[
{
"name": "Aardonyx",
"description": "An early stage in the evolution of sauropods."
},
{
"name": "Abelisaurus",
"description": "\"Abel's lizard\" has been reconstructed from a single skull."
},
{
"name": "Abrictosaurus",
"description": "An early relative of Heterodontosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Abrosaurus",
"description": "A close Asian relative of Camarasaurus."
},
{
"name": "Abydosaurus",
"description": "This sauropod's intact skull was discovered in 2010."
},
{
"name": "Acanthopholis",
"description": "No, it's not a city in Greece."
},
{
"name": "Achelousaurus",
"description": "Might this have been a growth stage of Pachyrhinosaurus?"
},
{
"name": "Achillobator",
"description": "This fierce raptor was discovered in modern-day Mongolia."
},
{
"name": "Acristavus",
"description": "This early hadrosaur lacked any ornamentation on its skull."
},
{
"name": "Acrocanthosaurus",
"description": "The largest meat-eating dinosaur of the early Cretaceous period."
},
{
"name": "Acrotholus",
"description": "North America's earliest bone-headed dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Adamantisaurus",
"description": "This titanosaur was named 50 years after its discovery."
},
{
"name": "Adasaurus",
"description": "This raptor's hind claws were unusually small."
},
{
"name": "Adeopapposaurus",
"description": "A close relative of Massospondylus."
},
{
"name": "Aegyptosaurus",
"description": "Try and guess which country this dinosaur was found in."
},
{
"name": "Aeolosaurus",
"description": "Could this titanosaur have reared up on its hind legs?"
},
{
"name": "Aerosteon",
"description": "This air-boned dinosaur may have breathed like a bird."
},
{
"name": "Afrovenator",
"description": "One of the few carnivores ever to be dug up in northern Africa."
},
{
"name": "Agathaumas",
"description": "The first ceratopsian dinosaur ever discovered."
},
{
"name": "Agilisaurus",
"description": "This \"agile lizard\" was one of the earliest ornithopods."
},
{
"name": "Agujaceratops",
"description": "It was once classified as a species of Chasmosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Agustinia",
"description": "A large, spiny-backed sauropod."
},
{
"name": "Ajkaceratops",
"description": "The first ceratopsian ever to be discovered in Europe."
},
{
"name": "Alamosaurus",
"description": "No, it wasn't named after the Alamo, but it should have been."
},
{
"name": "Alaskacephale",
"description": "Can you guess which state this pachycephalosaur was found in?"
},
{
"name": "Albalophosaurus",
"description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be discovered in Japan."
},
{
"name": "Albertaceratops",
"description": "The most basal \"centrosaurine\" yet identified."
},
{
"name": "Albertadromeus",
"description": "This petite ornithopod was recently discovered in Canada."
},
{
"name": "Albertonykus",
"description": "A tiny, birdlike, North American dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Albertosaurus",
"description": "This carnivorous dinosaur was a close relative of T. Rex."
},
{
"name": "Alectrosaurus",
"description": "Few specimens of this \"unmarried lizard\" have been found."
},
{
"name": "Aletopelta",
"description": "The first ankylosaur known to have lived in Mexico."
},
{
"name": "Alioramus",
"description": "Everything we know about this tyrannosaur is based on a single skull."
},
{
"name": "Allosaurus",
"description": "The apex predator of late Jurassic North America."
},
{
"name": "Altirhinus",
"description": "This \"high-nosed\" plant eater resembled an early hadrosaur."
},
{
"name": "Alvarezsaurus",
"description": "A bird-like dinosaur of the late Cretaceous."
},
{
"name": "Alwalkeria",
"description": "This Indian dinosaur was one of the earliest saurischians."
},
{
"name": "Alxasaurus",
"description": "An early relative of the bizarre Therizinosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Amargasaurus",
"description": "A bizarre, spined sauropod from South America."
},
{
"name": "Amazonsaurus",
"description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be found in the Amazon basin."
},
{
"name": "Ammosaurus",
"description": "This may (or may not) have been the same dinosaur as Anchisaurus."
},
{
"name": "Ampelosaurus",
"description": "One of the best-known of the armored titanosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Amphicoelias",
"description": "Could it have been the biggest dinosaur that ever lived?"
},
{
"name": "Amurosaurus",
"description": "The most complete hadrosaur to be discovered in Russia."
},
{
"name": "Anabisetia",
"description": "The best-attested South American ornithopod."
},
{
"name": "Anatosaurus",
"description": "This dinosaur is now known as either Anatotitan or Edmontosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Anatotitan",
"description": "This hadrosaur's name means \"giant duck\"."
},
{
"name": "Anchiceratops",
"description": "This dinosaur had a distinctively shaped frill."
},
{
"name": "Anchiornis",
"description": "A four-winged dino-bird that resembled Microraptor."
},
{
"name": "Anchisaurus",
"description": "One of the first dinosaurs ever to be dug up in the U.S."
},
{
"name": "Andesaurus",
"description": "This titanosaur rivaled Argentinosaurus in size."
},
{
"name": "Angaturama",
"description": "A Brazilian relative of Spinosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Angolatitan",
"description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in Angola."
},
{
"name": "Angulomastacator",
"description": "This dinosaur had a strangely shaped upper jaw."
},
{
"name": "Animantarx",
"description": "This \"living fortress\" was discovered in an unusual way."
},
{
"name": "Ankylosaurus",
"description": "This dinosaur was the Cretaceous equivalent of a Sherman tank."
},
{
"name": "Anodontosaurus",
"description": "This \"toothless lizard\" actually had a full set of choppers."
},
{
"name": "Anserimimus",
"description": "This \"goose mimic\" didn’t bear much of a resemblance."
},
{
"name": "Antarctopelta",
"description": "The first dinosaur fossil ever discovered in Antarctica."
},
{
"name": "Antarctosaurus",
"description": "This titanosaur may or may not have lived in Antarctica."
},
{
"name": "Antetonitrus",
"description": "Either a very late prosauropod or a very early sauropod."
},
{
"name": "Anzu",
"description": "This Oviraptor relative was recently discovered in North America."
},
{
"name": "Aorun",
"description": "A small theropod of late Jurassic Asia."
},
{
"name": "Apatosaurus",
"description": "The dinosaur formerly known as Brontosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Appalachiosaurus",
"description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be found in Alabama."
},
{
"name": "Aquilops",
"description": "The earliest ceratopsian ever to be discovered in North America."
},
{
"name": "Aragosaurus",
"description": "named after the Aragon region of Spain."
},
{
"name": "Aralosaurus",
"description": "Not much is known about this central Asian duck-billed dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Archaeoceratops",
"description": "Possibly the smallest ceratopsian that ever lived."
},
{
"name": "Archaeopteryx",
"description": "This ancient dino-bird was about the size of a modern pigeon."
},
{
"name": "Archaeornithomimus",
"description": "A likely ancestor of Ornithomimus."
},
{
"name": "Arcovenator",
"description": "This fierce abelisaur was recently discovered in France."
},
{
"name": "Arcusaurus",
"description": "This prosauropod was recently discovered in South Africa."
},
{
"name": "Argentinosaurus",
"description": "Possibly the largest dinosaur that ever lived."
},
{
"name": "Argyrosaurus",
"description": "A plus-sized titanosaur from South America."
},
{
"name": "Aristosuchus",
"description": "This \"noble crocodile\" was actually a dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Arrhinoceratops",
"description": "This ceratopsian was named for its \"missing\" nose horn."
},
{
"name": "Astrodon",
"description": "The official state dinosaur of Maryland."
},
{
"name": "Asylosaurus",
"description": "This \"unharmed lizard\" escaped destruction in World War II."
},
{
"name": "Atlasaurus",
"description": "This sauropod had unusually long legs."
},
{
"name": "Atlascopcosaurus",
"description": "named after a manufacturer of digging equipment."
},
{
"name": "Atrociraptor",
"description": "This \"cruel thief\" wasn't as atrocious as its name implies."
},
{
"name": "Aublysodon",
"description": "This tyrannosaur was named after a single tooth."
},
{
"name": "Aucasaurus",
"description": "This predator was a close relative of Carnotaurus."
},
{
"name": "Auroraceratops",
"description": "A close relative of Archaeoceratops."
},
{
"name": "Australodocus",
"description": "This sauropod was found in modern-day Tanzania."
},
{
"name": "Australovenator",
"description": "A recently discovered carnivore from Australia."
},
{
"name": "Austroraptor",
"description": "The largest raptor from South America."
},
{
"name": "Austrosaurus",
"description": "This titanosaur was discovered near a train station."
},
{
"name": "Avaceratops",
"description": "This ceratopsian is represented by a single juvenile."
},
{
"name": "Aviatyrannis",
"description": "This \"grandmother tyrant\" was one of the first tyrannosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Avimimus",
"description": "A particularly bird-like cousin of Oviraptor."
},
{
"name": "Bactrosaurus",
"description": "One of the earliest of the duck-billed dinosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Bagaceratops",
"description": "A small ceratopsian from central Asia."
},
{
"name": "Bagaraatan",
"description": "No one is quite sure how to classify this theropod."
},
{
"name": "Bahariasaurus",
"description": "This obscure carnivore may have been the size of T. Rex."
},
{
"name": "Balaur",
"description": "This \"stocky dragon\" was recently discovered in Romania."
},
{
"name": "Bambiraptor",
"description": "Yes, this tiny raptor was named after you-know-who."
