus'' * ''Laquintasaura'' * ''Latenivenatrix'' – possible junior synonym of ''Stenonychosaurus'' * ''Latirhinus'' * ''Lavocatisaurus'' * ''Leaellynasaura'' * ''Ledumahadi'' * ''Leinkupal'' * ''Leipsanosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Struthiosaurus ''Struthiosaurus'' (Latin ''struthio'' = ostrich + Greek ''sauros'' = lizard) is a genus of nodosaurid dinosaurs, from the Late Cretaceous period (Santonian-Maastrichtian) of Austria, Romania, France and Hungary in Europe. ...
'' * "Lengosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Eotyrannus'' * ''Leonerasaurus'' * ''Lepidocheirosaurus'' — junior synonym of '' Kulindadromeus'' * ''Lepidus praecisio, Lepidus'' * ''Leptoceratops'' * ''Leptorhynchos (dinosaur), Leptorhynchos'' * ''Leptospondylus'' – junior synonym of '' Massospondylus'' * ''Leshansaurus'' * '' Lesothosaurus'' * ''Lessemsaurus'' * ''Levnesovia'' * ''Lewisuchus'' – possibly non-dinosaurian * ''Lexovisaurus'' * ''Leyesaurus'' * ''Liaoceratops'' * ''Liaoningosaurus'' * ''Liaoningotitan'' * ''Liaoningvenator'' * "Liassaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; possible synonym of ''Sarcosaurus'' * ''Libycosaurus'' – subsequently found to be an anthracothere mammal * ''Ligabueino'' * ''Ligabuesaurus'' * "Ligomasaurus" – ''nomen nudum'', synonym of '' Giraffatitan'' * "Likhoelesaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; possibly non-dinosaurian * ''Liliensternus'' * ''Limaysaurus'' * "''Palaeocursornis, Limnornis''" –
preoccupied The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
name, now known as ''Palaeocursornis'' ( a
pterosaur Pterosaurs (; from Greek ''pteron'' and ''sauros'', meaning "wing lizard") is an extinct clade of flying reptiles in the order, Pterosauria. They existed during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous (228 ...
) * "''Telmatosaurus, Limnosaurus''" –
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name, now known as ''Telmatosaurus'' * ''Limusaurus'' * ''Lingwulong'' * ''Lingyuanosaurus'' * ''Linhenykus'' * ''Linheraptor'' * ''Linhevenator'' * ''Lirainosaurus'' * ''Lisboasaurus'' – subsequently found to be a
crocodilia Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both ) is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, known as crocodilians. They first appeared 95 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period ( Cenomanian stage) and are the closest livi ...
n * ''Liubangosaurus'' * ''Llukalkan'' * ''Lohuecotitan'' * ''Loncosaurus'' * ''Longisquama'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
reptile Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates ( lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalia ...
* ''Longosaurus'' – junior synonym of '' Coelophysis'' * ''Lophorhothon'' * ''Lophostropheus'' * ''Loricatosaurus'' * ''Loricosaurus'' * ''Losillasaurus'' * ''Lourinhanosaurus'' * ''Lourinhasaurus'' * ''Luanchuanraptor'' * "Luanpingosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''Psittacosaurus'' * ''Lucianosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosauriform Archosauriformes (Greek for 'ruling lizards', and Latin for 'form') is a clade of diapsid reptiles that developed from archosauromorph ancestors some time in the Latest Permian (roughly 252 million years ago). It was defined by Jacques Gauthier ...
* ''Lucianovenator'' * ''Lufengosaurus'' * ''Lukousaurus'' – possibly a crurotarsi, crurotarsan * ''Luoyanggia'' * ''Lurdusaurus'' * ''Lusitanosaurus'' * ''Lusotitan'' * ''Lusovenator'' * ''Lutungutali'' – possibly non-dinosaurian * ''Lycorhinus'' * ''Lythronax''


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* ''Macelognathus'' – subsequently found to be a sphenosuchian
crocodilia Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both ) is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, known as crocodilians. They first appeared 95 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period ( Cenomanian stage) and are the closest livi ...
n * ''Machairasaurus'' * ''Machairoceratops'' * ''Macrocollum'' * ''Macrodontophion'' – subsequently found to be a member of Lophotrochozoa * ''Macrogryphosaurus'' * ''Macrophalangia'' – junior synonym of ''
Chirostenotes ''Chirostenotes'' ( ; named from Greek 'narrow-handed') is a genus of oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from the late Cretaceous (about 76.5 million years ago) of Alberta, Canada. The type species is ''Chirostenotes pergracilis''. History of discover ...
'' * "Macroscelosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; junior synonym of ''Tanystropheus'' * ''Macrurosaurus'' * "Madsenius" – ''nomen nudum'', ''
Allosaurus ''Allosaurus'' () is a genus of large carnosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived 155 to 145 million years ago during the Late Jurassic epoch ( Kimmeridgian to late Tithonian). The name "''Allosaurus''" means "different lizard" alludin ...
'' * ''Magnamanus'' * ''Magnapaulia'' * ''Magnirostris'' – possible junior synonym of '' Bagaceratops'' * ''Magnosaurus'' * "Magulodon" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Magyarosaurus'' * ''Mahakala omnogovae, Mahakala'' * ''Mahuidacursor'' * ''Maiasaura'' * ''Maip'' * ''Majungasaurus'' * ''Majungatholus'' – junior synonym of ''Majungasaurus'' * ''Malarguesaurus'' * ''Malawisaurus'' * ''Maleevosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''Tarbosaurus'' * ''Maleevus'' * ''Malefica'' * ''Mamenchisaurus'' * ''Mandschurosaurus'' * ''Manidens'' * ''Manospondylus'' – synonym of ''
Tyrannosaurus ''Tyrannosaurus'' is a genus of large theropoda, theropod dinosaur. The species ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' (''rex'' meaning "king" in Latin), often called ''T. rex'' or colloquially ''T-Rex'', is one of the best represented theropods. ''Tyrannosa ...
'' * ''Mansourasaurus'' * ''
Mantellisaurus ''Mantellisaurus'' is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur that lived in the Barremian and early Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous Period of Europe. Its remains are known from Belgium ( Bernissart), England, Spain and Germany. The type and only ...
'' * ''Mantellodon'' – junior synonym of ''
Mantellisaurus ''Mantellisaurus'' is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur that lived in the Barremian and early Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous Period of Europe. Its remains are known from Belgium ( Bernissart), England, Spain and Germany. The type and only ...
'' * "Maojandino" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Mapusaurus'' * ''Maraapunisaurus'' * ''Marasuchus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian dinosauromorph * "Marisaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Marmarospondylus'' * ''Marshosaurus'' * ''Martharaptor'' * ''Masiakasaurus'' * '' Massospondylus'' * ''Matheronodon'' * ''Maxakalisaurus'' * ''Mbiresaurus'' * ''Medusaceratops'' * "Megacervixosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * "''Megadactylus''" –
preoccupied The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
name, now known as '' Anchisaurus'' * "Megadontosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''Microvenator'' * ''Megalosaurus'' * ''Megapnosaurus'' – possible junior synonym of '' Coelophysis'' * ''Megaraptor'' * ''Mei (dinosaur), Mei'' * ''Melanorosaurus'' * ''Mendozasaurus'' * ''Menefeeceratops'' * ''Menucocelsior'' * ''Meraxes gigas, Meraxes'' * ''Mercuriceratops'' * ''Meroktenos'' * ''Metriacanthosaurus'' * "Microcephale" – ''nomen nudum'' * "''Microceratops gobiensis, Microceratops''" –
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name, now known as ''Microceratus'' * ''Microceratus'' * ''Microcoelus'' * "Microdontosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Microhadrosaurus'' * ''Micropachycephalosaurus'' * ''
Microraptor ''Microraptor'' ( Greek, μικρός, ''mīkros'': "small"; Latin, ''raptor'': "one who seizes") is a genus of small, four-winged dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. Numerous well-preserved fossil specimens have been recovered from Liaoning, China. ...
'' * ''Microvenator'' * ''Mierasaurus'' * "Mifunesaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Minmi paravertebra, Minmi'' * ''Minotaurasaurus'' * '' Miragaia'' * ''Mirischia'' * ''Mnyamawamtuka'' * ''Moabosaurus'' * ''Mochlodon'' * "Mohammadisaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Tornieria'' * ''Mojoceratops'' – junior synonym of '' Chasmosaurus'' * ''Mongolosaurus'' * ''Mongolostegus'' * ''Monkonosaurus'' * ''Monoclonius'' * ''Monolophosaurus'' * "''Mononychus olecranus, Mononychus''" –
preoccupied The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
name, now known as ''Mononykus'' * ''Mononykus'' * ''Montanoceratops'' * ''Morelladon'' * ''Morinosaurus'' * ''Moros intrepidus, Moros'' * ''Morosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Camarasaurus ''Camarasaurus'' ( ) was a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs and is the most common North American sauropod fossil. Its fossil remains have been found in the Morrison Formation, dating to the Late Jurassic epoch ( Kimmeridgian to ...
'' * ''Morrosaurus'' * ''Mosaiceratops'' * "Moshisaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; possibly ''Mamenchisaurus'' * "Mtapaiasaurus" – ''nomen nudum'', synonym of '' Giraffatitan'' * "Mtotosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Dicraeosaurus'' * ''Murusraptor'' * ''Mussaurus'' * ''Muttaburrasaurus'' * ''Muyelensaurus'' * ''Mymoorapelta''


