Name | Period | Diet[1] | Notes | Abrosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Small Camarasaurus–like sauropod |
Achillobator | Cretaceous | carnivore | A large, heavily-built dromaeosaur. |
Adasaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | A close relative of Velociraptor. |
Agilisaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Found during the construction of a museum. |
Airakoraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | Possibly a dromaeosaur. |
Albalophosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | The first ceratopsian known from Japan. |
Albinykus | Cretaceous | carnivore | An alvarezsaur. |
Alectrosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | Possibly a tyrannosauroid. |
Alioramus | Cretaceous | carnivore | It had a long skull with several bumps on it. |
Altirhinus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Known for its large nose. |
Alxasaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Its discovery helped solve the mystery of therizinosaurs. |
Amtocephale | Cretaceous | herbivore | A pachycephalosaur. |
Amtosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Based only on fragments of skull |
Amurosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A lambeosaurine from the Russia/China border. |
Anchiornis | Jurassic | carnivore | Its describers cited it as important in filling a gap in the transition between the body plans of birds and dinosaurs. |
Anserimimus | Cretaceous | omnivore | It had unusual hands for an ornithomimosaur. |
Aorun | Jurassic | carnivore | Probably an alvarezsaur. |
Aralosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | It had a large, solid crest on its nose. |
Archaeoceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | A primitive ceratopsian. |
Archaeornithoides | Cretaceous | carnivore | One of the smallest non-avian dinosaurs. |
Archaeornithomimus | Cretaceous | omnivore | Originally thought to be older than currently thought. |
Arkharavia | Cretaceous | herbivore | May be a hadrosaur, a sauropod, or both (a chimaera) |
Arstanosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A poorly-known hadrosaur. |
Asiaceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | Probably a leptoceratopsid. |
Asiatosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Two species have been named, which is impressive as both are only known from teeth. |
Auroraceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | A contemporary of Archaeoceratops. |
Aurornis | Jurassic | carnivore | Sometimes thought to be the oldest known bird. |
Avimimus | Cretaceous | omnivore | Its describer originally thought it could fly. |
Bactrosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Named for the club-shaped spines on its vertebrae. |
Bagaceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | Similar to Protoceratops. |
Bagaraatan | Cretaceous | carnivore | Probably a tyrannosauroid. |
Bainoceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | A leptoceratopsid. |
Bakesaurus | Cretaceous | (unknown) | Uncertain, see article |
Balochisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | The species name is the name of the describer himself. |
Banji | Cretaceous | omnivore | It had small stripes on its crest. |
Baotianmansaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A large sauropod. |
Barsboldia | Cretaceous | herbivore | A hadrosaur with large spines on its vertebrae, possibly supported a high sail. |
Batyrosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | May be the same as Arstanosaurus. |
Beipiaosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Its discovery suggests therizinosaurs had feathers. |
Beishanlong | Cretaceous | omnivore | A giant, primitive ornithomimosaur. |
Bellusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A bone bed was discovered that may represent a herd that drowned in a flood. |
Bienosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | An Asian cousin of Scelidosaurus. |
Bissektipelta | Cretaceous | herbivore | May be the same as Amtosaurus. |
Bolong | Cretaceous | herbivore | Known from a formation that produced a lot of feathered dinosaur fossils. |
Borealosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A large sauropod of uncertain classification. |
Borogovia | Cretaceous | carnivore | Its "sickle claw" was unusually straight and flattened. |
Breviceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | May be the same as Bagaceratops. |
Brohisaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Probably one of the oldest titanosauriforms. |
Byronosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | Skulls found in an oviraptorid nest suggest it was probably a nest parasite. |
Caenagnathasia | Cretaceous | omnivore | A small oviraptorosaur. |
Caudipteryx | Cretaceous | omnivore | A very bird-like dinosaur. |
Ceratonykus | Cretaceous | omnivore | Its discovery led scientists questioning where alvarezsaurids fit taxonomically into Theropoda. |
Changchunsaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A small neornithischian. |
Changdusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Possibly a stegosaur. The remains are now lost. |
Changyuraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | It had the longest tail feathers of any known non-avian dinosaur. |
Chaoyangsaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A primitive ceratopsian. |
Charonosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Basically an Asian version of Parasaurolophus. |
Chialingosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Possibly similar to Kentrosaurus. |
Chiayusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A very obscure sauropod. |
Chilantaisaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | It was one of the largest known theropods. |
Chingkankousaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | A poorly known theropod, possibly a tyrannosauroid. |
Chinshakiangosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A large, primitive sauropod. |
Choyrodon | Cretaceous | herbivore | Similar to Altirhinus and from the same area. |
Chuandongocoelurus | Jurassic | carnivore | A close relative of Monolophosaurus. |
Chuanjiesaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Classification is uncertain; it may be a mamenchisaurid. |
Chuanqilong | Cretaceous | herbivore | Known from only one specimen. |
Chungkingosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | It may have had six or more spikes at the end of its tail. |
Chuxiongosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | One of the many basal sauropodomorphs from China. |
Citipati | Cretaceous | omnivore | Many Oviraptor depictions are actually based on this animal. |
Conchoraptor | Cretaceous | omnivore | Once thought to have eaten shellfish, but this is disputed. |
Crichtonpelta | Cretaceous | herbivore | Based on remains once referred to Crichtonsaurus. |
Crichtonsaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Named after the author of the Jurassic Park novels. |
Daanosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A brachiosaurid only known from the remains of a juvenile. |
Dachongosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | May be a sauropod. |
Damalasaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | May be a sauropod. |
Dashanpusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | An Asian cousin of Camarasaurus. |
Datanglong | Cretaceous | carnivore | A carcharodontosaurid. |
Datousaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A mamenchisaurid with an unusually short neck. |
Daxiatitan | Cretaceous | herbivore | Possibly one of the largest known dinosaurs. |
Deinocheirus | Cretaceous | omnivore | Originally known from a large pair of hands, more fossils were described in recent years. |
Dilong | Cretaceous | carnivore | An early tyrannosaur. |
Dongbeititan | Cretaceous | herbivore | One of the only two sauropods from the Yixian Formation. |
Dongyangopelta | Cretaceous | herbivore | An obscure nodosaur. |
Dongyangosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | One of the few dinosaurs known from skeletal remains found in Zhejiang, China. |
Elmisaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | Known from only a foot. |
Enigmosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A therizinosaur with a strangely-shaped pubis. |
Eomamenchisaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | One of the earliest mamenchisaurids. |
Eosinopteryx | Jurassic | carnivore | Either a bird or an anchiornithid non-avian theropod. |
Epidendrosaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | Represents the same animal as Scansoriopteryx, different researchers use either of the two names to refer to the same animal. See article for more information. |
Epidexipteryx | Jurassic | carnivore | A small feathered dinosaur with four long feathers growing out of the tail. |
Equijubus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Microfossils suggest it ate grass. |
Erketu | Cretaceous | herbivore | A titanosauriform with an unusually long neck. |
Erliansaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A therizinosaur. |
Erlikosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | One of the few therizinosaurs from which skull material is known. |
Eshanosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Possibly the oldest therizinosaur, and by extension, the oldest coelurosaur. |
Eugongbusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Coined for the second referred species of Gongbusaurus. |
Euhelopus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Its discovery opened up the way for paleontology in China. |
Ferganasaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | One of the few known dinosaurs from Kyrgyzstan. |
Ferganocephale | Jurassic | herbivore | Originally thought to be a pachycephalosaur; currently classification is uncertain. |
Fukuiraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | A member of the Megaraptora. |
Fukuisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Analysis of the jaw bones suggest it couldn't chew. |
Fukuititan | Cretaceous | herbivore | One of the few known sauropods from Japan. |
Fukuivenator | Cretaceous | unknown | A maniraptoriform with a bizarre combination of traits. |
Fulengia | Jurassic | herbivore | Probably the same as Lufengosaurus. |
Fusuisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A sauropod from China. |
Futabasaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | Name not published officially and later used for a plesiosaur |
Gadolosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Probably a juvenile Arstanosaurus. |
Gallimimus | Cretaceous | omnivore | A large ornithomimosaur. |
Gannansaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | An unusually small sauropod. |
Ganzhousaurus | Cretaceous | omnivore | Coexisted with many other oviraptorosaurs. |
Garudimimus | Cretaceous | omnivore | Once thought to have a crest on its skull. |
Gasosaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | Named after the gasoline company that found its remains. |
Gigantoraptor | Cretaceous | omnivore | A large oviraptorosaur. |
Gigantspinosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | It had large spines on its shoulders. |
Gilmoreosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | It may have been susceptible to cancer. |
Gobiceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | A poorly known small ceratopsian. |
Gobisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | An intermediate form between clubless and club-tailed ankylosaurs. |
Gobititan | Cretaceous | herbivore | A sauropod. |
Gobivenator | Cretaceous | carnivore | A troodontid. |
Gongbusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A poorly-known, possibly dubious ornithischian. |
Gongpoquansaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | An ornithopod. |
Gongxianosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A very large, primitive sauropod. |
Goyocephale | Cretaceous | herbivore/omnivore | A flat-skulled pachycephalosaur. |
Graciliceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | A primitive ceratopsian that walked on two legs. |
Graciliraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | A close relative of Microraptor. |
Guanlong | Jurassic | carnivore | A primitive tyrannosauroid with a crest on its head. |
Gyposaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | The Asian species may not belong to this genus. |
Hanwulosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Reportedly an ankylosaur so unique it belongs within its own subgroup within the Ankylosauria. |
Haplocheirus | Jurassic | carnivore | A primitive alvarezsaur that still had three functional fingers. |
Harpymimus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A primitive ornithomimosaur with teeth. |
Haya | Cretaceous | herbivore/omnivore | Named after a horse-headed god in Mongolian mythology. |
Heilongjiangosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | May be a lambeosaurine hadrosaur. |
Heishansaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Possibly dubious. |
Helioceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | An obscure basal ceratopsian. |
Hexing | Cretaceous | herbivore | An ornithomimosaur. |
Hexinlusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Named after scientist He Xin-Lu |
Heyuannia | Cretaceous | carnivore | Includes "Ajancingenia yanshini" |
Homalocephale | Cretaceous | herbivore/omnivore | A flat-headed pachycephalosaur. |
Huabeisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A very large sauropod. |
Huanghetitan | Cretaceous | herbivore | May be one of the largest known dinosaurs. |
Huaxiagnathus | Cretaceous | carnivore | A compsognathid. |
Huayangosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A primitive stegosaur. |
Hudiesaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A mamenchisaurid sauropod. |
Hulsanpes | Cretaceous | carnivore | Originally thought to be a bird; now it is thought to be a strange, semi-aquatic dromaeosaur. |
Ichthyovenator | Cretaceous | carnivore | A spinosaurid with two sails on its back. |
Incisivosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore/omnivore | It had two prominent teeth. |
Isanosaurus | Triassic | herbivore | A very early sauropod. |
Itemirus | Cretaceous | carnivore | Originally considered dubious. |
Jaxartosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | One of the many hadrosaurs of Kazakhstan. |
Jeholosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A small ornithischian. |
Jianchangosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A therizinosaur from which feather material is known. |
Jiangjunosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A stegosaur. |
Jiangshanosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A titanosaur, not to be confused be Jingshanosaurus. |
Jiangxisaurus | Cretaceous | omnivore | An oviraptorosaur. |
Jinfengopteryx | Jurassic/Cretaceous | omnivore | A very bird-like troodontid. |
Jingshanosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A primitive sauropodomorph, not to be confused with Jiangshanosaurus. |
Jintasaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | An ornithopod. |
Jinzhousaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | An ornithopod from the Yixian formation. |
Jiutaisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A sauropod. |
Kaijiangosaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | A poorly-known theropod. |
Kazaklambia | Cretaceous | herbivore | Once assigned to the wastebasket taxon "Procheneosaurus". |
Kelmayisaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | Giant remains once attributed to this animal may actually belong to a sauropod. |
Kerberosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | One of the last saurolophines. |