},
{
"name": "Barapasaurus",
"description": "Probably the first of the giant sauropods."
},
{
"name": "Barilium",
"description": "Yet another iguanodontid ornithopod of the British Isles."
},
{
"name": "Barosaurus",
"description": "An enormous plant-eater with a tiny head."
},
{
"name": "Barsboldia",
"description": "This hadrosaur was named after Rinchen Barsbold."
},
{
"name": "Baryonyx",
"description": "You wouldn't want to clip this dinosaur's claws."
},
{
"name": "Batyrosaurus",
"description": "One of the most basal hadrosaurs yet identified."
},
{
"name": "Becklespinax",
"description": "A strangely named theropod of the early Cretaceous period."
},
{
"name": "Beipiaosaurus",
"description": "The only known feathered therizinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Beishanlong",
"description": "This bird mimic weighed over half a ton."
},
{
"name": "Bellusaurus",
"description": "A herd of this sauropod drowned in a flash flood."
},
{
"name": "Berberosaurus",
"description": "This \"Berber lizard\" has proven difficult to classify."
},
{
"name": "Bicentenaria",
"description": "This dinosaur was named for Argentina's 200th anniversary."
},
{
"name": "Bistahieversor",
"description": "This tyrannosaur had more teeth than T. Rex."
},
{
"name": "Bonapartenykus",
"description": "This feathered dinosaur was found in close proximity to its eggs."
},
{
"name": "Bonitasaura",
"description": "This titanosaur wasn't as beautiful as its name implies."
},
{
"name": "Borogovia",
"description": "This theropod was named after a Lewis Carroll poem."
},
{
"name": "Bothriospondylus",
"description": "A case study in dinosaur confusion."
},
{
"name": "Brachiosaurus",
"description": "This dinosaur was a giant, gentle, long-necked plant-eater."
},
{
"name": "Brachyceratops",
"description": "A little-known ceratopsian from North America."
},
{
"name": "Brachylophosaurus",
"description": "This duck-billed dinosaur's beak looked more like a parrot's."
},
{
"name": "Brachytrachelopan",
"description": "This sauropod had an unusually short neck."
},
{
"name": "Bravoceratops",
"description": "This ceratopsian was recently discovered in Texas."
},
{
"name": "Brontomerus",
"description": "Its name is Greek for \"thunder thighs\"."
},
{
"name": "Bruhathkayosaurus",
"description": "Was this titanosaur bigger than Argentinosaurus?"
},
{
"name": "Buitreraptor",
"description": "The oldest raptor ever discovered in South America."
},
{
"name": "Byronosaurus",
"description": "This theropod was a close relative of Troodon."
},
{
"name": "Camarasaurus",
"description": "The most common sauropod of Jurassic North America."
},
{
"name": "Camarillasaurus",
"description": "A ceratosaur of early Cretaceous western Europe."
},
{
"name": "Camelotia",
"description": "An early member of the line that evolved into sauropods."
},
{
"name": "Camptosaurus",
"description": "A close relative of Iguanodon."
},
{
"name": "Carcharodontosaurus",
"description": "Its name means \"great white shark lizard.\" Impressed yet?"
},
{
"name": "Carnotaurus",
"description": "The shortest arms of any meat-eating dinosaur with horns to match."
},
{
"name": "Caudipteryx",
"description": "A birdlike dinosaur that changed the views of paleontologists."
},
{
"name": "Centrosaurus",
"description": "Like a unicorn, this ceratopsian only had one horn."
},
{
"name": "Cerasinops",
"description": "A small ceratopsian of the late Cretaceous."
},
{
"name": "Ceratonykus",
"description": "This dino-bird was discovered in Mongolia in 2009."
},
{
"name": "Ceratosaurus",
"description": "This primitive carnivore is hard to classify."
},
{
"name": "Cetiosauriscus",
"description": "Not to be confused with the more famous Cetiosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Cetiosaurus",
"description": "This \"whale lizard\" was once mistaken for the Loch Ness Monster."
},
{
"name": "Changyuraptor",
"description": "Was this feathered dinosaur capable of flight?"
},
{
"name": "Chaoyangsaurus",
"description": "An early ceratopsian of the late Jurassic period."
},
{
"name": "Charonosaurus",
"description": "This duck-billed dinosaur was much bigger than an elephant."
},
{
"name": "Chasmosaurus",
"description": "The only dinosaur that came with its own awning."
},
{
"name": "Chialingosaurus",
"description": "One of the earliest Asian stegosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Chilantaisaurus",
"description": "This large theropod may have been ancestral to Spinosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Chilesaurus",
"description": "This plant-eating theropod was recently discovered in Chile."
},
{
"name": "Chindesaurus",
"description": "This early dinosaur was a close relative of Herrerasaurus."
},
{
"name": "Chirostenotes",
"description": "This birdlike dinosaur has been known by three different names."
},
{
"name": "Chubutisaurus",
"description": "This titanosaur was on Tyrannotitan's lunch menu."
},
{
"name": "Chungkingosaurus",
"description": "This early stegosaur had some primitive characteristics."
},
{
"name": "Citipati",
"description": "This Mongolian theropod was a close relative of Oviraptor."
},
{
"name": "Claosaurus",
"description": "This \"broken lizard\" was a primitive hadrosaur."
},
{
"name": "Coahuilaceratops",
"description": "It had the longest horns of any known ceratopsian dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Coelophysis",
"description": "One of the most ancient dinosaurs ever to roam the earth."
},
{
"name": "Coelurus",
"description": "This tiny dinosaur was a close relative of Compsognathus."
},
{
"name": "Colepiocephale",
"description": "This thick-skulled dinosaur's name is Greek for \"knucklehead\"."
},
{
"name": "Compsognathus",
"description": "This dinosaur was the size of a chicken, but much meaner."
},
{
"name": "Concavenator",
"description": "This large theropod had a bizarre hump on its back."
},
{
"name": "Conchoraptor",
"description": "This \"conch thief\" may have lunched on mollusks."
},
{
"name": "Condorraptor",
"description": "A small theropod of middle Jurassic South America."
},
{
"name": "Coronosaurus",
"description": "This \"crown lizard\" was once classified as a species of Centrosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Corythosaurus",
"description": "This \"Corinthian-helmeted\" dino had a distinctive mating call."
},
{
"name": "Crichtonsaurus",
"description": "This dinosaur was named after the author of Jurassic Park."
},
{
"name": "Cruxicheiros",
"description": "This \"cross-handed\" dinosaur was named in 2010."
},
{
"name": "Cryolophosaurus",
"description": "This crested dinosaur was once known as \"Elvisaurus\"."
},
{
"name": "Cryptovolans",
"description": "Was this the same dinosaur as Microraptor?"
},
{
"name": "Cumnoria",
"description": "It was once mistakenly classified as a species of Iguanodon."
},
{
"name": "Dacentrurus",
"description": "The first stegosaur ever to be described."
},
{
"name": "Daemonosauru 0s",
"description": "This \"evil lizard\" was a close relative of Coelophysis."
},
{
"name": "Dahalokely",
"description": "A rare theropod from the island of Madagascar."
},
{
"name": "Dakotaraptor",
"description": "This giant raptor was recently discovered in South Dakota."
},
{
"name": "Daspletosaurus",
"description": "This \"frightful lizard\" was a close cousin of T. Rex."
},
{
"name": "Datousaurus",
"description": "A medium-sized sauropod from middle Jurassic Asia."
},
{
"name": "Darwinsaurus",
"description": "\"Darwin's lizard\" may or may not be a valid dinosaur genus."
},
{
"name": "Deinocheirus",
"description": "All we know for sure about this dinosaur is the shape of its arms."
},
{
"name": "Deinodon",
"description": "This \"terrible tooth\" is important from a historical perspective."
},
{
"name": "Deinonychus",
"description": "One of the most fearsome raptors of the Cretaceous period."
},
{
"name": "Delapparentia",
"description": "This ornithopod was initially classified as a species of Iguanodon."
},
{
"name": "Deltadromeus",
"description": "An unusually speedy theropod of the middle Cretaceous."
},
{
"name": "Demandasaurus",
"description": "A poorly understood sauropod of early Cretaceous Europe."
},
{
"name": "Diabloceratops",
"description": "It looked like a cross between a Triceratops and a Centrosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Diamantinasaurus",
"description": "This titanosaur was recently discovered in Australia."
},
{
"name": "Diceratops",
"description": "Was this two-horned dinosaur really a specimen of Triceratops?"
},
{
"name": "Dicraeosaurus",
"description": "A medium-sized, spiny-necked sauropod."
},
{
"name": "Dilong",
"description": "This \"emperor dragon\" may have been an ancestor of T. Rex."
},
{
"name": "Dilophosaurus",
"description": "This dinosaur was distinguished by the bony crests on its noggin."
},
{
"name": "Dimetrodon",
"description": "This ancient synapsid had a huge sail on its back."
},
{
"name": "Diplodocus",
"description": "Thin at one end, much thicker in the middle, and thin again at the far end."
},
{
"name": "Dollodon",
"description": "named after the Belgian paleontologist Louis Dollo."
},
{
"name": "Draconyx",
"description": "This \"dragon claw\" lived in late Jurassic Portugal."
},
{
"name": "Dracopelta",
"description": "This early ankylosaur was discovered in Portugal."