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* ''Naashoibitosaurus'' * ''Nambalia'' * ''Nankangia'' * ''Nanningosaurus'' * ''
Nanosaurus ''Nanosaurus'' ("small or dwarf lizard") is the name given to a genus of neornithischian dinosaur that lived about 155 to 148 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic-age. Its fossils are known from the Morrison Formation of the south-weste ...
'' * ''Nanotyrannus'' – junior synonym of ''
Tyrannosaurus ''Tyrannosaurus'' is a genus of large theropoda, theropod dinosaur. The species ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' (''rex'' meaning "king" in Latin), often called ''T. rex'' or colloquially ''T-Rex'', is one of the best represented theropods. ''Tyrannosa ...
'' * ''Nanshiungosaurus'' * ''Nanuqsaurus'' * ''Nanyangosaurus'' * ''Napaisaurus'' * ''Narambuenatitan'' * ''Narindasaurus'' * ''Nasutoceratops'' * ''Natovenator'' * "Natronasaurus" – invalid name, either '' Alcovasaurus'' or '' Miragaia'' * ''Navajoceratops'' * ''Nebulasaurus'' * "''Nectosaurus navajovius, Nectosaurus''" –
preoccupied The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
name, now known as ''Kritosaurus'' * ''Nedcolbertia'' * ''
Nedoceratops ''Nedoceratops'' (meaning "insufficient horned face") is a controversial genus of ceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period Lance Formation of North America. It is known only from a single skull discovered in Wyoming. Its status is the ...
'' – possible junior synonym of ''
Triceratops ''Triceratops'' ( ; ) is a genus of herbivorous chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur that first appeared during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 68 million years ago in what is now North America. It is one ...
'' * ''Neimongosaurus'' * "''Nemegtomaia, Nemegtia''" –
preoccupied The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
name, now known as ''Nemegtomaia'' * ''Nemegtomaia'' * ''Nemegtonykus'' * ''Nemegtosaurus'' * "''Neosaurus missouriensis, Neosaurus''" –
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name; renamed ''Parrosaurus'', which is now ''Hypsibema'' * ''Neosodon'' * ''Neovenator'' * '' Neuquenraptor'' * ''Neuquensaurus'' * ''Nevadadromeus'' * "Newtonsaurus" – ''nomen nudum'', possibly ''Zanclodon cambrensis, Zanclodon'' * "Ngexisaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Ngwevu'' * ''Nhandumirim'' * ''Nicksaurus'' – ''nomen manuscriptum'' * ''Niebla antiqua, Niebla'' * ''Nigersaurus'' * ''Ningyuansaurus'' * ''Ninjatitan'' * ''Niobrarasaurus'' * ''Nipponosaurus'' * ''Noasaurus'' * ''Nodocephalosaurus'' * ''Nodosaurus'' * ''Nomingia'' – possible junior synonym of ''
Elmisaurus ''Elmisaurus'' (meaning "foot sole lizard") is an extinct genus of caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. It was a theropod belonging to the Oviraptorosauria. Discovery In 1970, a paleontological Polish-M ...
'' * ''Nopcsaspondylus'' * ''Normanniasaurus'' * ''Notatesseraeraptor'' * ''Nothronychus'' * ''Notoceratops'' * ''Notocolossus'' * ''Notohypsilophodon'' * ''Nqwebasaurus'' * "Nteregosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''Janenschia'' * ''Nullotitan'' * "Nurosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Nuthetes'' * ''Nyasasaurus'' — possibly non-dinosaurian * "Nyororosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Dicraeosaurus''