Khaan | Cretaceous | carnivore/omnivore | A crestless oviraptorosaur. |
Khetranisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | One of the many sauropods from Pakistan, named by M. Sadiq Malkani. |
Kileskus | Jurassic | carnivore | A primitive tyrannosauroid. |
Kinnareemimus | Cretaceous | omnivore | A primitive ornithomimosaur from Thailand. |
Klamelisaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Possibly the adult form of Bellusaurus. |
Kol | Cretaceous | carnivore | Once one of the shortest dinosaur names. |
Koreaceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | Some scientists once thought it was semi-aquatic. |
Koreanosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Possibly shows burrowing adaptations. |
Koreanosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore? | A nomen nudum; name later used for a genus of ornithopod. |
Koshisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | One of the few knoen ornithopods from Japan. |
Kundurosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Along with Kerberosaurus, one of the last saurolophine hadrosaurs. |
Kulceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | Possibly dubious |
Kulindadromeus | Jurassic | herbivore | Its fossils show that even some ornithischian dinosaurs had feathers. |
Kunmingosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A nomen nudum |
Lamaceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | Possibly the same as Bagaceratops. |
Lancanjiangosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Possibly a sauropod. |
Lanzhousaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | It had the largest teeth of any known dinosaur. |
Leshansaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | An obscure megalosaur. |
Levnesovia | Cretaceous | herbivore | An obscure hadrosaur. |
Liaoceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | A basal ceratopsian. |
Liaoningosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | One of the smallest known non-avian dinosaurs. Some scientists think it was a semi-aquatic fish-eater, the first ornithischian dinosaur known to do so. |
Limusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | It had teeth as juveniles but lost them as adults, suggesting a change in diet. |
Lingwulong | Jurassic | herbivore | The oldest diplodocoid (and oldest neosauropod), and the first diplodocoid from China. |
Linhenykus | Cretaceous | carnivore | It had only one claw on its hands. |
Linheraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | A dromaeosaur. |
Linhevenator | Cretaceous | carnivore | A troodontid. |
Liubangosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A sauropod. |
Luanchuanraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | A primitive dromaeosaur. |
Lufengosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Collagen proteins have been found on the rib of one specimen. |
Luoyanggia | Cretaceous | omnivore | An oviraptorosaur. |
Machairasaurus | Cretaceous | omnivore | An oviraptorosaur. |
Magnirostris | Cretaceous | herbivore | Named for its large beak. |
Mahakala | Cretaceous | carnivore | Recently found to be semiaquatic. |
Maleevus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A very dubious ankylosaur. |
Mamenchisaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | It had a very long neck for its body size. |
Mandschurosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | One of the first non-avian dinosaurs discovered in China. |
Marisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A Pakistani sauropod. |
Megacervixosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Possibly a diplodocid. |
Mei | Cretaceous | carnivore | The holotype was found in a bird-like sleeping position. |
Microceratus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Originally named "Microceratops", but that was preoccupied by a wasp. |
Microdontosaurus | (unknown) | herbivore | Dating dubious |
Microhadrosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Possibly a small hadrosaur. |
Micropachycephalosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | It had the longest genus name of any dinosaur. |
Microraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | A "four-winged" dromaeosaurid from which hundreds of specimens are known. |
Minotaurasaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | The only known skull was excavated illegally. |
Mongolosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Known only from teeth |
Monkonosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A stegosaur; dating dubious. |
Monolophosaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | A primitive theropod. |
Mononykus | Cretaceous | carnivore | It had only one digit on its hands. |
Mosaiceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | A recently-described basal ceratopsian. |
Nankangia | Cretaceous | omnivore | A primitive caenagnathoid. |
Nanningosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | It may be a lambeosaurine. |
Nanshiungosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A therizinosaur with unusual proportions. |
Nanyangosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | An ornithopod which lacked the claws on its thumbs. |
Nebulasaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A close relative of Spinophorosaurus. It may have also had a thagomizer like the latter. |
Neimongosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A therizinosaur. |
Nemegtomaia | Cretaceous | carnivore/omnivore | An oviraptorosaur originally named "Nemegtia". |
Nemegtosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | One of the few known sauropods from Mongolia. |
Ngexisaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | May be a theropod. |
Ningyuansaurus | Cretaceous | omnivore | A primitive oviraptorosaur. |
Nipponosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Despite its name, this dinosaur was actually discovered in Russia. |
Nomingia | Cretaceous | carnivore/omnivore | It may have had a tail fan like a peacock does. |
Nurosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Also known as "Nuoerosaurus" |
Olorotitan | Cretaceous | herbivore | A hadrosaur with a relatively long neck and a distinctive hatchet-shaped crest. |
Omeisaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A close relative of Mamenchisaurus. It might have had a tail club. |
Opisthocoelicaudia | Cretaceous | herbivore | May be the same as Nemegtosaurus. |
Oshanosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Apparently a sauropod. |
Otogosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A poorly-known sauropod. |
Oviraptor | Cretaceous | omnivore | Originally thought to steal and eat eggs from other dinosaurs, hence its name, it turns out that this dinosaur was actually sitting on top of its own eggs in the fossil. |
Pachysuchus | Jurassic | herbivore | A dubious basal sauropodomorph. |
Pakisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Named because it was found in Pakistan. Not to be confused with Pachycephalosaurus, which is sometimes referred to as "pachys". |
Parvicursor | Cretaceous | carnivore? | One of the smallest non-avian dinosaurs. |
Pedopenna | Jurassic | carnivore | Known from only a foot. |
Peishansaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | It is unknown what type of ornithischian it was. |
Penelopognathus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A hadrosauroid. |
Phaedrolosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | Most of its remains have been transferred to the genus Xinjiangovenator. |
Philovenator | Cretaceous | omnivore | A troodontid. |
Phuwiangosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A euhelopodid sauropod from Thailand. |
Pinacosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | This ankylosaur might have been particularly obese. |
Platyceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | May be the same as Bagaceratops. |
Plesiohadros | Cretaceous | herbivore | One of the few knoen ornithopods from Mongolia. |
Prenocephale | Cretaceous | herbivore/omnivore | A common pachycephalosaur. |
Probactrosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A hadrosauroid. |
Prodeinodon | Cretaceous | carnivore | Dubious, see article |
Protarchaeopteryx | Cretaceous | herbivore/omnivore | An oviraptorosaur that is particularly bird-like. |
Protoceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | This basal ceratopsian lived in herds. |
Protognathosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A poorly-known early sauropod. |
Psittacosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | It has the most species of any non-avian dinosaur. |
Pukyongosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | One of the few known non-avian dinosaurs from Korea. |
Qianzhousaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | Due to its long snout, it was nicknamed "Pinocchio rex". |
Qiaowanlong | Cretaceous | herbivore | A Chinese sauropod. |
Qingxiusaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A Chinese sauropod. |
Qinlingosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A poorly-known Chinese sauropod. |
Qiupalong | Cretaceous | omnivore | A specimen of this genus has been found in Canada. |
Quaesitosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Known only from a partial skull. |
Raptorex | Cretaceous | carnivore | Stratigraphy is uncertain; it might have been from the Early or Late Cretaceous. If the latter then it may be a juvenile Tarbosaurus. |
Ratchasimasaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | An ornithopod from Thailand. |
Rinchenia | Cretaceous | omnivore | An oviraptorosaur. |
Ruyangosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A large sauropod. |
Sahaliyania | Cretaceous | herbivore | A hadrosaur. |
Saichania | Cretaceous | herbivore | An ankylosaur. |
Sanchusaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | May be synonymous with Gallimimus. |
Sangonghesaurus | Jurassic/Cretaceous | herbivore | May be synonymous with Tianchisaurus. |
Sanpasaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Formerly considered an ornithischian, it is now thought to be a sauropod. |
Saurolophus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Remains of this genus have also been found in North America. |
Sauroplites | Cretaceous | herbivore | A poorly-known ankylosaur. |
Saurornithoides | Cretaceous | carnivore | A troodontid once thought to be a dromaeosaur. |