},
{
"name": "Dracorex",
"description": "The only dinosaur to be named after the \"Harry Potter\" books."
},
{
"name": "Dracovenator",
"description": "This \"dragon hunter\" was a close relative of Dilophosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Dravidosaurus",
"description": "This \"dinosaur\" may actually have been a marine reptile."
},
{
"name": "Dreadnoughtus",
"description": "This huge titanosaur was recently discovered in Argentina."
},
{
"name": "Drinker",
"description": "named after the famous paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope."
},
{
"name": "Dromaeosauroides",
"description": "The only dinosaur ever to be discovered in Denmark."
},
{
"name": "Dromaeosaurus",
"description": "This \"running lizard\" was probably covered with feathers."
},
{
"name": "Dromiceiomimus",
"description": "Possibly the fastest dinosaur that ever lived."
},
{
"name": "Dryosaurus",
"description": "A typical ornithopod of the late Jurassic."
},
{
"name": "Dryptosaurus",
"description": "The first tyrannosaur to be discovered in the U.S."
},
{
"name": "Dubreuillosaurus",
"description": "This megalosaur had a long, low snout."
},
{
"name": "Duriavenator",
"description": "Yet another theropod that was once assigned to Megalosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Dyoplosaurus",
"description": "This ankylosaur was once confused with Euoplocephalus."
},
{
"name": "Dysalotosaurus",
"description": "We know a lot about this dinosaur's growth stages."
},
{
"name": "Dyslocosaurus",
"description": "Its name means \"hard-to-place lizard\"."
},
{
"name": "Dystrophaeus",
"description": "This Diplodocus-like sauropod was named by Edward Cope."
},
{
"name": "Echinodon",
"description": "One of the few ornithopods to sport a set of canines."
},
{
"name": "Edmarka",
"description": "This may have been a species of Torvosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Edmontonia",
"description": "This armored dinosaur never actually lived in Edmonton."
},
{
"name": "Edmontosaurus",
"description": "This large, duck-billed herbivore was a contemporary of T. Rex."
},
{
"name": "Efraasia",
"description": "This Triassic herbivore may have been ancestral to sauropods."
},
{
"name": "Einiosaurus",
"description": "This ceratopsian was a close relative of Centrosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Ekrixinatosaurus",
"description": "Its name means \"explosion-born lizard\"."
},
{
"name": "Elaphrosaurus",
"description": "A lightweight theropod from the late Jurassic."
},
{
"name": "Elmisaurus",
"description": "This \"foot lizard\" was a close relative of Oviraptor."
},
{
"name": "Elopteryx",
"description": "This Transylvanian dinosaur is almost as controversial as Dracula."
},
{
"name": "Elrhazosaurus",
"description": "Once classified as a species of Valdosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Enigmosaurus",
"description": "This \"puzzle lizard\" was closely related to Therizinosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Eoabelisaurus",
"description": "The earliest abelisaurid theropod yet identified."
},
{
"name": "Eobrontosaurus",
"description": "This \"dawn brontosaurus\" isn't accepted by most experts."
},
{
"name": "Eocarcharia",
"description": "This \"dawn shark\" prowled the woodlands of northern Africa."
},
{
"name": "Eocursor",
"description": "This late Triassic reptile was one of the earliest true dinosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Eodromaeus",
"description": "Yet another ancient theropod from South America."
},
{
"name": "Eolambia",
"description": "An early hadrosaur from North America."
},
{
"name": "Eoraptor",
"description": "This tiny dinosaur was among the first of its kind."
},
{
"name": "Eosinopteryx",
"description": "A tiny feathered dinosaur of the late Jurassic period."
},
{
"name": "Eotriceratops",
"description": "This \"dawn Triceratops\" was recently discovered in Canada."
},
{
"name": "Eotyrannus",
"description": "This early tyrannosaur looked more like a raptor."
},
{
"name": "Epachthosaurus",
"description": "This \"heavy lizard\" was relatively primitive for its time and place."
},
{
"name": "Epidendrosaurus",
"description": "Did this tiny dino-bird spend its life up a tree?"
},
{
"name": "Epidexipteryx",
"description": "This feathered dinosaur predated Archaeopteryx."
},
{
"name": "Equijubus",
"description": "Its name is Greek for \"horse mane\"."
},
{
"name": "Erectopus",
"description": "This \"upright-footed\" dinosaur is a 19th-century enigma."
},
{
"name": "Erketu",
"description": "This titanosaur had an unusually long neck."
},
{
"name": "Erliansaurus",
"description": "A basal therizinosaur from central Asia."
},
{
"name": "Erlikosaurus",
"description": "This late therizinosaur roamed the Mongolian forests."
},
{
"name": "Euhelopus",
"description": "The first sauropod to be discovered in China."
},
{
"name": "Euoplocephalus",
"description": "Even this ankylosaur's eyelids were armored."
},
{
"name": "Europasaurus",
"description": "The smallest sauropod ever discovered."
},
{
"name": "Europelta",
"description": "This early nodosaur was recently discovered in Spain."
},
{
"name": "Euskelosaurus",
"description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in Africa."
},
{
"name": "Eustreptospondylus",
"description": "A close cousin of Megalosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Fabrosaurus",
"description": "This early ornithopod may have been a species of Lesothosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Falcarius",
"description": "A bizarre, feathered theropod from North America."
},
{
"name": "Ferganasaurus",
"description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in the USSR."
},
{
"name": "Fruitadens",
"description": "One of the tiniest dinosaurs ever to live in North America."
},
{
"name": "Fukuiraptor",
"description": "One of the few carnivorous dinosaurs ever to be dug up in Japan."
},
{
"name": "Fukuisaurus",
"description": "This ornithopod was discovered in Japan."
},
{
"name": "Fulgurotherium",
"description": "Very little is known about this \"lightning beast\"."
},
{
"name": "Futalognkosaurus",
"description": "A very big, and very strangely named sauropod."
},
{
"name": "Gallimimus",
"description": "This \"chicken mimic\" roamed the plains of the late Cretaceous."
},
{
"name": "Gargoyleosaurus",
"description": "This \"gargoyle lizard\" was an ancestor of Ankylosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Garudimimus",
"description": "A relative slowpoke compared to other ornithomimids."
},
{
"name": "Gasosaurus",
"description": "Yes, that's its real name, and no, it isn't for the reason you think."
},
{
"name": "Gasparinisaura",
"description": "One of the few ornithopods known to have lived in South America."
},
{
"name": "Gastonia",
"description": "This ankylosaur was probably on Utahraptor's lunch menu."
},
{
"name": "Genyodectes",
"description": "This dinosaur is represented by an impressive set of teeth."
},
{
"name": "Gideonmantellia",
"description": "Guess what naturalist this dinosaur was named after."
},
{
"name": "Giganotosaurus",
"description": "Not quite a \"Gigantosaurus,\" but close enough."
},
{
"name": "Gigantoraptor",
"description": "This huge oviraptorosaur weighed over two tons."
},
{
"name": "Gigantspinosaurus",
"description": "It may or may not have been a true stegosaur."
},
{
"name": "Gilmoreosaurus",
"description": "One of the few dinosaurs known to have suffered from cancer."
},
{
"name": "Giraffatitan",
"description": "Might this \"giant giraffe\" have been a species of Brachiosaurus?"
},
{
"name": "Glacialisaurus",
"description": "This \"frozen lizard\" was a close relative of Lufengosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Gobiceratops",
"description": "This ceratopsian's tiny skull was found in the Gobi Desert."
},
{
"name": "Gobisaurus",
"description": "An unusually large ankylosaur of central Asia."
},
{
"name": "Gobivenator",
"description": "This feathered dinosaur gave Velociraptor a run for its money."
},
{
"name": "Gojirasaurus",
"description": "This early predator was named after Godzilla."
},
{
"name": "Gondwanatitan",
"description": "Yet another titanosaur from South America."
},
{
"name": "Gorgosaurus",
"description": "Might this tyrannosaur have been a species of Albertosaurus?"
},
{
"name": "Goyocephale",
"description": "A primitive bonehead from Asia."
},
{
"name": "Graciliraptor",
"description": "This tiny dino-bird was a close relative of Microraptor."
},
{
"name": "Gryphoceratops",
"description": "A tiny ceratopsian of Cretaceous North America."
},
{
"name": "Gryponyx",
"description": "This \"hooked claw\" was a distant sauropod ancestor."
},
{
"name": "Gryposaurus",
"description": "One of the most common of the duck-billed dinosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Guaibasaurus",
"description": "Was this early dinosaur a theropod or a prosauropod?"
},
{
"name": "Guanlong",
"description": "Probably the first tyrannosaur ever to walk the earth."
},
{
"name": "Hadrosaurus",
"description": "The official state dinosaur of New Jersey."
},
{
"name": "Hagryphus",
"description": "The largest North American oviraptor yet discovered."
},
{
"name": "Halticosaurus",
"description": "A \"nomen dubium\" theropod of the early 20th century."
},
{
"name": "Haplocanthosaurus",
"description": "A typical sauropod of the late Jurassic period."
},
{
"name": "Haplocheirus",
"description": "This feathered dinosaur predated Archaeopteryx by millions of years."
},
{
"name": "Harpymimus",
"description": "named after the winged creature of Greek myth."
},
{
"name": "Haya",
"description": "This dinosaur was named after a horse-headed Mongolian god."
},
{
"name": "Herrerasaurus",
"description": "This carnivore roamed present-day South America."