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* ''Oceanotitan'' * ''Ohmdenosaurus'' * ''Ojoceratops'' – possible synonym of ''
Eotriceratops ''Eotriceratops'' (meaning "dawn three-horned face") is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaurs which lived in the area of North America during the late Cretaceous period. The only named species is ''Eotriceratops xerinsularis''. Discovery ...
'' * ''Ojoraptorsaurus'' * ''Oksoko avarsan, Oksoko'' * ''Oligosaurus'' * ''Olorotitan'' * ''Omeisaurus'' * "''Omosaurus armatus, Omosaurus''" –
preoccupied The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
name, now known as '' Dacentrurus'' * ''Ondogurvel'' * ''Onychosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''Zalmoxes'' or ''Rhabdodon'', or an ankylosaurian * ''Oohkotokia'' * ''Opisthocoelicaudia'' * ''Oplosaurus'' * "Orcomimus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Orinosaurus'' – junior synonym (unneeded replacement name) of ''Orosaurus'' * ''Orkoraptor'' * ''Ornatops'' * ''Ornatotholus'' – junior synonym of ''Stegoceras'' * ''Ornithodesmus'' * "Ornithoides" – ''nomen nudum''; ''Saurornithoides'' * ''Ornitholestes'' * ''Ornithomerus'' * ''Ornithomimoides'' * ''Ornithomimus'' * ''Ornithopsis'' * '' Ornithosuchus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosaur Archosauria () is a clade of diapsids, with birds and crocodilians as the only living representatives. Archosaurs are broadly classified as reptiles, in the cladistic sense of the term which includes birds. Extinct archosaurs include non-avia ...
* ''Ornithotarsus'' – junior synonym of '' Hadrosaurus'' * ''Orodromeus'' * ''Orosaurus'' * ''Orthogoniosaurus'' * ''Orthomerus'' * ''Oryctodromeus'' * "Oshanosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Osmakasaurus'' * ''Ostafrikasaurus'' * ''Ostromia'' * ''Othnielia'' – junior synonym of ''
Nanosaurus ''Nanosaurus'' ("small or dwarf lizard") is the name given to a genus of neornithischian dinosaur that lived about 155 to 148 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic-age. Its fossils are known from the Morrison Formation of the south-weste ...
'' * ''Othnielosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Nanosaurus ''Nanosaurus'' ("small or dwarf lizard") is the name given to a genus of neornithischian dinosaur that lived about 155 to 148 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic-age. Its fossils are known from the Morrison Formation of the south-weste ...
'' * ''Otogosaurus'' — possibly a ''nomen nudum'' * ''Ouranosaurus'' * ''Overoraptor'' * ''Overosaurus'' * '' Oviraptor'' * "Ovoraptor" – ''nomen nudum''; ''Velociraptor'' * ''Owenodon'' * ''Oxalaia'' – possible junior synonym of ''Spinosaurus'' * ''Ozraptor''


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* ''
Pachycephalosaurus ''Pachycephalosaurus'' (; meaning "thick-headed lizard", from Greek ''pachys-/'' "thick", ''kephale/'' "head" and ''sauros/'' "lizard") is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs. The type species, ''P. wyomingensis'', is the only known specie ...
'' * ''Pachyrhinosaurus'' * ''Pachysauriscus'' – junior synonym of '' Plateosaurus'' * ''Pachysaurops'' – junior synonym of '' Plateosaurus'' * "''Pachysaurus''" –
preoccupied The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
name, now known as ''Pachysauriscus''; junior synonym of '' Plateosaurus'' * ''Pachyspondylus'' – junior synonym of '' Massospondylus'' * ''Pachysuchus'' * ''Padillasaurus'' * "Pakisaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Palaeoctonus'' – subsequently found to be a phytosaur * ''Palaeocursornis'' – subsequently found to be an azhdarchoid
pterosaur Pterosaurs (; from Greek ''pteron'' and ''sauros'', meaning "wing lizard") is an extinct clade of flying reptiles in the order, Pterosauria. They existed during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous (228 ...
* "Palaeolimnornis" – ''nomen nudum''; ''Palaeocursornis'', pterodactyloid pterosaur belonging to Azhdarchoidea * ''Palaeopteryx'' – possibly a
bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
* ''Palaeosauriscus'' – junior synonym of ''
Palaeosaurus ''Palaeosaurus'' (or ''Paleosaurus'') is a genus of indeterminate archosaur known from two teeth found in the Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation and also either the Magnesian Conglomerate or the Avon Fissure Fill of Clifton, Bristol, England (ori ...
'' * ''
Palaeosaurus ''Palaeosaurus'' (or ''Paleosaurus'') is a genus of indeterminate archosaur known from two teeth found in the Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation and also either the Magnesian Conglomerate or the Avon Fissure Fill of Clifton, Bristol, England (ori ...
'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
reptile Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates ( lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalia ...
* "''Palaeosaurus sternbergii, Palaeosaurus''" –
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name, now known as ''Sphenosaurus'' and considered to be a non-dinosaurian procolophonid * ''Palaeoscincus'' * ''Paleosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosaur Archosauria () is a clade of diapsids, with birds and crocodilians as the only living representatives. Archosaurs are broadly classified as reptiles, in the cladistic sense of the term which includes birds. Extinct archosaurs include non-avia ...
; junior synonym (unneeded replacement name) of ''
Palaeosaurus ''Palaeosaurus'' (or ''Paleosaurus'') is a genus of indeterminate archosaur known from two teeth found in the Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation and also either the Magnesian Conglomerate or the Avon Fissure Fill of Clifton, Bristol, England (ori ...
'' * ''Paludititan'' * ''Paluxysaurus'' – junior synonym of ''Sauroposeidon'' * ''Pampadromaeus'' * ''Pamparaptor'' * ''Panamericansaurus'' * ''Pandoravenator'' * ''Panguraptor'' * ''Panoplosaurus'' * ''Panphagia'' * ''Pantydraco'' – possible synonym of ''
Thecodontosaurus ''Thecodontosaurus'' ("socket-tooth lizard") is a genus of herbivorous basal sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the late Triassic period ( Rhaetian age). Its remains are known mostly from Triassic "fissure fillings" in South England. ' ...
