Compsognathus, also called the “compy,” is a genus of small theropod dinosaur in the family Compsognathidae which grows to roughly…
Disambiguation Links – Maiasaura peeblesorum (C/N) The “good mother reptile” was described in 1979 by Dr. Jack Horner (Jurassic Park films…
Among the earliest known dinosaurs, Herrerasaurus (meaning “Herrera’s reptile from Ischigualasto”) was discovered in 1959 near San Juan, Argentina by a…
Corythosaurus (meaning “Corinthian helmet reptile”) is a genus of large lambeosaurine hadrosaur. It lived during the middle Campanian age of…
The “Edmonton Lizard” is a well known duck-billed dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period. The original specimen was discovered in…
Possibly Leptoceratops gracilis, the “small horned face” was discovered in Western North America and described by Barnum Brown in 1914.…
Ankylosaurus is a genus of very large thyreophoran dinosaur in the family Ankylosauridae, which gets its name from this genus.…
Pteranodon is a large pteranodontid pterosaur native to much of the North American Midwest during the late Cretaceous period, 88…
Gallimimus is a genus of medium-sized theropod dinosaur in the family Ornithomimidae. Its name means “chicken mimic,” describing the shape…
Dilophosaurus, with a name meaning “double-crested reptile,” is a small to medium-sized species of theropod dinosaur in the family Dilophosauridae.…
Baryonyx (meaning “heavy claw”) is a genus of medium-to-large theropod dinosaur in the family Spinosauridae. It originally lived during the…
Brachiosaurus is a genus of extremely large sauropod dinosaur in the family Brachiosauridae known from the late Jurassic period, 154…
Ceratosaurus, meaning “horned reptile” for the distinctive horn on its snout, is a species of small to medium-sized ceratosaurid theropod.…
Apatosaurus is a genus of very large sauropod dinosaur in the family Diplodocidae. Its name means “deceptive reptile,” though it…
Spinosaurus is a genus of extremely large semi-aquatic theropod dinosaur in the family Spinosauridae, which gets its name from this…
Stegosaurus is a genus of very large thyreophoran dinosaur in the family Stegosauridae, which is named after this animal. Its…
Among the most well-studied of dinosaurs, Triceratops (meaning “three-horned face”) is a large species of chasmosaurine ceratopsid, or horn-faced, dinosaur.…
Velociraptor antirrhopus (popularly called the “raptor”) is a medium-sized, aberrant species of genetically-modified dromaeosaurid dinosaur. Its genus name means “swift…
Parasaurolophus, often called the parasaur, is a genus of large hadrosaurid dinosaur in the subfamily Lambeosaurinae. It belongs to the…
Tyrannosaurus is a genus of very large theropod dinosaur that lived in the late Cretaceous period between 68 and 65.5…