},
{
"name": "Hesperonychus",
"description": "A tiny North American dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Hesperosaurus",
"description": "The oldest stegosaur discovered in North America."
},
{
"name": "Heterodontosaurus",
"description": "This \"different-toothed\" dinosaur was a dentist's nightmare."
},
{
"name": "Hexing",
"description": "This early ornithomimid was recently discovered in China."
},
{
"name": "Hexinlusaurus",
"description": "named after the Chinese professor He Xin-Lu."
},
{
"name": "Heyuannia",
"description": "Yet another close relative of Oviraptor."
},
{
"name": "Hippodraco",
"description": "This \"horse dragon\" was recently discovered in Utah."
},
{
"name": "Homalocephale",
"description": "This herbivore had a very flat--and very thick--skull."
},
{
"name": "Hongshanosaurus",
"description": "This early ceratopsian is known by two skulls."
},
{
"name": "Hoplitosaurus",
"description": "named after the heavily armored soldiers of classical Greece."
},
{
"name": "Huabeisaurus",
"description": "A titanosaur from northern China."
},
{
"name": "Huanghetitan",
"description": "Yet another contender for the biggest dinosaur that ever lived."
},
{
"name": "Huaxiagnathus",
"description": "One of the biggest dino-birds of its time."
},
{
"name": "Huaxiaosaurus",
"description": "Might it be an unusually large specimen of Shantungosaurus?"
},
{
"name": "Huayangosaurus",
"description": "Could this have been the ancestor of all the stegosaurs?"
},
{
"name": "Huehuecanauhtlus",
"description": "Its name is Aztec for \"ancient duck\"."
},
{
"name": "Hungarosaurus",
"description": "The best-attested ankylosaur ever discovered in Europe."
},
{
"name": "Huxleysaurus",
"description": "named after the famous biologist Thomas Henry Huxley."
},
{
"name": "Hylaeosaurus",
"description": "One of the first creatures ever to be called a dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Hypacrosaurus",
"description": "We know a lot about this dinosaur's family life."
},
{
"name": "Hypselosaurus",
"description": "This titanosaur's eggs were a foot in diameter."
},
{
"name": "Hypselospinus",
"description": "It was once classified as a species of Iguanodon."
},
{
"name": "Hypsibema",
"description": "The official state dinosaur of Missouri."
},
{
"name": "Hypsilophodon",
"description": "This man-sized herbivore liked to eat and run."
},
{
"name": "Ichthyovenator",
"description": "This sail-backed dinosaur was recently discovered in Laos."
},
{
"name": "Ignavusaurus",
"description": "Its name means \"cowardly lizard\"."
},
{
"name": "Iguanacolossus",
"description": "A brand-new ornithopod from North America."
},
{
"name": "Iguanodon",
"description": "The second dinosaur in history ever to receive a name."
},
{
"name": "Ilokelesia",
"description": "A primitive abelisaur from South America."
},
{
"name": "Incisivosaurus",
"description": "This buck-toothed dinosaur was the Cretaceous equivalent of a beaver."
},
{
"name": "Indosuchus",
"description": "This \"Indian crocodile\" was actually a dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Ingenia",
"description": "A small, birdlike dinosaur from central Asia."
},
{
"name": "Irritator",
"description": "This spinosaur was named by a very frustrated paleontologist."
},
{
"name": "Isanosaurus",
"description": "One of the first sauropods ever to walk the earth."
},
{
"name": "Isisaurus",
"description": "Otherwise known as the Indian Statistical Institute Lizard."
},
{
"name": "Jainosaurus",
"description": "named after the Indian paleontologist Sohan Lal Jain."
},
{
"name": "Janenschia",
"description": "The earliest titanosaur in the fossil record."
},
{
"name": "Jaxartosaurus",
"description": "A poorly known hadrosaur from central Asia."
},
{
"name": "Jeholosaurus",
"description": "This ornithopod may have had an omnivorous diet."
},
{
"name": "Jeyawati",
"description": "Its name is Zuni for \"grinding mouth\"."
},
{
"name": "Jianchangosaurus",
"description": "One of the earliest therizinosaurs in the fossil record."
},
{
"name": "Jinfengopteryx",
"description": "This feathered dinosaur was once thought to be a true bird."
},
{
"name": "Jingshanosaurus",
"description": "A close relative of Yunnanosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Jinzhousaurus",
"description": "This Asian dinosaur was one of the first hadrosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Jobaria",
"description": "A strange, short-tailed African sauropod."
},
{
"name": "Judiceratops",
"description": "The earliest Chasmosaurus ancestor yet identified."
},
{
"name": "Juratyrant",
"description": "This early tyrannosaur was discovered in England."
},
{
"name": "Juravenator",
"description": "Why didn't this presumed \"dino-bird\" have feathers?"
},
{
"name": "Kaatedocus",
"description": "This Diplodocus relative had a characteristic grin."
},
{
"name": "Kaijiangosaurus",
"description": "This might have been the same dinosaur as Gasosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Kazaklambia",
"description": "This duck-billed dinosaur was discovered in Kazakhstan."
},
{
"name": "Kentrosaurus",
"description": "A smaller, African cousin of Stegosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Kerberosaurus",
"description": "named after the three-headed dog of Greek myth."
},
{
"name": "Khaan",
"description": "Few small mammals dared face the wrath of this dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Kileskus",
"description": "Yet another \"basal\" tyrannosaur from central Asia."
},
{
"name": "Kinnareemimus",
"description": "This \"bird mimic\" dinosaur was recently discovered in Thailand."
},
{
"name": "Kol",
"description": "It's tied with Mei for \"shortest dinosaur name\"."
},
{
"name": "Koreaceratops",
"description": "There's evidence that this ceratopsian liked to go swimming."
},
{
"name": "Koreanosaurus",
"description": "Guess what country this ornithopod was discovered in."
},
{
"name": "Kosmoceratops",
"description": "This ceratopsian had a bizarre, downward-folding frill."
},
{
"name": "Kotasaurus",
"description": "One of the few sauropods to be discovered in India."
},
{
"name": "Kritosaurus",
"description": "A famous, but poorly understood hadrosaur."
},
{
"name": "Kryptops",
"description": "This dinosaur came equipped with its own face mask."
},
{
"name": "Kukufeldia",
"description": "Yet another ornithopod that was once lumped in with Iguanodon."
},
{
"name": "Kulindadromeus",
"description": "Why did this ornithopod dinosaur have feathers?"
},
{
"name": "Kundurosaurus",
"description": "This hadrosaur was discovered in the far east of Russia."
},
{
"name": "Labocania",
"description": "It may or may not have been a true tyrannosaur."
},
{
"name": "Lagosuchus",
"description": "Could this have been the ancestor of all the dinosaurs?"
},
{
"name": "Lambeosaurus",
"description": "This duck-billed dinosaur had a hatchet-shaped crest on its noggin."
},
{
"name": "Lamplughsaura",
"description": "This early sauropod was discovered in India."
},
{
"name": "Lanzhousaurus",
"description": "This herbivore's teeth were half a foot long."
},
{
"name": "Laosaurus",
"description": "This dubious ornithopod was named by Othniel C. Marsh."
},
{
"name": "Lapparentosaurus",
"description": "This sauropod was discovered in Madagascar."
},
{
"name": "Laquintasaura",
"description": "The first plant-eating dinosaur ever to be discovered in Venezuela."
},
{
"name": "Latirhinus",
"description": "This duck-billed dinosaur had an enormous nose."
},
{
"name": "Leaellynasaura",
"description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be named after a little girl."
},
{
"name": "Leinkupal",
"description": "The latest surviving diplodocid sauropod."
},
{
"name": "Leonerasaurus",
"description": "This prosauropod was recently discovered in Argentina."
},
{
"name": "Leptoceratops",
"description": "One of the most primitive of all ceratopsians."
},
{
"name": "Leshansaurus",
"description": "Did this meat-eater feast on small, armored dinosaurs?"
},
{
"name": "Lesothosaurus",
"description": "One of the earliest of all the ornithischian dinosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Lessemsaurus",
"description": "named after the popular science writer Don Lessem."
},
{
"name": "Lexovisaurus",
"description": "One of the oldest European stegosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Leyesaurus",
"description": "A newly discovered prosauropod from South America."
},
{
"name": "Liaoceratops",
"description": "A tiny ceratopsian of early Cretaceous Asia."
},
{
"name": "Liaoningosaurus",
"description": "One of the smallest ankylosaurs in the fossil record."
},
{
"name": "Liliensternus",
"description": "One of the largest carnivores of the Triassic period."
},
{
"name": "Limaysaurus",
"description": "It was once classified as a species of Rebbachisaurus."
},
{
"name": "Limusaurus",
"description": "Was this toothless theropod a vegetarian?"
},
{
"name": "Linhenykus",
"description": "This tiny dinosaur had single-clawed hands."
},
{
"name": "Linheraptor",
"description": "This Mongolian raptor was discovered in 2008."
},
{
"name": "Linhevenato",
"description": "r This troodont was recently discovered in Mongolia."
},
{
"name": "Lophorhothon",
"description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in Alabama."
},
{
"name": "Lophostropheus",
"description": "This theropod lived near the Triassic/Jurassic boundary."
},
{
"name": "Loricatosaurus",
"description": "This stegosaur was once classified as a species of Lexovisaurus."