'' * ''Papiliovenator'' * "Paraiguanodon" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Bactrosaurus'' * ''Paralitherizinosaurus'' * ''Paralititan'' * ''Paranthodon'' * ''Pararhabdodon'' * ''Parasaurolophus'' * ''Paraxenisaurus'' * ''Pareiasaurus'' – subsequently found to be a
pareiasaur Pareiasaurs (meaning "cheek lizards") are an extinct clade of large, herbivorous parareptiles. Members of the group were armoured with scutes which covered large areas of the body. They first appeared in southern Pangea during the Middle Permi ...
* ''Pareisactus'' * ''Parksosaurus'' * ''Paronychodon'' * ''Parrosaurus'' – now known as ''Hypsibema missouriensis'' * ''Parvicursor'' * ''Patagonykus'' * ''Patagopelta'' * ''Patagosaurus'' * ''Patagotitan'' * ''Pawpawsaurus'' * ''Pectinodon'' * ''Pedopenna'' * ''Pegomastax'' * ''Peishansaurus'' * ''Pekinosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a
pseudosuchia Pseudosuchia is one of two major divisions of Archosauria, including living crocodilians and all archosaurs more closely related to crocodilians than to birds. Pseudosuchians are also informally known as "crocodilian-line archosaurs". Prior to ...
n; junior synonym of ''
Revueltosaurus ''Revueltosaurus'' ("Revuelto lizard") is an extinct genus of suchian pseudosuchian from Late Triassic (late Carnian to middle Norian stage) deposits of New Mexico, Arizona and North Carolina, United States. Many specimens, mostly teeth, have bee ...
'' * ''Pelecanimimus'' * ''Pellegrinisaurus'' * ''Peloroplites'' * '' Pelorosaurus'' * "''Peltosaurus (dinosaur), Peltosaurus''" –
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name, now known as ''Sauropelta'' * ''Pendraig'' * ''Penelopognathus'' * ''Pentaceratops'' * ''Perijasaurus'' * ''Petrobrasaurus'' * ''Phaedrolosaurus'' * ''Philovenator'' * ''Phuwiangosaurus'' * ''Phuwiangvenator'' * ''Phyllodon'' * ''Piatnitzkysaurus'' * ''Picrodon'' – possibly non-dinosaurian * ''Pilmatueia'' * ''Pinacosaurus'' * ''Pisanosaurus'' — possibly non-dinosaurian * ''Pitekunsaurus'' * ''Piveteausaurus'' * ''Planicoxa'' * ''Plateosauravus'' * '' Plateosaurus'' * ''Platyceratops'' – possible junior synonym of '' Bagaceratops'' * ''Platypelta'' * ''Plesiohadros'' * ''Pleurocoelus'' – possible junior synonym of '' Astrodon'' * ''Pleuropeltus'' – junior synonym of ''
Struthiosaurus ''Struthiosaurus'' (Latin ''struthio'' = ostrich + Greek ''sauros'' = lizard) is a genus of nodosaurid dinosaurs, from the Late Cretaceous period (Santonian-Maastrichtian) of Austria, Romania, France and Hungary in Europe. ...
'' * ''Pneumatoarthrus'' – subsequently found to be a turtle * ''Pneumatoraptor'' * ''Podokesaurus'' * ''Poekilopleuron'' * ''Polacanthoides'' – possible junior synonym of ''Hylaeosaurus'' or '' Polacanthus'' * '' Polacanthus'' * ''Polyodontosaurus'' * ''Polyonax'' * ''Ponerosteus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosaur Archosauria () is a clade of diapsids, with birds and crocodilians as the only living representatives. Archosaurs are broadly classified as reptiles, in the cladistic sense of the term which includes birds. Extinct archosaurs include non-avia ...
* ''Poposaurus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosaur Archosauria () is a clade of diapsids, with birds and crocodilians as the only living representatives. Archosaurs are broadly classified as reptiles, in the cladistic sense of the term which includes birds. Extinct archosaurs include non-avia ...
* ''Portellsaurus'' *''Postosuchus'' – subsequently found to be a rauisuchian * ''Powellvenator'' * ''Pradhania'' * ''Prenocephale'' * ''Prenoceratops'' * ''Priconodon'' * ''Priodontognathus'' * ''Proa valdearinnoensis, Proa'' * ''Probactrosaurus'' * ''Probrachylophosaurus'' * ''Proceratops'' – junior synonym (unneeded replacement name) of '' Ceratops'' * ''Proceratosaurus'' * ''Procerosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a Tanystropheidae, tanystropheid Protorosauria, protorosaur, ''Tanystropheus'' * "''Procerosaurus exogirarum, Procerosaurus''" –
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name, now known as ''Ponerosteus'' * ''Procheneosaurus'' – junior synonym of '' Lambeosaurus'' * ''Procompsognathus'' * ''Prodeinodon'' * "Proiguanodon" – ''nomen nudum''; ''
Iguanodon ''Iguanodon'' ( ; meaning ' iguana-tooth'), named in 1825, is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur. While many species have been classified in the genus ''Iguanodon'', dating from the late Jurassic Period to the early Cretaceous Period of Asia, ...
'' * ''Propanoplosaurus'' * ''Proplanicoxa'' – junior synonym of ''
Mantellisaurus ''Mantellisaurus'' is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur that lived in the Barremian and early Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous Period of Europe. Its remains are known from Belgium ( Bernissart), England, Spain and Germany. The type and only ...
'' * ''Prosaurolophus'' * ''Protarchaeopteryx'' * ''Protecovasaurus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosauriform Archosauriformes (Greek for 'ruling lizards', and Latin for 'form') is a clade of diapsid reptiles that developed from archosauromorph ancestors some time in the Latest Permian (roughly 252 million years ago). It was defined by Jacques Gauthier ...
* ''Protiguanodon'' – junior synonym of ''Psittacosaurus'' * ''Protoavis'' – described as a bird, probably a chimera (paleontology), chimera including theropoda, theropod dinosaur bones * ''Protoceratops'' * ''Protognathosaurus'' * "''Protognathus oxyodon, Protognathus''" –
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name, now known as ''Protognathosaurus'' * ''Protohadros'' * "''Protorosaurus belli, Protorosaurus''" –
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name, now known as '' Chasmosaurus'' * ''Protorosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
reptile Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates ( lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalia ...
* "Protrachodon" – ''nomen nudum''; ''Orthomerus'' * "Proyandusaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''Hexinlusaurus''. * ''Pseudolagosuchus'' – possibly non-dinosaurian; a junior synonym of ''Lewisuchus'' * ''Psittacosaurus'' * ''Pteropelyx'' * ''Pterospondylus'' * ''Puertasaurus'' * ''Pukyongosaurus'' * ''Pulanesaura'' * ''Punatitan'' * ''Pycnonemosaurus'' * ''Pyroraptor''


