Dinosaurs
A walk through the Mesozoic.
Every entry separates what the bones actually tell us from what the artist had to guess. Sizes are drawn to scale against a human. Birds, when they show up in the family trees, are dinosaurs too.
Triassic 252–201 Mya Triassic Triassic Triassic
Jurassic 201–145 Mya Jurassic Jurassic Jurassic
Cretaceous 145–66 Mya Cretaceous Cretaceous
Plateosaurus · Plateosauridae Dilophosaurus · Ceratosauria Apatosaurus · Diplodocidae Kentrosaurus · Stegosauridae Mamenchisaurus · Sauropoda Brontosaurus · Diplodocidae Brachiosaurus · Brachiosauridae Allosaurus · Allosauroidea Ceratosaurus · Ceratosauria Diplodocus · Diplodocidae Stegosaurus · Stegosauridae Baryonyx · Spinosauridae Hypsilophodon · Hypsilophodontidae Utahraptor · Dromaeosauridae Iguanodon · Iguanodontia Microraptor · Dromaeosauridae Psittacosaurus · Ceratopsia Deinonychus · Dromaeosauridae Sauropelta · Nodosauridae Patagotitan · Titanosauria Giganotosaurus · Allosauroidea Carcharodontosaurus · Allosauroidea Spinosaurus · Spinosauridae Argentinosaurus · Titanosauria Corythosaurus · Hadrosauridae Euoplocephalus · Ankylosauridae Gorgosaurus · Tyrannosauridae Stegoceras · Pachycephalosauridae Styracosaurus · Ceratopsidae Maiasaura · Hadrosauridae Parasaurolophus · Hadrosauridae Oviraptor · Oviraptorosauria Protoceratops · Ceratopsia Velociraptor · Dromaeosauridae Albertosaurus · Tyrannosauridae Troodon · Troodontidae Pachyrhinosaurus · Ceratopsidae Carnotaurus · Ceratosauria Therizinosaurus · Therizinosauridae Edmontosaurus · Hadrosauridae Gallimimus · Ornithomimosauria Pachycephalosaurus · Pachycephalosauridae Tarbosaurus · Tyrannosauridae Ankylosaurus · Ankylosauridae Triceratops · Ceratopsidae Tyrannosaurus · Tyrannosauridae
Each dot is a dinosaur. Hover or tap to see which one. Color = clade.
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
- Baryonyx ECretaceous 9 m ≈
- Hypsilophodon ECretaceous 2 m ○
- Utahraptor ECretaceous 6 m △
- Iguanodon ECretaceous 10 m ○
- Microraptor ECretaceous 0.8 m △
- Psittacosaurus ECretaceous 2 m ○
- Deinonychus ECretaceous 3.4 m △
- Sauropelta ECretaceous 5.2 m ○
- Patagotitan ECretaceous 37 m ○
- Giganotosaurus LCretaceous 12.5 m △
- Carcharodontosaurus LCretaceous 12 m △
- Spinosaurus LCretaceous 15 m ≈
- Argentinosaurus LCretaceous 35 m ○
- Corythosaurus LCretaceous 9 m ○
- Euoplocephalus LCretaceous 6 m ○
- Gorgosaurus LCretaceous 9 m △
- Stegoceras LCretaceous 2.5 m ◇
- Styracosaurus LCretaceous 5.5 m ○
- Maiasaura LCretaceous 9 m ○
- Parasaurolophus LCretaceous 10 m ○
- Oviraptor LCretaceous 1.6 m ◇
- Protoceratops LCretaceous 1.8 m ○
- Velociraptor LCretaceous 2 m △
- Albertosaurus LCretaceous 9 m △
- Troodon LCretaceous 2.4 m ◇
- Pachyrhinosaurus LCretaceous 7 m ○
- Carnotaurus LCretaceous 8 m △
- Therizinosaurus LCretaceous 10 m ○
- Edmontosaurus LCretaceous 12 m ○
- Gallimimus LCretaceous 6 m ◇
- Pachycephalosaurus LCretaceous 4.5 m ◇
- Tarbosaurus LCretaceous 10 m △
- Ankylosaurus LCretaceous 7 m ○
- Triceratops LCretaceous 9 m ○
- Tyrannosaurus LCretaceous 12 m △
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