},
{
"name": "Lourinhanosaurus",
"description": "Not to be confused with Lourinhasaurus, below."
},
{
"name": "Lourinhasaurus",
"description": "Not to be confused with Lourinhanosaurus, above."
},
{
"name": "Luanchuanraptor",
"description": "A small, poorly understood Asian raptor."
},
{
"name": "Lufengosaurus",
"description": "A common sight at Chinese natural history museums."
},
{
"name": "Lurdusaurus",
"description": "This ornithopod resembled a giant sloth."
},
{
"name": "Lusotitan",
"description": "This sauropod was once classified as a species of Brachiosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Lycorhinus",
"description": "This dinosaur was once thought to be a mammal-like reptile."
},
{
"name": "Lythronax",
"description": "This tyrannosaur lived on the island of Laramidia."
},
{
"name": "Machairasaurus",
"description": "This \"short scimitar lizard\" was a close relative of Oviraptor."
},
{
"name": "Macrogryphosaurus",
"description": "Otherwise known as the Big Enigmatic Lizard."
},
{
"name": "Magnapaulia",
"description": "The largest lambeosaurine hadrosaur yet identified."
},
{
"name": "Magnirostris",
"description": "This ceratopsian had an unusually big beak."
},
{
"name": "Magnosaurus",
"description": "Once thought to be a species of Megalosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Magyarosaurus",
"description": "This dwarf titanosaur was probably confined to a small island."
},
{
"name": "Mahakala",
"description": "This dino-bird was named after a Buddhist deity."
},
{
"name": "Maiasaura",
"description": "This \"good mother lizard\" kept close tabs on her young."
},
{
"name": "Majungasaurus",
"description": "Fairly--or unfairly--known as the \"cannibal dinosaur\"."
},
{
"name": "Malawisaurus",
"description": "The first titanosaur to be found with an intact skull."
},
{
"name": "Mamenchisaurus",
"description": "The longest-necked dinosaur that ever lived."
},
{
"name": "Manidens",
"description": "A strangely toothed relative of Heterodontosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Mantellisaurus",
"description": "named after the famous fossil hunter Gideon Mantell."
},
{
"name": "Mantellodon",
"description": "This Iguanodon refugee may or may not deserve its own genus."
},
{
"name": "Mapusaurus",
"description": "This huge carnivore was closely related to Giganotosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Marshosaurus",
"description": "named after the famous paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh."
},
{
"name": "Martharaptor",
"description": "This dinosaur was named after a Utah paleontologist."
},
{
"name": "Masiakasaurus",
"description": "A bizarre, buck-toothed predator of the late Cretaceous."
},
{
"name": "Massospondylus",
"description": "This small, lithe, bipedal plant-eater roamed the plains of South Africa."
},
{
"name": "Maxakalisaurus",
"description": "One of the biggest titanosaurs ever found in Brazil."
},
{
"name": "Medusaceratops",
"description": "This frilled dinosaur was a close relative of Centrosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Megalosaurus",
"description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered and named."
},
{
"name": "Megapnosaurus",
"description": "Its name is Greek for \"big dead lizard\"."
},
{
"name": "Megaraptor",
"description": "Despite its name, it wasn't really a raptor."
},
{
"name": "Mei",
"description": "The current record-holder for \"shortest dinosaur name\"."
},
{
"name": "Melanorosaurus",
"description": "Probably the largest prosauropod that ever lived."
},
{
"name": "Mendozasaurus",
"description": "This titanosaur was ancestral to Futalognkosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Mercuriceratops",
"description": "This ceratopsian was discovered on the U.S./Canada border."
},
{
"name": "Metriacanthosaurus",
"description": "Yet another dinosaur that was once mistaken for Megalosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Microceratops",
"description": "Probably the smallest ceratopsian that ever lived."
},
{
"name": "Micropachycephalosaurus",
"description": "The current record-holder for longest dinosaur name."
},
{
"name": "Microraptor",
"description": "This tiny feathered dinosaur had four wings rather than two."
},
{
"name": "Microvenator",
"description": "This \"tiny hunter\" actually measured 10 feet from head to tail."
},
{
"name": "Minmi",
"description": "An early (and very dumb) ankylosaur from Australia."
},
{
"name": "Minotaurasaurus",
"description": "named after the half-man, half-bull of Greek myth."
},
{
"name": "Miragaia",
"description": "This stegosaur had an unusually long neck."
},
{
"name": "Mirischia",
"description": "Its name means \"wonderful pelvis\"."
},
{
"name": "Mochlodon",
"description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be discovered in Austria."
},
{
"name": "Mojoceratops",
"description": "This ceratopsian had a heart-shaped frill."
},
{
"name": "Monkonosaurus",
"description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in modern-day Tibet."
},
{
"name": "Monoclonius",
"description": "Might this have been a species of Centrosaurus?"
},
{
"name": "Monolophosaurus",
"description": "This Jurassic predator had a single crest on its skull."
},
{
"name": "Mononykus",
"description": "This dinosaur may have dug into termite mounds for its lunch."
},
{
"name": "Montanoceratops",
"description": "A primitive ceratopsian of the late Cretaceous period."
},
{
"name": "Mussaurus",
"description": "This \"mouse lizard\" lived in Triassic South America."
},
{
"name": "Muttaburrasaurus",
"description": "The most complete dinosaur fossil ever found in Australia."
},
{
"name": "Mymoorapelta",
"description": "named after the Mygand-Moore quarry in Colorado."
},
{
"name": "Nankangia",
"description": "A recently discovered oviraptor from China."
},
{
"name": "Nanosaurus",
"description": "This \"tiny lizard\" was named by Othniel C. Marsh."
},
{
"name": "Nanotyrannus",
"description": "Could this have been a juvenile T. Rex?"
},
{
"name": "Nanshiungosaurus",
"description": "A bizarre therizinosaur from Asia."
},
{
"name": "Nanuqsaurus",
"description": "This \"polar lizard\" was recently discovered in Alaska."
},
{
"name": "Nanyangosaurus",
"description": "An iguanodontid ornithopod of middle Cretaceous Asia."
},
{
"name": "Nasutoceratops",
"description": "This dinosaur had horns like a modern steer."
},
{
"name": "Nebulasaurus",
"description": "This \"nebula lizard\" was recently discovered in China."
},
{
"name": "Nedcolbertia",
"description": "named after the famous paleontologist Edwin Colbert."
},
{
"name": "Neimongosaurus",
"description": "A rare therizinosaur from inner Mongolia."
},
{
"name": "Nemegtomaia",
"description": "This dinosaur had a bizarrely shaped skull."
},
{
"name": "Nemegtosaurus",
"description": "This titanosaur has been recreated from a single, incomplete skull."
},
{
"name": "Neovenator",
"description": "One of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs of western Europe."
},
{
"name": "Neuquenraptor",
"description": "It may actually be a species (or specimen) of Unenlagia."
},
{
"name": "Neuquensaurus",
"description": "Was this titanosaur really a species of Saltasaurus?"
},
{
"name": "Nigersaurus",
"description": "This African sauropod had a huge number of teeth."
},
{
"name": "Nipponosaurus",
"description": "This hadrosaur was discovered on the island of Sakhalin."
},
{
"name": "Noasaurus",
"description": "Were this predator's giant claws on its hands, or on its feet?"
},
{
"name": "Nodocephalosaurus",
"description": "This armored dinosaur has been reconstructed from a single skull."
},
{
"name": "Nodosaurus",
"description": "One of the first armored dinosaurs ever discovered in North America."
},
{
"name": "Nomingia",
"description": "This small dinosaur had a peacock-like tail."
},
{
"name": "Nothronychus",
"description": "The first therizonosaur to be found outside Asia."
},
{
"name": "Notohypsilophodon",
"description": "A rare South American ornithopod."
},
{
"name": "Nqwebasaurus",
"description": "One of the few theropods to be discovered in sub-Saharan Africa."
},
{
"name": "Nuthetes",
"description": "This raptor was named after the modern monitor lizard."
},
{
"name": "Nyasasaurus",
"description": "Could this be the earliest dinosaur in the fossil record?"
},
{
"name": "Ojoceratops",
"description": "A very close relative of Triceratops."
},
{
"name": "Olorotitan",
"description": "One of the most complete dinosaur fossils ever found in Russia."
},
{
"name": "Omeisaurus",
"description": "One of the most common Chinese sauropods."
},
{
"name": "Oohkotokia",
"description": "Its name is Blackfoot for \"large stone\"."
},
{
"name": "Opisthocoelicaudia",
"description": "A clumsily named titanosaur of the late Cretaceous period."
},
{
"name": "Orkoraptor",
"description": "The southernmost theropod ever to live in South America."
},
{
"name": "Ornithodesmus",
"description": "This mysterious raptor was once thought to be a pterosaur."
},
{
"name": "Ornitholestes",
"description": "This \"bird robber\" probably preyed on small lizards instead."
},
{
"name": "Ornithomimus",
"description": "This \"bird mimic\" resembled a modern ostrich."
},
{
"name": "Ornithopsis",
"description": "This \"bird face\" was actually a genus of titanosaur."
},
{
"name": "Orodromeus",
"description": "This tiny herbivore was on Troodon's dinner menu."
},
{
"name": "Orthomerus",
"description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be discovered in Holland."
},
{
"name": "Oryctodromeus",
"description": "The only ornithopod known to have lived in burrows."