Q

* ''Qantassaurus'' * ''Qianzhousaurus'' * ''Qiaowanlong'' * ''Qijianglong'' * ''Qingxiusaurus'' * ''Qinlingosaurus'' * ''Qiupalong'' * ''Qiupanykus'' * ''Quaesitosaurus'' * ''Quetecsaurus'' * ''Quilmesaurus''


R

* ''Rachitrema'' – subsequently found to be a chimera (paleontology), chimera primarily based on ichthyosaur fossils * ''Rahiolisaurus'' * "''Rahona ostromi, Rahona''" –
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name, now known as ''Rahonavis'' * ''Rahonavis'' – possibly a
bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
* ''Rajasaurus'' * ''Rapator'' * ''Rapetosaurus'' * ''Raptorex'' – possible junior synonym of ''Tarbosaurus'' * ''Ratchasimasaurus'' * ''Rativates'' * ''Rayososaurus'' * ''Razanandrongobe'' – subsequently found to be a crocodylomorph * ''Rebbachisaurus'' * ''Regaliceratops'' * ''Regnosaurus'' * ''
Revueltosaurus ''Revueltosaurus'' ("Revuelto lizard") is an extinct genus of suchian pseudosuchian from Late Triassic (late Carnian to middle Norian stage) deposits of New Mexico, Arizona and North Carolina, United States. Many specimens, mostly teeth, have bee ...
'' – subsequently found to be a
pseudosuchia Pseudosuchia is one of two major divisions of Archosauria, including living crocodilians and all archosaurs more closely related to crocodilians than to birds. Pseudosuchians are also informally known as "crocodilian-line archosaurs". Prior to ...
n * ''Rhabdodon'' * ''Rhadinosaurus'' – may be non-dinosaurian, possibly
crocodilia Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both ) is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, known as crocodilians. They first appeared 95 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period ( Cenomanian stage) and are the closest livi ...
n * ''Rhinorex'' – possible synonym of '' Gryposaurus'' * ''Rhodanosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Struthiosaurus ''Struthiosaurus'' (Latin ''struthio'' = ostrich + Greek ''sauros'' = lizard) is a genus of nodosaurid dinosaurs, from the Late Cretaceous period (Santonian-Maastrichtian) of Austria, Romania, France and Hungary in Europe. ...
'' * ''Rhoetosaurus'' * ''Rhomaleopakhus'' * ''Rhopalodon'' – subsequently found to be a synapsid * ''Riabininohadros'' * ''Richardoestesia'' * "''Rileya bristolensis, Rileya''" –
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name, now known as ''Rileyasuchus'' * ''Rileyasuchus'' – subsequently found to be a phytosaur * ''Rinchenia'' * ''Rinconsaurus'' * ''Rioarribasaurus'' – junior synonym of '' Coelophysis'' * "Riodevasaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''Turiasaurus'' * ''Riojasaurus'' * ''Riojasuchus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosaur Archosauria () is a clade of diapsids, with birds and crocodilians as the only living representatives. Archosaurs are broadly classified as reptiles, in the cladistic sense of the term which includes birds. Extinct archosaurs include non-avia ...
* ''Riparovenator'' * ''Rocasaurus'' * "Roccosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''Melanorosaurus'' * "List of informally named dinosaurs#Ronaldoraptor, Ronaldoraptor" – ''nomen nudum'' *''Rubeosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''Styracosaurus'' * ''Ruehleia'' * ''Rugocaudia'' * ''Rugops'' * ''Ruixinia'' * ''Rukwatitan'' * ''Ruyangosaurus''