Scansoriopteryx | Jurassic | carnivore | Represents the same animal as Epidendrosaurus; different researchers use either of the two names to refer to the same animal. See article for more information. |
Segnosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore/omnivore | One of the first known therizinosaurs. |
Shamosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | An ankylosaur. |
Shanag | Cretaceous | carnivore | An Early Cretaceous dromaeosaur. |
Shantungosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | The largest hadrosaur known to exist. |
Shanxia | Cretaceous | herbivore | May be the same as Saichania. |
Shanyangosaurus | Cretaceous | (unknown) | It is unknown what type of theropod it was. |
Shaochilong | Cretaceous | carnivore | An Asian carcharodontosaurid. |
Shenzhousaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A primitive ornithomimosaur. |
Shidaisaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | Named after the company who owns the land where its fossils were found. |
Shixinggia | Cretaceous | omnivore | An oviraptorosaur. |
Shuangmiaosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | An ornithopod. |
Shunosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A primitive sauropod with a club on its tail. |
Shuvuuia | Cretaceous | carnivore | An alvarezsaur and one of the smallest non-avian dinosaurs known. |
Siamodon | Cretaceous | herbivore | An ornithopod from Thailand. |
Siamosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | One of the few known spinosaurids from Asia. |
Siamotyrannus | Cretaceous | carnivore | Once thought to be a tyrannosaur, it is now thought to be a carnosaur. |
Siluosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A dubious ornithopod. |
Similicaudipteryx | Cretaceous | omnivore | Juveniles had different types of feathers than the adults. |
Sinocalliopteryx | Cretaceous | carnivore | A large compsognathid. |
Sinoceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | The first definitive ceratopsid from Asia. |
Sinocoelurus | Jurassic | carnivore | A dubious theropod. |
Sinopliosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | Actually a pliosaur; a referred species, "S." fusuiensis is actually a spinosaurid theropod. |
Sinornithoides | Cretaceous | carnivore | A troodontid. |
Sinornithomimus | Cretaceous | omnivore | A primitive ornithomimosaur that may have lived in groups. |
Sinornithosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | It was once thought to be poisonous. |
Sinosauropteryx | Cretaceous | carnivore | The colors of this dinosaur have been recreated. It was mostly orange-brown with a striped tail and a "bandit mask" around its eyes. |
Sinosaurus | Triassic/Jurassic | carnivore | Formerly "Dilophosaurus sinensis" |
Sinovenator | Cretaceous | carnivore | A troodontid. |
Sinraptor | Jurassic | carnivore | A cousin of Allosaurus and Metriacanthosaurus. |
Sinusonasus | Cretaceous | carnivore | A troodontid. |
Sinotyrannus | Cretaceous | carnivore | A very large proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid. |
Sonidosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A Mongolian sauropod. |
SPS 100/44 | Cretaceous | carnivore/omnivore | — Known as the "EK troodontid" due to hailing from the Early Cretaceous. |
Stegosaurides | Cretaceous | herbivore | It may be either an ankylosaur or a stegosaur. |
Sugiyamasaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | May be the same as Fukuititan |
Sulaimanisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A Pakistani sauropod. |
Suzhousaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A therizinosaur. |
Szechuanoraptor | Jurassic | herbivore | A nomen nudum about which almost nothing is known. |
Szechuanosaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | A problematic species of theropod. |
Talarurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A probably obese Mongolian ankylosaur. |
Tambatitanis | Cretaceous | herbivore | One of the few known sauropods from Japan. Locally known as "Tamba-ryuu" |
Tangvayosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A sauropod from Laos. |
Tanius | Cretaceous | herbivore | A crestless hadrosaur. |
Taohelong | Cretaceous | herbivore | Closely related to Polacanthus from Europe. |
Tarbosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | Practically the Asian version of Tyrannosaurus rex. |
Tarchia | Cretaceous | herbivore | One of the youngest known Asian ankylosaurs. |
Tatisaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Probably a basal thyreophoran. |
Therizinosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | It had large claws that are over 1 meter (3 feet) in length. |
Tianchisaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | One of the most primitive ankylosaurs. Its species name honors the actors in the film Jurassic Park. |
Tianyulong | Jurassic | omnivore | Its discovery suggests heterodontosaurids had quills. |
Tianyuraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | A microraptorian with unusually short arms. |
Tianzhenosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | May be the same as Saichania. |
Tienshanosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A mamenchisaurid sauropod. |
Tochisaurus | Cretaceous | omnivore | A troodontid. |
Tonganosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | An obscure sauropod. |