},
{
"name": "Ostafrikasaurus",
"description": "Could this have been the earliest known spinosaur?"
},
{
"name": "Othnielia",
"description": "named after the famous paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh."
},
{
"name": "Othnielosaurus",
"description": "Also named after the famous paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh."
},
{
"name": "Ouranosaurus",
"description": "Scientists can't decide if this herbivore had a sail or a hump."
},
{
"name": "Overosaurus",
"description": "This dwarf titanosaur was announced to the world in 2013."
},
{
"name": "Oviraptor",
"description": "Turns out that this \"egg thief\" got a bad rap."
},
{
"name": "Oxalaia",
"description": "This spinosaur was recently discovered in Brazil."
},
{
"name": "Ozraptor",
"description": "Not much is known about this Australian theropod."
},
{
"name": "Pachycephalosaurus",
"description": "This plant-eater gave new meaning to the word \"blockhead\"."
},
{
"name": "Pachyrhinosaurus",
"description": "This \"thick-nosed lizard\" roamed the North American forests."
},
{
"name": "Palaeoscincus",
"description": "This \"ancient skink\" was actually an armored dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Paluxysaurus",
"description": "The official Texas state dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Pampadromaeus",
"description": "This \"Pampas runner\" was ancestral to sauropods."
},
{
"name": "Pamparaptor",
"description": "This raptor was discovered in the Argentinian Pampas."
},
{
"name": "Panamericansaurus",
"description": "This titanosaur was named after an energy company."
},
{
"name": "Panoplosaurus",
"description": "A squat, stocky nodosaur of the late Cretaceous."
},
{
"name": "Panphagia",
"description": "Its name is Greek for \"eats everything\"."
},
{
"name": "Pantydraco",
"description": "No, this dinosaur didn't wear you-know-what."
},
{
"name": "Paralititan",
"description": "This huge sauropod was discovered recently in Egypt."
},
{
"name": "Paranthodon",
"description": "This stegosaur was discovered over 150 years ago."
},
{
"name": "Pararhabdodon",
"description": "The western European equivalent of Tsintaosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Parasaurolophus",
"description": "Possibly the loudest dinosaur ever to roam the earth."
},
{
"name": "Parksosaurus",
"description": "It was once classified as a species of Thescelosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Paronychodon",
"description": "This \"tooth taxon\" didn't make it out of the 19th century."
},
{
"name": "Parvicursor",
"description": "One of the smallest dinosaurs yet identified."
},
{
"name": "Patagosaurus",
"description": "This \"Patagonian lizard\" hailed from South America."
},
{
"name": "Pawpawsaurus",
"description": "This ancient nodosaur was discovered in Texas."
},
{
"name": "Pedopenna",
"description": "One of the earliest known dino-birds."
},
{
"name": "Pegomastax",
"description": "This dinosaur was covered with porcupine-like bristles."
},
{
"name": "Pelecanimimus",
"description": "This \"pelican mimic\" sported over 200 teeth."
},
{
"name": "Peloroplites",
"description": "This \"monstrous Hoplite\" was recently discovered in Utah."
},
{
"name": "Pelorosaurus",
"description": "The first sauropod ever to be discovered."
},
{
"name": "Pentaceratops",
"description": "This \"five-horned\" herbivore really had only three."
},
{
"name": "Philovenator",
"description": "As its name says this dinosaur \"loved to hunt\"."
},
{
"name": "Phuwiangosaurus",
"description": "This titanosaur was discovered in modern-day Thailand."
},
{
"name": "Piatnitzkysaurus",
"description": "Its teeth were as sharp as its name is funny."
},
{
"name": "Pinacosaurus",
"description": "Did this ankylosaur roam central Asia in herds?"
},
{
"name": "Pisanosaurus",
"description": "One of the earliest known ornithischian dinosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Piveteausaurus",
"description": "No one is quite sure what to make of this theropod dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Planicoxa",
"description": "A medium-sized iguanodont of early Cretaceous North America."
},
{
"name": "Plateosaurus",
"description": "This herd dinosaur blackened the plains of the late Triassic."
},
{
"name": "Pleurocoelus",
"description": "It was the official state dinosaur of Texas."
},
{
"name": "Pneumatoraptor",
"description": "This \"air thief\" was recently discovered in Hungary."
},
{
"name": "Podokesaurus",
"description": "One of the earliest dinosaurs to live in eastern North America."
},
{
"name": "Poekilopleuron",
"description": "It may (or may not) have been a species of Megalosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Polacanthus",
"description": "An extremely spiky ankylosaur of the middle Cretaceous."
},
{
"name": "Prenocephale",
"description": "This \"bonehead\" had a round, thick skull."
},
{
"name": "Prenoceratops",
"description": "A close relative of Leptoceratops."
},
{
"name": "Proa",
"description": "This ornithopod was named after its prow-shaped jaw."
},
{
"name": "Probactrosaurus",
"description": "An early stage in hadrosaur evolution."
},
{
"name": "Proceratosaurus",
"description": "Despite its name, not a close relative of Ceratosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Procompsognathus",
"description": "Was it an archosaur or an early dinosaur?"
},
{
"name": "Propanoplosaurus",
"description": "This baby ankylosaur was recently discovered in Maryland."
},
{
"name": "Prosaurolophus",
"description": "The likely ancestor of both Saurolophus and Parasaurolophus."
},
{
"name": "Protarchaeopteryx",
"description": "Before Archaeopteryx? It actually lived millions of years later."
},
{
"name": "Protoceratops",
"description": "A famous dinosaur with a very funky frill."
},
{
"name": "Protohadros",
"description": "Despite its name, it wasn't really the \"first\" hadrosaur."
},
{
"name": "Psittacosaurus",
"description": "This dinosaur's noggin wouldn't have looked out of place on a parrot."
},
{
"name": "Puertasaurus",
"description": "This titanosaur rivaled Argentinosaurus in size."
},
{
"name": "Pyroraptor",
"description": "This \"fire thief\" prowled the plains of prehistoric France."
},
{
"name": "Qantassaurus",
"description": "named after the national airline of Australia."
},
{
"name": "Qianzhousaurus",
"description": "This long-snouted tyrannosaur has been nicknamed Pinocchio Rex."
},
{
"name": "Qiaowanlong",
"description": "An Asian relative of Brachiosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Qiupalong",
"description": "This \"bird mimic\" dinosaur was recently discovered in China."
},
{
"name": "Quaesitosaurus",
"description": "This titanosaur may have had remarkably sharp hearing."
},
{
"name": "Quilmesaurus",
"description": "This dinosaur was named after an indigenous South American tribe."
},
{
"name": "Rahiolisaurus",
"description": "This Indian dinosaur is represented by seven tangled individuals."
},
{
"name": "Rahonavis",
"description": "Was it a raptor-like bird or a bird-like raptor?"
},
{
"name": "Rajasaurus",
"description": "This \"prince lizard\" lived in what is now modern-day India."
},
{
"name": "Rapator",
"description": "No, this mysterious Australian theropod wasn't a raptor."
},
{
"name": "Rapetosaurus",
"description": "The only sauropod ever to be discovered on modern-day Madagascar."
},
{
"name": "Raptorex",
"description": "A pint-sized precursor of T. Rex."
},
{
"name": "Rebbachisaurus",
"description": "A poorly understood sauropod from northern Africa."
},
{
"name": "Regaliceratops",
"description": "This ceratopsian had a huge, crown-shaped frill."
},
{
"name": "Regnosaurus",
"description": "This stegosaur lived in what is now modern-day England."
},
{
"name": "Rhabdodon",
"description": "A possible \"missing link\" between Iguanodon and Hypsilophodon."
},
{
"name": "Rhinorex",
"description": "This duck-billed dinosaur had an unusually large nose."
},
{
"name": "Rhoetosaurus",
"description": "A medium-sized sauropod from Down Under."
},
{
"name": "Richardoestesia",
"description": "named after the paleontologist Richard Estes."
},
{
"name": "Rinchenia",
"description": "named after the famous paleontologist Rinchen Barsbold."
},
{
"name": "Rinconsaurus",
"description": "A modestly sized titanosaur of South America."
},
{
"name": "Riojasaurus",
"description": "One of the few prosauropods known to have lived in South America."
},
{
"name": "Rubeosaurus",
"description": "A ceratopsian dinosaur from the Two Medicine Formation."
},
{
"name": "Rugops",
"description": "This wrinkly-faced carnivore probably fed on abandoned carcasses."
},
{
"name": "Sahaliyania",
"description": "This hadrosaur's name is Manchurian for \"black\"."
},
{
"name": "Saichania",
"description": "This ankylosaur's name is Chinese for \"beautiful\"."
},
{
"name": "Saltasaurus",
"description": "The first armored sauropod ever to be discovered."
},
{
"name": "Saltopus",
"description": "Experts aren't sure if this was a dinosaur or an archosaur."
},
{
"name": "Sanjuansaurus",
"description": "An early theropod from South America."
},
{
"name": "Santanaraptor",
"description": "named after Brazil's Santana formation."
},
{
"name": "Sarahsaurus",
"description": "This prosauropod had unusually strong hands."
},
{
"name": "Sarcolestes",
"description": "The most likely ancestor of the ankylosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Sarcosaurus",
"description": "This \"flesh lizard\" roamed early Jurassic England."
},
{
"name": "Saturnalia",
"description": "The earliest dinosaur known to have had a herbivorous diet."