S

* ''Sacisaurus'' – possibly non-dinosaurian * ''Sahaliyania'' * ''Saichania'' * "Saldamosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * "Salimosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'', synonym of '' Giraffatitan'' * ''Saltasaurus'' * ''Saltopus'' – possibly non-dinosaurian * "Saltriosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Saltriovenator'' * "Sanchusaurus" – ''nomen nudum'', possible ''
Gallimimus ''Gallimimus'' ( ) is a genus of Theropoda, theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Mongolia during the Late Cretaceous Period (geology), period, about seventy mya (unit), million years ago (mya). Several fossils in various stages of growth ...
'' * "Sangonghesaurus" – ''nomen nudum'', ''Tianchisaurus'' * ''Sanjuansaurus'' * ''Sanpasaurus'' * ''Santanaraptor'' * ''Sanxiasaurus'' * ''Sarahsaurus'' * ''Saraikimasoom'' – ''nomen manuscriptum'' * ''Sarcolestes'' * ''Sarcosaurus'' * ''Sarmientosaurus'' * ''Saturnalia (dinosaur), Saturnalia'' * "Sauraechinodon" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Echinodon'' * "Sauraechmodon" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Echinodon'' * "Saurechinodon" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Echinodon'' * ''Saurolophus'' * ''Sauroniops'' * ''Sauropelta'' * ''Saurophaganax'' * "''Saurophagus maximus, Saurophagus''" –
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name, now known as ''Saurophaganax'' * ''Sauroplites'' * ''Sauroposeidon'' * ''Saurornithoides'' * ''Saurornitholestes'' * ''Savannasaurus'' * '' Scansoriopteryx'' * ''Scaphonyx'' – subsequently found to be a rhynchosaur, ''Hyperodapedon'' * ''Scelidosaurus'' * ''Schleitheimia'' * ''Scipionyx'' * ''Sciurumimus'' * ''Scleromochlus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian avemetatarsalian * ''Scolosaurus'' * ''Scutellosaurus'' * ''Secernosaurus'' * ''Sefapanosaurus'' * ''Segisaurus'' * ''Segnosaurus'' * ''Seismosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Diplodocus ''Diplodocus'' (, , or ) was a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs, whose fossils were first discovered in 1877 by S. W. Williston. The generic name, coined by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1878, is a neo-Latin term derived from Greek δ ...
'' * ''Seitaad'' * ''Sektensaurus'' * "Selimanosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Dicraeosaurus'' * ''Sellacoxa'' – junior synonym of ''
Barilium ''Barilium'' is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur which was first described as a species of ''Iguanodon'' (''I. dawsoni'') by Richard Lydekker in 1888, the specific epithet honouring the discoverer Charles Dawson. In 2010 it was reclassified ...
'' * ''Sellosaurus'' – junior synonym of '' Plateosaurus'' * ''Serendipaceratops'' * ''Serikornis'' * ''Shamosaurus'' * ''Shanag'' * ''Shanshanosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''Tarbosaurus'' * ''Shantungosaurus'' * ''Shanxia'' * ''Shanyangosaurus'' * ''Shaochilong'' * ''Shenzhousaurus'' * ''Shidaisaurus'' * ''Shingopana'' * ''Shishugounykus'' * ''Shixinggia'' * ''Shri devi, Shri'' * ''Shuangbaisaurus'' – possible synonym of ''Sinosaurus'' * ''Shuangmiaosaurus'' * ''Shunosaurus'' * ''Shuvosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a rauisuchian * ''Shuvuuia'' * ''Siamodon'' * "Siamodracon" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Siamosaurus'' * ''Siamotyrannus'' * ''Siamraptor'' * ''Siats (dinosaur), Siats'' * "Sibirosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'', now known as ''Sibirotitan'' * ''Sibirotitan'' * "Sidormimus" – ''nomen nudum'' *''Sierraceratops'' * ''Sigilmassasaurus'' – possible junior synonym of ''Spinosaurus'' * ''Silesaurus'' – possibly non-dinosaurian * ''Siluosaurus'' * ''Silutitan'' * ''Silvisaurus'' * ''Similicaudipteryx'' * ''Sinankylosaurus'' * ''Sinocalliopteryx'' * ''Sinocephale'' * ''Sinoceratops'' * ''Sinocoelurus'' * "Sinopelta" – ''nomen nudum''; synonym of ''Sinopeltosaurus'' * "Sinopeltosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Sinopliosaurus'' – a pliosaur; one species, ''"Sinopliosaurus" fusuiensis, "S." fusuiensis'', is actually a dinosaur that may be synonymous with ''Siamosaurus'' * ''Sinornithoides'' * ''Sinornithomimus'' * ''Sinornithosaurus'' * ''Sinosauropteryx'' * ''Sinosaurus'' * ''Sinotyrannus'' * ''Sinovenator'' * ''Sinraptor'' * ''Sinusonasus'' * ''Sirindhorna'' * ''Skorpiovenator'' * "''Zanclodon, Smilodon''" –
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name, now known as ''Zanclodon'' * ''Smitanosaurus'' * ''Smok wawelski, Smok'' — possibly non-dinosaurian * ''Sonidosaurus'' * ''
Sonorasaurus ''Sonorasaurus'' is a genus of brachiosaurid dinosaur from the Early to Late Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian stages, around 112 to 93 million years ago). It was a herbivorous sauropod whose fossils have been found in southern Arizona in ...
'' * ''Soriatitan'' * ''Soumyasaurus'' – possibly non-dinosaurian * ''Spectrovenator'' * ''Sphaerotholus'' * ''Sphenosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
reptile Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates ( lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalia ...
* ''Sphenospondylus'' – junior synonym of ''
Mantellisaurus ''Mantellisaurus'' is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur that lived in the Barremian and early Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous Period of Europe. Its remains are known from Belgium ( Bernissart), England, Spain and Germany. The type and only ...
'' * ''Spiclypeus'' * ''Spicomellus'' * ''Spinophorosaurus'' * ''Spinops'' * ''Spinosaurus'' * ''Spinostropheus'' * ''Spinosuchus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
reptile Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates ( lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalia ...
* ''Spondylosoma'' – subsequently found to be an aphanosaur * ''Squalodon'' – subsequently found to be a cetacean * ''Staurikosaurus'' * ''Stegoceras'' * ''Stegopelta'' * ''Stegosaurides'' * ''
Stegosaurus ''Stegosaurus'' (; ) is a genus of herbivorous, four-legged, armored dinosaur from the Late Jurassic, characterized by the distinctive kite-shaped upright plates along their backs and spikes on their tails. Fossils of the genus have been fou ...
'' * ''Stegouros'' * ''Stellasaurus'' * ''Stenonychosaurus'' * ''Stenopelix'' * ''Stenotholus'' – junior synonym of ''Stygimoloch'', which is a possible junior synonym of ''
Pachycephalosaurus ''Pachycephalosaurus'' (; meaning "thick-headed lizard", from Greek ''pachys-/'' "thick", ''kephale/'' "head" and ''sauros/'' "lizard") is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs. The type species, ''P. wyomingensis'', is the only known specie ...
'' * ''Stephanosaurus'' * "''Stereocephalus tutus, Stereocephalus''" –
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name, now known as ''
Euoplocephalus ''Euoplocephalus'' ( ) is a genus of very large, herbivorous ankylosaurid dinosaurs, living during the Late Cretaceous of Canada. It has only one named species, ''Euoplocephalus tutus''. The first fossil of ''Euoplocephalus'' was found in 1 ...
'' * ''Sterrholophus'' – junior synonym of ''
Triceratops ''Triceratops'' ( ; ) is a genus of herbivorous chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur that first appeared during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 68 million years ago in what is now North America. It is one ...
'' * ''Stokesosaurus'' * ''Stormbergia'' – junior synonym of '' Lesothosaurus'' * ''Strenusaurus'' – junior synonym of ''Riojasaurus'' * ''Streptospondylus'' * ''Struthiomimus'' * ''
Struthiosaurus ''Struthiosaurus'' (Latin ''struthio'' = ostrich + Greek ''sauros'' = lizard) is a genus of nodosaurid dinosaurs, from the Late Cretaceous period (Santonian-Maastrichtian) of Austria, Romania, France and Hungary in Europe. ...
'' * ''Stygimoloch'' – junior synonym of ''
Pachycephalosaurus ''Pachycephalosaurus'' (; meaning "thick-headed lizard", from Greek ''pachys-/'' "thick", ''kephale/'' "head" and ''sauros/'' "lizard") is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs. The type species, ''P. wyomingensis'', is the only known specie ...
'' * ''Stygivenator'' – junior synonym of ''
Tyrannosaurus ''Tyrannosaurus'' is a genus of large theropoda, theropod dinosaur. The species ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' (''rex'' meaning "king" in Latin), often called ''T. rex'' or colloquially ''T-Rex'', is one of the best represented theropods. ''Tyrannosa ...
'' * ''Styracosaurus'' * ''Succinodon'' – subsequently found to be
fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...
ized mollusc borings * ''Suchomimus'' * ''Suchoprion'' – subsequently found to be a phytosaur * ''Suchosaurus'' – possible synonym of '' Baryonyx'' * "Sugiyamasaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * "Sulaimanisaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''
Supersaurus ''Supersaurus'' (meaning "super lizard") is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic period. The type species, ''S. vivianae'', was first discovered by Vivian Jones of Delta, Colorado, in ...
'' * ''Suskityrannus'' * ''Suuwassea'' * ''Suzhousaurus'' * ''Symphyrophus'' – junior synonym of ''
Camptosaurus ''Camptosaurus'' ( ) is a genus of plant-eating, beaked ornithischian dinosaurs of the Late Jurassic period of western North America and possibly also Europe. The name means 'flexible lizard' ( Greek (') meaning 'bent' and (') meaning 'li ...
'' * ''Syngonosaurus'' * "''Coelophysis? kayentakatae, Syntarsus''" –
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name, sometimes assigned to '' Coelophysis'' or ''Megapnosaurus'' * ''Syrmosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''Pinacosaurus'' * '' Szechuanosaurus''