Tonouchisaurus | Cretaceous | (unknown) | A theropod, possibly a tyrannosaur. |
Tsaagan | Cretaceous | carnivore | A contemporary of Velociraptor. |
Tsagantegia | Cretaceous | herbivore | An ankylosaur. |
Tsintaosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Despite classical reconstructions, it had a large, hollow crest. |
Tugulusaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore? | May be an alvarezsaur. |
Tuojiangosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | One of the best-known Chinese stegosaurs. |
Turanoceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | Possibly the first ceratopsid found outside North America (though non-ceratopsid ceratopsians are known from Asia) |
Tylocephale | Cretaceous | herbivore | A pachycephalosaur with a tall skull dome. |
Udanoceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | A leptoceratopsid. |
Ultrasaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Dubious, see article |
Urbacodon | Cretaceous | carnivore | A troodontid. |
Velociraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | Despite popular imagery, it was likely feathered. |
Vitakridrinda | Cretaceous | carnivore | An abelisaur. |
Vitakrisaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | A noasaur. |
Wakinosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | A dubious Japanese dinosaur. |
Wannanosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A primitive pachycephalosaur. |
Wuerhosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A stegosaur that lived during the Cretaceous. |
Wulagasaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A hadrosaur. |
Wulatelong | Cretaceous | omnivore | An oviraptorid. |
Xianshanosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A large sauropod. |
Xiaosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Probably an ornithopod. |
Xiaotingia | Jurassic | carnivore | A cousin of Anchiornis. |
Xinjiangovenator | Cretaceous | carnivore | Formerly referred to Phaedrolosaurus. |
Xinjiangtitan | Jurassic | herbivore | A sauropod with an unusually long neck. |
Xiongguanlong | Cretaceous | carnivore | A primitive tyrannosauroid. |
Xixianykus | Cretaceous | (unknown) | An alvarezsaur. |
Xixiasaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | A troodontid. |
Xixiposaurus | Jurassic | omnivore | A basal sauropodomorph. |
Xuanhanosaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | It was once thought to walk on four legs. This is now unlikely. |
Xuanhuaceratops | Jurassic | herbivore | A basal ceratopsian. |
Xuwulong | Cretaceous | herbivore | A hadrosauroid. |
Yamaceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | A recently-discovered basal ceratopsian. |
Yandusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Probably an ornithischian. |
Yangchuanosaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | A large carnosaur. |
Yibinosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Probably a sauropod. |
Yimenosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A large basal sauropodomorph. |
Yingshanosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A stegosaur with unusually large shoulder spikes. |
Yinlong | Jurassic | herbivore | A basal ceratopsian. |
Yixianosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | The only anchiornithid to live in the Cretaceous. |
Yizhousaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | This name was a nomen nudum for eight years and was only formally described in 2018. |
Yongjinglong | Cretaceous | herbivore | A very large sauropod. |
Yuanmousaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A mamenchisaurid sauropod. |
Yueosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Probably a relative of Jeholosaurus. |
Yulong | Cretaceous | omnivore | A small oviraptorosaur. |
Yunganglong | Cretaceous | herbivore | A hadrosauroid. |
Yunnanosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A basal sauropodomorph. |
Yunxianosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Possibly a titanosaur. |
Yutyrannus | Cretaceous | carnivore | The largest known dinosaur with evidence of feathers to date. |
Zanabazar | Cretaceous | carnivore | Formerly considered to be a specimen of Saurornithoides. |
Zhanghenglong | Cretaceous | herbivore | A hadrosauroid with an unusually-shaped aail on its back. |
Zhejiangosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | A nodosaur. |
Zhongornis | Cretaceous | (unknown) | Seems intermediary between Archaeopteryx and birds. It might be a bird itself. |
Zhongyuansaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Possibly the same as Gobisaurus. |
Zhuchengceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | A ceratopsian. |
Zhuchengtyrannus | Cretaceous | carnivore | A large tyrannosaur. |
Zigongosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A mamenchisaurid sauropod. |
Zizhongosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Not to be confused with Zigongosaurus. This is a much more primitive sauropod. |
Zuolong | Jurassic | carnivore | A coelurosaur. |
This is a timeline of selected dinosaurs from the list above. Time is measured in Ma, megaannum, along the x-axis.
1. ^Diet is sometimes hard to determine for dinosaurs and should be considered a "best guess"
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