},
{
"name": "Saurolophus",
"description": "One of the few hadrosaurs known to have lived on two continents."
},
{
"name": "Sauroniops",
"description": "This dinosaur's name means \"Eye of Sauron\"."
},
{
"name": "Sauropelta",
"description": "This ankylosaur's armor helped keep raptors at bay."
},
{
"name": "Saurophaganax",
"description": "The official state dinosaur of Oklahoma."
},
{
"name": "Sauroposeidon",
"description": "One of the tallest dinosaurs ever to walk the earth."
},
{
"name": "Saurornithoides",
"description": "A Troodon-like predator from central Asia."
},
{
"name": "Saurornitholestes",
"description": "A close cousin of Velociraptor."
},
{
"name": "Savannasaurus",
"description": "This titanosaur was recently discovered in Australia."
},
{
"name": "Scansoriopteryx",
"description": "This early proto-bird probably lived in trees."
},
{
"name": "Scelidosaurus",
"description": "Among the earliest of all the armored dinosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Scipionyx",
"description": "One of the most perfectly preserved dinosaur fossils ever found."
},
{
"name": "Sciurumimus",
"description": "This \"squirrel mimic\" was one of the earliest feathered dinosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Scolosaurus",
"description": "It was once classified as a species of Euoplocephalus."
},
{
"name": "Scutellosaurus",
"description": "Probably the smallest of all the armored dinosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Secernosaurus",
"description": "The first hadrosaur to be discovered in South America."
},
{
"name": "Seitaad",
"description": "This small dinosaur may have been buried in an avalanche."
},
{
"name": "Segisaurus",
"description": "An early dinosaur closely related to Coelophysis."
},
{
"name": "Segnosaurus",
"description": "One of the most unusual (and poorly understood) Cretaceous dinosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Seismosaurus",
"description": "It was huge, to be sure, but might it have been a species of Diplodocus?"
},
{
"name": "Sellosaurus",
"description": "Another early prosauropod of the Triassic period."
},
{
"name": "Serendipaceratops",
"description": "Was this really an Australian ceratopsian?"
},
{
"name": "Shamosaurus",
"description": "This Mongolian ankylosaur was a close relative of Gobisaurus."
},
{
"name": "Shanag",
"description": "A basal raptor of early Cretaceous Asia."
},
{
"name": "Shantungosaurus",
"description": "The biggest of all the duck-billed dinosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Shaochilong",
"description": "Its name is Chinese for \"shark-toothed dragon\"."
},
{
"name": "Shenzhousaurus",
"description": "A small, primitive ornithomimid from China."
},
{
"name": "Shunosaurus",
"description": "Anatomically speaking, probably the best known of all the sauropods."
},
{
"name": "Shuvosaurus",
"description": "Was this meat eater an early dinosaur or a two-legged crocodile?"
},
{
"name": "Shuvuuia",
"description": "Scientists can't decide if it was a dinosaur or a bird."
},
{
"name": "Siamodon",
"description": "This ornithopod was recently discovered in Thailand."
},
{
"name": "Siamosaurus",
"description": "This may (or may not) have been a spinosaur from Thailand."
},
{
"name": "Siamotyrannus",
"description": "Despite its name, it wasn't a true tyrannosaur."
},
{
"name": "Siats",
"description": "One of the largest theropods ever to live in North America."
},
{
"name": "Sigilmassasaurus",
"description": "Was this really a species of Carcharodontosaurus?"
},
{
"name": "Silvisaurus",
"description": "This primitive nodosaur was discovered in Kansas."
},
{
"name": "Similicaudipteryx",
"description": "The juveniles may have been differently feathered than the adults."
},
{
"name": "Sinocalliopteryx",
"description": "The biggest \"dino-bird\" yet discovered."
},
{
"name": "Sinoceratops",
"description": "A rare ceratopsian from late Cretaceous China."
},
{
"name": "Sinornithoides",
"description": "A small, feathered dinosaur closely related to Troodon."
},
{
"name": "Sinornithomimus",
"description": "This ornithomimid is known from over a dozen skeletons."
},
{
"name": "Sinornithosaurus",
"description": "A typical dino-bird of the early Cretaceous."
},
{
"name": "Sinosauropteryx",
"description": "The first dinosaur proven to have feathers."
},
{
"name": "Sinosaurus",
"description": "It was once classified as an Asian species of Dilophosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Sinotyrannus",
"description": "This \"Chinese tyrant\" was an ancient ancestor of tyrannosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Sinovenator",
"description": "This \"Chinese hunter\" preyed on its fellow dino-birds."
},
{
"name": "Sinraptor",
"description": "Despite its name, this allosaur wasn't any better or worse than other dinosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Sinusonasus",
"description": "It sounds like a disease, but it was actually a feathered dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Skorpiovenator",
"description": "This \"scorpion hunter\" really ate meat."
},
{
"name": "Sonorasaurus",
"description": "The remains of this sauropod were discovered in Arizona."
},
{
"name": "Sphaerotholus",
"description": "Yet another dome-headed dino from North America."
},
{
"name": "Spinophorosaurus",
"description": "This early sauropod had a \"thagomizer\" on its tail."
},
{
"name": "Spinops",
"description": "This ceratopsian was named 100 years after its bones were found."
},
{
"name": "Spinosaurus",
"description": "This dinosaur was distinguished by the sail-like structure on its back."
},
{
"name": "Spinostropheus",
"description": "This theropod was once thought to be a species of Elaphrosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Staurikosaurus",
"description": "Another primitive theropod of the Triassic period."
},
{
"name": "Stegoceras",
"description": "This small herbivore was built for high-speed head-butting."
},
{
"name": "Stegosaurus",
"description": "The small-brained, spike-tailed, plant-eating dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Stenopelix",
"description": "Experts aren't sure how to classify this dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Stokesosaurus",
"description": "Some experts think this was the earliest tyrannosaur."
},
{
"name": "Struthiomimus",
"description": "This \"ostrich mimic\" roamed the plains of North America."
},
{
"name": "Struthiosaurus",
"description": "The smallest nodosaur yet discovered."
},
{
"name": "Stygimoloch",
"description": "Its name means \"demon from the river of death.\" Got your attention yet?"
},
{
"name": "Styracosaurus",
"description": "Winner of the \"most elaborate head display\" competition."
},
{
"name": "Suchomimus",
"description": "A fish-eating dinosaur with a distinct crocodilian profile."
},
{
"name": "Sulaimanisaurus",
"description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be discovered in Pakistan."
},
{
"name": "Supersaurus",
"description": "No, it didn't wear a cape, but this giant dino was still impressive."
},
{
"name": "Suuwassea",
"description": "Its name is Native American for \"ancient thunder\"."
},
{
"name": "Suzhousaurus",
"description": "A large, early Cretaceous therizinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Szechuanosaurus",
"description": "This theropod was a close relative of Sinraptor."
},
{
"name": "Tachiraptor",
"description": "The first meat-eating dinosaur ever to be discovered in Venezuela."
},
{
"name": "Talarurus",
"description": "This ankylosaur was discovered in the Gobi Desert."
},
{
"name": "Talos",
"description": "This dinosaur was found with an injured big toe."
},
{
"name": "Tangvayosaurus",
"description": "This Laotian titanosaur was closely related to Phuwiangosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Tanius",
"description": "Not much is known about this Chinese hadrosaur."
},
{
"name": "Tanycolagreus",
"description": "This mysterious theropod was once thought to be a species of Coelurus."
},
{
"name": "Taohelong",
"description": "The first \"polacanthine\" ankylosaur ever to be discovered in Asia."
},
{
"name": "Tapuiasaurus",
"description": "A recently discovered titanosaur from South America."
},
{
"name": "Tarascosaurus",
"description": "The only known abelisaur of the northern hemisphere."
},
{
"name": "Tarbosaurus",
"description": "The second-biggest tyrannosaur after T. Rex."
},
{
"name": "Tarchia",
"description": "Its name means \"brainy,\" but that may be an exaggeration."
},
{
"name": "Tastavinsaurus",
"description": "This titanosaur was discovered in Spain."
},
{
"name": "Tatankacephalus",
"description": "A brand-new ankylosaur from North America."
},
{
"name": "Tatankaceratops",
"description": "Was this really a juvenile specimen of Triceratops?"
},
{
"name": "Tataouinea",
"description": "No, this dinosaur wasn't named after Tatooine in Star Wars."
},
{
"name": "Tawa",
"description": "This ancient theropod points to a South American origin for dinosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Tazoudasaurus",
"description": "This Vulcanodon relative was one of the earliest sauropods."
},
{
"name": "Technosaurus",
"description": "This early herbivore was named after Texas Tech university."
},
{
"name": "Tehuelchesaurus",
"description": "This sauropod was named after an indigenous South American people."
},
{
"name": "Telmatosaurus",
"description": "This duck-billed dinosaur was discovered in Transylvania."
},
{
"name": "Tendaguria",
"description": "This Tanzanian sauropod has proven difficult to classify."
},
{
"name": "Tenontosaurus",
"description": "This long-tailed herbivore was hunted by Deinonychus."
},
{
"name": "Teratophoneus",
"description": "This \"monstrous murderer\" wasn't all that big."
},
{
"name": "Tethyshadros",
"description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be found in modern-day Italy."
},
{
"name": "Texacephale",
"description": "This Texan pachycephalosaur was named in 2010."