T

* ''Tachiraptor'' * ''
Talarurus ''Talarurus'' ( ; meaning "basket tail" or "wicker tail") is a genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous period, about 96 million to 89 million years ago. The first remains of ''Talarurus'' were discovered in ...
'' * ''Talenkauen'' * ''Talos (dinosaur), Talos'' * ''Tamarro'' * ''Tambatitanis'' * ''Tangvayosaurus'' * ''Tanius'' * ''Tanycolagreus'' * ''Tanystropheus'' – subsequently found to be a protorosaur * ''Tanystrosuchus'' * ''Taohelong'' * ''Tapinocephalus'' – subsequently found to be a
therapsid Therapsida is a major group of eupelycosaurian synapsids that includes mammals, their ancestors and relatives. Many of the traits today seen as unique to mammals had their origin within early therapsids, including limbs that were oriented more ...
* ''Tapuiasaurus'' * ''Tarascosaurus'' * ''Tarbosaurus'' * ''Tarchia'' * ''Tastavinsaurus'' * ''Tatankacephalus'' * ''Tatankaceratops'' – probable junior synonym of ''
Triceratops ''Triceratops'' ( ; ) is a genus of herbivorous chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur that first appeared during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 68 million years ago in what is now North America. It is one ...
'' * ''Tataouinea'' * ''Tatisaurus'' * ''Taurovenator'' * ''Taveirosaurus'' * ''Tawa (dinosaur), Tawa'' * ''Tawasaurus'' – junior synonym of ''Lufengosaurus'' * ''Tazoudasaurus'' * ''Technosaurus'' – possibly non-dinosaurian * ''Tecovasaurus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosauriform Archosauriformes (Greek for 'ruling lizards', and Latin for 'form') is a clade of diapsid reptiles that developed from archosauromorph ancestors some time in the Latest Permian (roughly 252 million years ago). It was defined by Jacques Gauthier ...
* ''Tehuelchesaurus'' * "Teihivenator" – ''nomen nudum'' * '' Teinurosaurus'' * ''Teleocrater'' – subsequently found to be a basal avemetatarsalian * ''Telmatosaurus'' * "Tenantosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Tenontosaurus'' * "Tenchisaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; an unpublished museum name for ''Tianchisaurus'' * ''Tendaguria'' * ''Tengrisaurus'' * '' Tenontosaurus'' * ''Teratophoneus'' * '' Teratosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosaur Archosauria () is a clade of diapsids, with birds and crocodilians as the only living representatives. Archosaurs are broadly classified as reptiles, in the cladistic sense of the term which includes birds. Extinct archosaurs include non-avia ...
* ''Termatosaurus'' – subsequently found to be a phytosaur * ''Terminocavus'' * ''Tethyshadros'' * ''Tetragonosaurus'' – junior synonym of '' Lambeosaurus'' * ''Texacephale'' * ''Texasetes'' * ''Teyuwasu'' – possibly junior synonym of ''Staurikosaurus'' * ''Thanatotheristes'' * ''Thanos simonattoi, Thanos'' * ''Thecocoelurus'' * ''
Thecodontosaurus ''Thecodontosaurus'' ("socket-tooth lizard") is a genus of herbivorous basal sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the late Triassic period ( Rhaetian age). Its remains are known mostly from Triassic "fissure fillings" in South England. ' ...
'' * ''Thecospondylus'' * ''Theiophytalia'' * ''Therizinosaurus'' * ''Therosaurus'' – a synonym of ''
Iguanodon ''Iguanodon'' ( ; meaning ' iguana-tooth'), named in 1825, is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur. While many species have been classified in the genus ''Iguanodon'', dating from the late Jurassic Period to the early Cretaceous Period of Asia, ...
'' * ''
Thescelosaurus ''Thescelosaurus'' ( ; ancient Greek - (''-'') meaning "godlike", "marvellous", or "wondrous" and (') "lizard") was a genus of small neornithischian dinosaur that appeared at the very end of the Late Cretaceous period in North America. It was ...
'' * ''Thespesius'' * "Thotobolosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''Kholumolumo'' * ''Tianchiasaurus'' – alternate spelling of ''Tianchisaurus'' * ''Tianchisaurus'' * "Tianchungosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Dianchungosaurus'' (
crocodilia Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both ) is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, known as crocodilians. They first appeared 95 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period ( Cenomanian stage) and are the closest livi ...
n) * ''Tianyulong'' * ''Tianyuraptor'' * ''Tianzhenosaurus'' * ''Tichosteus'' * ''Tienshanosaurus'' * ''Timimus'' * ''Timurlengia'' * ''Titanoceratops'' * ''Titanosaurus'' * "''Titanosaurus montanus, Titanosaurus''" –
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name, now known as ''
Atlantosaurus ''Atlantosaurus'' (meaning "Atlas lizard") is a dubious genus of sauropod dinosaur. It contains a single species, ''Atlantosaurus montanus'', from the upper Morrison Formation of Colorado, United States. ''Atlantosaurus'' was the first sauropod ...
'' * ''Tlatolophus'' * ''Tochisaurus'' * "''Tomodon horrificus, Tomodon''" –
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name, now known as '' Diplotomodon'' *''Tonganosaurus'' * ''Tongtianlong'' * "Tonouchisaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Torilion'' – junior synonym of ''
Barilium ''Barilium'' is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur which was first described as a species of ''Iguanodon'' (''I. dawsoni'') by Richard Lydekker in 1888, the specific epithet honouring the discoverer Charles Dawson. In 2010 it was reclassified ...
'' * '' Tornieria'' * ''Torosaurus'' * '' Torvosaurus'' * ''Tototlmimus'' * ''Trachodon'' * ''Tralkasaurus'' * ''Transylvanosaurus'' * ''Tratayenia'' * ''Traukutitan'' * ''Trialestes'' – subsequently found to be a basal crocodylomorph * "''Triassolestes''" –
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name, now known as ''Trialestes'' * ''Tribelesodon'' – junior synonym of ''Tanystropheus'', a protorosaur * ''
Triceratops ''Triceratops'' ( ; ) is a genus of herbivorous chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur that first appeared during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 68 million years ago in what is now North America. It is one ...
'' * ''Trierarchuncus'' * ''Trigonosaurus'' * ''Trimucrodon'' * ''Trinisaura'' * ''Triunfosaurus'' * ''Troodon'' * ''Tsaagan'' * ''Tsagantegia'' * ''Tsintaosaurus'' * ''Tuebingosaurus'' * ''Tugulusaurus'' * ''Tuojiangosaurus'' * ''Turanoceratops'' * ''Turiasaurus'' * ''Tylocephale'' * ''Tylosteus'' – synonym of ''
Pachycephalosaurus ''Pachycephalosaurus'' (; meaning "thick-headed lizard", from Greek ''pachys-/'' "thick", ''kephale/'' "head" and ''sauros/'' "lizard") is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs. The type species, ''P. wyomingensis'', is the only known specie ...
'' * ''
Tyrannosaurus ''Tyrannosaurus'' is a genus of large theropoda, theropod dinosaur. The species ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' (''rex'' meaning "king" in Latin), often called ''T. rex'' or colloquially ''T-Rex'', is one of the best represented theropods. ''Tyrannosa ...
'' * ''Tyrannotitan''


U

* ''Uberabatitan'' * "Ubirajara jubatus, Ubirajara" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Udanoceratops'' * ''Ugrosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Triceratops ''Triceratops'' ( ; ) is a genus of herbivorous chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur that first appeared during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 68 million years ago in what is now North America. It is one ...
'' * ''Ugrunaaluk'' – junior synonym of ''
Edmontosaurus ''Edmontosaurus'' ( ) (meaning "lizard from Edmonton") is a genus of hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur. It contains two known species: ''Edmontosaurus regalis'' and '' Edmontosaurus annectens''. Fossils of ''E. regalis'' have been found in rock ...
'' * ''Uintasaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Camarasaurus ''Camarasaurus'' ( ) was a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs and is the most common North American sauropod fossil. Its fossil remains have been found in the Morrison Formation, dating to the Late Jurassic epoch ( Kimmeridgian to ...
'' * ''Ultrasauros'' – junior synonym of ''
Supersaurus ''Supersaurus'' (meaning "super lizard") is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic period. The type species, ''S. vivianae'', was first discovered by Vivian Jones of Delta, Colorado, in ...
'' * "''Ultrasauros, Ultrasaurus''" –
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name, renamed ''Ultrasauros'' which is now a junior synonym of ''
Supersaurus ''Supersaurus'' (meaning "super lizard") is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic period. The type species, ''S. vivianae'', was first discovered by Vivian Jones of Delta, Colorado, in ...
'' * ''Ultrasaurus'' * ''Ulughbegsaurus'' * "Umarsaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Barsboldia'' * ''Unaysaurus'' * ''Unenlagia'' * ''Unescoceratops'' * "Unicerosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'', subsequently found to be a
fish Fish are Aquatic animal, aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack Limb (anatomy), limbs with Digit (anatomy), digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and Chondrichthyes, cartilaginous and bony fish as we ...
* ''Unquillosaurus'' * ''Urbacodon'' * ''Utahceratops'' * ''Utahraptor'' * ''Uteodon''


V

* ''Vagaceratops'' * ''Vahiny'' * ''Valdoraptor'' – possible synonym of ''Thecocoelurus'' * ''Valdosaurus'' * ''Vallibonavenatrix'' * ''Variraptor'' * ''Vayuraptor'' * ''Vectaerovenator'' * ''Vectensia'' – junior synonym of '' Polacanthus'' or ''Hylaeosaurus'' * ''Vectiraptor'' * ''Vectisaurus'' – junior synonym of ''
Mantellisaurus ''Mantellisaurus'' is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur that lived in the Barremian and early Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous Period of Europe. Its remains are known from Belgium ( Bernissart), England, Spain and Germany. The type and only ...
'' * ''Velafrons'' * ''Velocipes'' * ''Velociraptor'' * ''Velocisaurus'' * ''Venaticosuchus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosaur Archosauria () is a clade of diapsids, with birds and crocodilians as the only living representatives. Archosaurs are broadly classified as reptiles, in the cladistic sense of the term which includes birds. Extinct archosaurs include non-avia ...
* ''Venenosaurus'' * ''Vespersaurus'' * ''Veterupristisaurus'' * ''Viavenator'' * "Vitakridrinda" – ''nomen nudum'' * "Vitakrisaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Volgatitan'' * ''Volkheimeria'' * ''Vouivria'' * ''Vulcanodon''


