Browse the full list of dinosaur names in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory.

May 2, 2024 - From raptors to tyrannosaurs and sauropods to ornithopods, this list includes more than 700 dinosaurs that lived during the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods. It also includes interesting facts about each dinosaur. You'll find it to be hours of fun. There's certainly a new dinosaur waiting for you to discover. And with new discoveries still happening, there's always the excitement of uncovering a previously unknown dinosaur. ... Within these first dinosaurs, you will find well-known names like the Brachiosaurus, Brontosaurus, and the Apatosaurus (formerly the Brontosaurus).

5 days ago - Nomen dubium (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. Aachenosaurus – subsequently found to be a piece of petrified wood ... Brachytaenius – subsequently found to be a metriorhynchid; junior objective synonym of Dakosaurus or Geosaurus ... Dasygnathoides – subsequently found to be a non-dinosaurian archosaur; possible junior synonym of Ornithosuchus

Dino A-Z. A complete list of dinosaur names from Aachenosaurus to Zuul and all the dinosaurs inbetween

Although not nearly as large as its leviathan later relatives, such as Apatosaurus and Barosaurus, Plateosaurus, with a body measuring about 25 feet long, was quite large for an early member of the dinosaurian lineage. ... An intimidating carnivore, Allosaurus reigned as one of the Late Jurassic's top predators. ... Apatosaurus, which means “deceptive lizard,” is now the valid scientific name for the same dinosaur that used to be called Brontosaurus, a much more appealing and descriptively appropriate name, meaning “thunder lizard.”

A-Z of dinosaurs full of facts and pictures. Search by name, type of dinosaur, or when and where they lived. Find out key information such as size, diet and how to pronounce names.

September 24, 2024 - Brachiosaurus’s name means ‘arm lizard’, because of the way its forelimbs joined its shoulders. Unlike other sauropods, Brachiosaurus had front legs that were longer than its hind legs. You can find out more about Brachiosaurus on this page: Brachiosaurus Facts ... Brontosaurus, which means “thunder lizard”, is one of the most iconic and recognizable dinosaurs due to its massive size, long neck, and lengthy tail.

1 week ago - Example of dinosaurs: Triceratops, Stegosaurus, & Tyrannosaurus.

Explore dinosaurs by: Name (A-Z) ... dinosaurs beginning with A · Aardonyx · Abelisaurus · Achelousaurus · Achillobator · Acrocanthosaurus · Aegyptosaurus · Afrovenator · Agilisaurus ·...

Dinosaur names in alphabetical order, with information, facts and coloring pages.

July 18, 2022 - Scientists think the Aardonyx fossil discoveries were from dinosaurs that were under 10 years old. They found remains of vertebrae, dorsal and cervical ribs, gastralia, chevrons, elements of the pectoral and pelvic girdles, and bones of the fore and hind limbs It is thought Aardonyx was a powerful but slow walker. ... Abelisaurus means “Abels lizard” and was named by Argentine paleontologists Jose Bonaparte and Fernando Novis in 1985 after Roberto Abel who discovered the specimen type.

The list of a to z dinosaurs includes all universally accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomen dubium), or were not formally published (nomen nudum), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered dinosaurs.

Stegosaurus: Stegosaurus is named for the bony plates on its back, which resemble a roof or covering. The name comes from Greek and means ‘roof lizard’. Diplodocus: Diplodocus is one of the best known sauropods - huge dinosaurs that walked on four legs and ate plants.

May 12, 2023 - List of all types & genera of dinosaurs with classification & picture; When did dinosaurs live, how did they die & become extinct, biggest/smallest/longest-necked dinosaurs

Learn how dinosaurs get their names: the word dinosaur is from the Greek deinos (terrible) and sauros (lizard).

1 week ago - Aachenosaurus – subsequently found to be a piece of petrified wood Aardonyx "Abdallahsaurus" – nomen nudum, synonym of Giraffatitan Abdarainurus Abditosaurus Abelisaurus Abrictosaurus Abrosaurus Abydosaurus Acantholipan Acanthopholis Achelousaurus Acheroraptor Achillesaurus Achillobator Acristavus Acrocanthosaurus [[link=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Allosaurus_SDNHM.jpg|alt=|thumb|Replica of an Allosaurus skeleton.]] Acrotholus Actiosaurus ...

April 23, 2024 - Let’s start with the king: Tyrannosaurus rex means the “Tyrant Lizard King”, and you could hardly imagine a better name. It was named in 1905 by Henry Fairfield Osborn, who was then the president of the American Museum of Natural History. T-Rex roamed the Earth during the late Cretaceous period, the final era of dinosaur dominance.

3 days ago - "Andhrasaurus" is an informal genus of extinct armored ornithischian dinosaur from the Kota Formation of India. The proposed species is "A. indicus". Ulansky (2014) coined the name for skull elements, about 30 osteoderms, and the extremities of vertebrae and limbs, all preserved in the collections of the GSI and assigned to Ankylosauria by Nath et al. (2002). In 2016, Peter Malcolm Galton and Kenneth Carpenter noted that "Andhrasaurus" did not meet ICZN requirements and therefore declared it a nomen nudum, listing it as Thyreophora indet., while noting that the jawbones described by Nath et al.

Another difficult sounding dinosaur name is Pachycephalosaurus. Broken down into its combining forms it means: pachy-, from Greek meaning thick cephalo-, from Greek meaning head -saurus, from the Greek meaning lizard This is not a comment on the animal's intelligence.