},
{
"name": "Thecocoelurus",
"description": "Is this the earliest ornithomimid in the fossil record?"
},
{
"name": "Thecodontosaurus",
"description": "The first prosauropod ever to be discovered."
},
{
"name": "Theiophytalia",
"description": "Its name means \"garden of the gods\"."
},
{
"name": "Therizinosaurus",
"description": "What did Little Orphan Annie say to this dinosaur? \"Reaping lizards!\""
},
{
"name": "Thescelosaurus",
"description": "Did paleontologists find this dinosaur's mummified heart?"
},
{
"name": "Tianchisaurus",
"description": "This dinosaur's species name honors \"Jurassic Park\"."
},
{
"name": "Tianyulong",
"description": "Why did this ornithopod have feathers?"
},
{
"name": "Tianyuraptor",
"description": "A small, long-legged raptor from eastern Asia."
},
{
"name": "Tianzhenosaurus",
"description": "This ankylosaur's skull has been spectacularly preserved."
},
{
"name": "Timimus",
"description": "The only ornithomimid ever discovered in Australia."
},
{
"name": "Titanoceratops",
"description": "The biggest of all the horned, frilled dinosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Titanosaurus",
"description": "This sauropod may—or may not—have been a unique member of its genus."
},
{
"name": "Tochisaurus",
"description": "A large troodont of late Cretaceous Asia."
},
{
"name": "Tornieria",
"description": "This sauropod has a complicated taxonomic history."
},
{
"name": "Torosaurus",
"description": "Was it really an elderly specimen of Triceratops?"
},
{
"name": "Torvosaurus",
"description": "One of the largest predators of Jurassic North America."
},
{
"name": "Triceratops",
"description": "The famous, three-horned, plant-eating dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Trinisaura",
"description": "The first ornithopod ever to be discovered in Antarctica."
},
{
"name": "Troodon",
"description": "Possibly the smartest dinosaur that ever lived."
},
{
"name": "Tsaagan",
"description": "One of the earliest raptors yet discovered."
},
{
"name": "Tsintaosaurus",
"description": "Also known as the \"Unicorn Dinosaur\"."
},
{
"name": "Tuojiangosaurus",
"description": "One of the most well-known Chinese stegosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Turanoceratops",
"description": "What was this ceratopsian doing in late Cretaceous Asia?"
},
{
"name": "Turiasaurus",
"description": "The largest dinosaur ever to be discovered in Europe."
},
{
"name": "Tylocephale",
"description": "The tallest-domed of all the pachycephalosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Tyrannosaurus Rex",
"description": "The once—and always—king of the dinosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Tyrannotitan",
"description": "We know very little about this fearsomely named dinosaur."
},
{
"name": "Uberabatitan",
"description": "Discovered in the Uberaba region of Brazil."
},
{
"name": "Udanoceratops",
"description": "The largest ceratopsian to run on two legs."
},
{
"name": "Unaysaurus",
"description": "One of the oldest prosauropods yet discovered."
},
{
"name": "Unenlagia",
"description": "This bird-like raptor was native to South America."
},
{
"name": "Unescoceratops",
"description": "named after the United Nation's UNESCO."
},
{
"name": "Urbacodon",
"description": "This Troodon-like predator was discovered in Uzbekistan."
},
{
"name": "Utahceratops",
"description": "Guess what state this dinosaur was discovered in."
},
{
"name": "Utahraptor",
"description": "Probably the biggest raptor that ever lived."
},
{
"name": "Uteodon",
"description": "It was once classified as a species of Camptosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Vagaceratops",
"description": "This big-frilled dinosaur was closely related to Kosmoceratops."
},
{
"name": "Vahiny",
"description": "Its name is Malagasy for \"traveler\"."
},
{
"name": "Valdoraptor",
"description": "This early \"bird mimic\" dinosaur lived in England."
},
{
"name": "Valdosaurus",
"description": "This ornithopod was discovered on the Isle of Wight."
},
{
"name": "Variraptor",
"description": "The first raptor ever to be discovered in France."
},
{
"name": "Velafrons",
"description": "A new addition to the duck-billed dinosaur family."
},
{
"name": "Velociraptor",
"description": "This dinosaur was vicious but a lot smaller than you thought."
},
{
"name": "Velocisaurus",
"description": "A small, speedy theropod of late Cretaceous South America."
},
{
"name": "Venenosaurus",
"description": "This \"poison lizard\" was really a gentle plant-eater."
},
{
"name": "Veterupristisaurus",
"description": "One of the earliest carcharodontosaurs yet identified."
},
{
"name": "Vulcanodon",
"description": "An early sauropod of the Jurassic period."
},
{
"name": "Wannanosaurus",
"description": "Probably the smallest of all the bone-headed dinosaurs."
},
{
"name": "Wellnhoferia",
"description": "Was it really a species of Archaeopteryx?"
},
{
"name": "Wendiceratops",
"description": "This dinosaur honors Canadian fossil hunter Wendy Sloboda."
},
{
"name": "Willinakaqe",
"description": "A rare duck-billed dinosaur from South America."
},
{
"name": "Wintonotitan",
"description": "Another new titanosaur from Australia."
},
{
"name": "Wuerhosaurus",
"description": "Could this have been the last of the stegosaurs?"
},
{
"name": "Wulagasaurus",
"description": "The earliest saurolophine hadrosaur in the fossil record."
},
{
"name": "Xenoceratops",
"description": "This \"alien horned face\" was announced in 2012."
},
{
"name": "Xenoposeidon",
"description": "Experts aren't sure how to classify this sauropod."
},
{
"name": "Xenotarsosaurus",
"description": "A poorly understood abelisaur from South America."
},
{
"name": "Xiaosaurus",
"description": "A small ornithopod from late Jurassic Asia."
},
{
"name": "Xiaotingia",
"description": "This feathered dinosaur predated Archaeopteryx."
},
{
"name": "Xinjiangtitan",
"description": "This huge sauropod was a close relative of Mamenchisaurus."
},
{
"name": "Xiongguanlong",
"description": "A small, primitive tyrannosaur from Asia."
},
{
"name": "Xixianykus",
"description": "A long-legged dino-bird from eastern Asia."
},
{
"name": "Xuanhanosaurus",
"description": "You didn't think there'd be so many \"X\"'s on this list, did you?"
},
{
"name": "Xuanhuaceratops",
"description": "An early ceratopsian of the late Jurassic."
},
{
"name": "Xuwulong",
"description": "This iguanodontid ornithopod was recently discovered in China."
},
{
"name": "Yamaceratops",
"description": "No, it didn't have a sweet potato for a head."
},
{
"name": "Yandusaurus",
"description": "A small ornithopod of middle Jurassic China."
},
{
"name": "Yangchuanosaurus",
"description": "A large theropod of late Jurassic Asia."
},
{
"name": "Yaverlandia",
"description": "A classic case of mistaken dinosaur identity."
},
{
"name": "Yi Qi",
"description": "This strange Jurassic dinosaur had bat-like wings."
},
{
"name": "Yimenosaurus",
"description": "One of the better-known Chinese prosauropods."
},
{
"name": "Yinlong",
"description": "This \"hidden dragon\" was an early ceratopsian."
},
{
"name": "Yixianosaurus",
"description": "How did this dino-bird use its long fingers?"
},
{
"name": "Yizhousaurus",
"description": "The earliest intact sauropod yet discovered."
},
{
"name": "Yongjinglong",
"description": "This titanosaur was recently discovered in China."
},
{
"name": "Yueosaurus",
"description": "This basal ornithopod was discovered by construction workers."
},
{
"name": "Yulong",
"description": "The smallest oviraptor yet identified."
},
{
"name": "Yunnanosaurus",
"description": "One of the last prosauropods to walk the earth."
},
{
"name": "Yutyrannus",
"description": "The largest feathered tyrannosaur yet identified."
},
{
"name": "Zalmoxes",
"description": "A strange-looking ornithopod from Romania."
},
{
"name": "Zanabazar",
"description": "named after a Buddhist spiritual leader."
},
{
"name": "Zapalasaurus",
"description": "This \"diplodocoid\" sauropod lived in early Cretaceous South America."
},
{
"name": "Zby",
"description": "This dinosaur's name was inversely proportional to its size."
},
{
"name": "Zephyrosaurus",
"description": "Otherwise known as the Western Wind Lizard."
},
{
"name": "Zhanghenglong",
"description": "A transitional hadrosaur of late Cretaceous Asia."
},
{
"name": "Zhejiangosaurus",
"description": "The first identified nodosaur from Asia."
},
{
"name": "Zhenyuanlong",
"description": "Also known as the \"fluffy feathered poodle from hell\"."
},
{
"name": "Zhongyuansaurus",
"description": "The only known ankylosaur to lack a tail club."
},
{
"name": "Zhuchengceratops",
"description": "It probably figured on the lunch menu of Zhuchengtyrannus."
},
{
"name": "Zhuchengosaurus",
"description": "This hadrosaur was even bigger than Shantungosaurus."
},
{
"name": "Zhuchengtyrannus",
"description": "This Asian tyrannosaur was the size of T. Rex."
},
{
"name": "Zuniceratops",
"description": "This horned dinosaur was discovered by an eight-year-old boy."
},
{
"name": "Zuolong",
"description": "It was named after General Tso, of Chinese restaurant fame."
},
{
"name": "Zupaysaurus",
"description": "This \"devil lizard\" was one of the earliest theropods."
}
]