W

* ''Wadhurstia'' – junior synonym of ''
Hypselospinus ''Hypselospinus'' is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur which was first described as a species of ''Iguanodon'' (''I. fittoni'') by Richard Lydekker in 1889, the specific name honouring William Henry Fitton. History In May 2010 the fossils co ...
'' * ''Wakinosaurus'' * ''Walgettosuchus'' – possible synonym of ''Rapator'' * "''Walkeria maleriensis, Walkeria''" –
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name, now known as ''
Alwalkeria ''Alwalkeria'' (; "for Alick Walker") is a genus partly based on basal saurischian dinosaur remains from the Late Triassic, living in India. A thighbone found indicates a small bipedal form. It has been seen as a chimera. Etymology This taxon ...
'' * "Walkersaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; '' Duriavenator'' * ''Wamweracaudia'' * "Wangonisaurus" – ''nomen nudum'', synonym of '' Giraffatitan'' * ''Wannanosaurus'' * ''Weewarrasaurus'' * ''Wellnhoferia'' – subsequently found to be a bird, possible junior synonym of ''
Archaeopteryx ''Archaeopteryx'' (; ), sometimes referred to by its German name, "" ( ''Primeval Bird''), is a genus of bird-like dinosaurs. The name derives from the ancient Greek (''archaīos''), meaning "ancient", and (''ptéryx''), meaning "feather" ...
'' * ''Wendiceratops'' * ''Wiehenvenator'' * ''Willinakaqe'' *''Wintonotitan'' * ''Wuerhosaurus'' * ''Wulagasaurus'' * ''Wulatelong'' * ''Wulong bohaiensis, Wulong'' * ''Wyleyia'' – possibly a bird * "Wyomingraptor" – ''nomen nudum'', synonym of ''
Allosaurus ''Allosaurus'' () is a genus of large carnosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived 155 to 145 million years ago during the Late Jurassic epoch ( Kimmeridgian to late Tithonian). The name "''Allosaurus''" means "different lizard" alludin ...
''


X

* ''Xenoceratops'' * ''Xenoposeidon'' * ''Xenotarsosaurus'' * ''Xianshanosaurus'' * ''Xiaosaurus'' * ''Xiaotingia'' * ''Xingtianosaurus'' * ''Xingxiulong'' * ''Xinjiangovenator'' * ''Xinjiangtitan'' * ''Xiongguanlong'' * ''Xixianykus'' * ''Xixiasaurus'' * ''Xixiposaurus'' * ''Xiyunykus'' * ''Xuanhanosaurus'' * ''Xuanhuaceratops'' * "Xuanhuasaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; ''Xuanhuaceratops'' * ''Xunmenglong'' * ''Xuwulong''


Y

* ''Yaleosaurus'' – junior synonym of '' Anchisaurus'' * ''Yamaceratops'' * ''Yamanasaurus'' * ''Yamatosaurus'' * ''Yandusaurus'' * ''Yangchuanosaurus'' * ''Yaverlandia'' * ''Yehuecauhceratops'' * "Yezosaurus" – ''nomen nudum''; subsequently found to be a junior synonym of the mosasaur ''Taniwhasaurus'' * ''Yi (dinosaur), Yi'' * "Yibinosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Yimenosaurus'' * ''Yingshanosaurus'' * ''Yinlong'' * ''Yixianosaurus'' * ''Yizhousaurus'' * ''Yongjinglong'' * ''Ypupiara'' * "Yuanmouraptor" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Yuanmousaurus'' * ''Yueosaurus'' * ''Yulong mini, Yulong'' * ''Yunganglong'' * ''Yunmenglong'' * ''Yunnanosaurus'' * "Yunxianosaurus" – ''nomen nudum'' * ''Yunyangosaurus'' * ''Yurgovuchia'' * ''Yutyrannus'' * ''Yuxisaurus'' * ''Yuzhoulong''


Z

* ''Zalmoxes'' * ''Zanabazar (dinosaur), Zanabazar'' * ''Zanclodon'' – subsequently found to be non-dinosaurian * ''Zapalasaurus'' * ''Zapsalis'' * ''Zaraapelta'' * ''Zatomus'' – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian
archosaur Archosauria () is a clade of diapsids, with birds and crocodilians as the only living representatives. Archosaurs are broadly classified as reptiles, in the cladistic sense of the term which includes birds. Extinct archosaurs include non-avia ...
* ''Zby'' * ''Zephyrosaurus'' * ''Zhanghenglong'' * ''Zhejiangosaurus'' * ''Zhenyuanlong'' * ''Zhongjianosaurus'' * ''Zhongornis'' – possibly a bird * ''Zhongyuansaurus'' – possible junior synonym of '' Gobisaurus'' * ''Zhuchengceratops'' * ''Zhuchengosaurus'' – junior synonym of ''Shantungosaurus'' * ''Zhuchengtitan'' * ''Zhuchengtyrannus'' * ''Ziapelta'' * ''Zigongosaurus'' * ''Zizhongosaurus'' * ''Zuniceratops'' * "Zunityrannus" – ''nomen nudum'', ''Suskityrannus'' * ''Zuolong'' * ''Zuoyunlong'' * ''Zupaysaurus'' * ''Zuul''


See also

* Dinosaur classification * List of birds * List of bird genera * List of dinosaur ichnogenera * List of informally named dinosaurs * List of ichthyosaur genera * List of Mesozoic birds * List of mosasaur genera * List of pelycosaurs * List of plesiosaur genera * List of pterosaur genera * List of therapsids * List of South American dinosaurs * List of North American dinosaurs * List of African dinosaurs * List of Asian dinosaurs * List of European dinosaurs * List of Indian and Madagascan dinosaurs * List of Australian and Antarctic dinosaurs * List of commonly used taxonomic affixes


Notes

* Most uncited genus names are taken from Olshevsky's "Dinosaur Genera List". Non-dinosaur dinosauromorphs and non-avebrevicaudan avialans are also listed by Olshevsky, but are omitted from this list as they are not considered "non-avian dinosaurs" in most published sources.


References

* Lambert, D. (1993). "A to Z of Dinosaurs" In: ''The Ultimate Dinosaur Book''. Dorling Kindersley, 192 pp.  * Olshevsky, G. (1995–2021)
Dinosaur Genera List
Retrieved July 30, 2013. * Walters, M. & J. Paker (1995). ''Dictionary of Prehistoric Life''. Claremont Books. . * Weishampel, D.B., P. Dodson & H. Osmólska (eds.) (2004). ''The Dinosauria, Second Edition''. University of California Press, 861 pp. . {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Dinosaurs Lists of prehistoric reptiles, Dinosaurs Dinosaur-related lists, * Lists of prehistoric animal genera (alphabetic), Dinosaurs