Dinosaur models at the Royal Ontario Museum.
This list of dinosaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the superorder Dinosauria, excluding birds (Class Aves - see Fossil Birds) and purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly 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 (many listed dinosaurs have since been reclassified as everything from birds to crocodilians to petrified wood). The list contains 1138 names, of which approximately 760 are considered valid dinosaur genera or nomina dubia.
Scope and terminology
There is no official, canonical list of dinosaur genera. The closest is the Dinosaur Genera List, compiled by biological nomenclature expert George Olshevsky, which was first published online in 1995 and is regularly updated. The most authoritative general source in the field is the second (2004) edition of The Dinosauria. All citations are based on Olshevsky's list, and all subjective determinations (such as junior synonymy or non-dinosaurian status) are based on The Dinosauria, except where they conflict with primary literature. These exceptions are noted.
Naming conventions and terminology follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Technical terms used include:
- Junior synonym: A name which describes the same taxon as a previously published name. If two or more genera are formally designated and the type specimens are later assigned to the same genus, the first to be published (in chronological order) is the senior synonym, and all other instances are junior synonyms. Senior synonyms are generally used, except by special decision of the ICZN (see Tyrannosaurus), but junior synonyms cannot be used again, even if deprecated. Junior synonymy is often subjective, unless the genera described were both based on the same type specimen.
- Nomen nudum (Latin for "naked name"): A name that has appeared in print but has not yet been formally published by the standards of the ICZN. Nomina nuda (the plural form) are invalid, and are therefore not italicized as a proper generic name would be. If the name is later formally published, that name is no longer a nomen nudum and will be italicized on this list. Often, the formally published name will differ from any nomina nuda that describe the same specimen.
- Nomen oblitum (Latin for "forgotten name"): A name that has not been used in the scientific community for more than fifty years after its original proposal.
- Preoccupied name: A name that is formally published, but which has already been used for another taxon. This second use is invalid (as are all subsequent uses) and the name must be replaced. As preoccupied names are not valid generic names, they will also go unitalicized on this list.
- 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), this term is not used on this list.
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Abelisaurus skull.
- Aachenosaurus — actually a piece of petrified wood
- "Abdallahsaurus" — nomen nudum, probably Brachiosaurus or Giraffatitan
- Abelisaurus
- Abrictosaurus
- Abrosaurus
- Acanthopholis
- Achelousaurus
- Achillobator
- Acracanthus — original invalid name of Acrocanthosaurus
- Acrocanthosaurus
- Actiosaurus — probably an ichthyosaur
- Adamantisaurus
- Adasaurus
- Aegyptosaurus
- Aeolosaurus
- Aepisaurus
- Aetonyx — junior synonym of Massospondylus
- Afrovenator
- Agathaumas
- Aggiosaurus — actually a metriorhynchid crocodilian
- Agilisaurus
- Agnosphitys
- Agrosaurus — probably a junior synonym of Thecodontosaurus
- Agujaceratops
- Agustinia
- "Airakoraptor" — nomen nudum
- Alamosaurus
- "Alashansaurus" — nomen nudum
- Alaskacephale
- Albertosaurus
- Albisaurus
- Alectrosaurus
- Aletopelta
- Algoasaurus
- Alioramus
- Aliwalia
Replica of an Allosaurus skeleton.
- Allosaurus
- Alocodon
- Altirhinus
- Altispinax
- Alvarezsaurus — possibly a bird
- Alwalkeria
- Alxasaurus
- Amargasaurus
- Amazonsaurus
- Ammosaurus
- Ampelosaurus
- Amphicoelias
- "Amphicoelicaudia" — nomen nudum; possibly Huabeisaurus
- "Amphisaurus" — preoccupied name, now known as Anchisaurus
- Amtosaurus
- Amurosaurus
- Amygdalodon
- Anabisetia
- Anasazisaurus
- Anatosaurus — junior synonym of Edmontosaurus
- Anatotitan
- Anchiceratops
- Anchisaurus
- Andesaurus
- Angaturama — probably junior synonym of Irritator
- "Angloposeidon"[1][2] — nomen nudum
- "Aniksosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Animantarx
- Ankistrodon — actually a proterosuchid archisauriform
- Ankylosaurus
- Anodontosaurus — junior synonym of Euoplocephalus
- Anoplosaurus
- Anserimimus
- Antarctopelta
- Antarctosaurus
Model of Archaeopteryx.
- Antetonitrus
- Anthodon — actually a pareiasaur
- Antrodemus — synonym of Allosaurus
- Apatodon — probably junior synonym of Allosaurus
- Apatosaurus — formerly known as Brontosaurus
- Appalachiosaurus
- Aragosaurus
- Aralosaurus
- "Araucanoraptor" — nomen nudum; Neuquenraptor
- Archaeoceratops
- Archaeodontosaurus
- Archaeopteryx — actually a bird (by definition)
- "Archaeoraptor" — now known as the bird Yanornis and the dromaeosaur Microraptor
- Archaeornis — junior synonym of the bird Archaeopteryx
- Archaeornithoides
- Archaeornithomimus
- Archaeovolans — junior synonym of the bird Yanornis
- Arctosaurus — actually some sort of non-dinosaurian reptile
- Argentinosaurus
- Argyrosaurus
- Aristosaurus
- Aristosuchus
- Arizonasaurus — actually a rauisuchian
- Arkansaurus
- Arrhinoceratops
- Arstanosaurus
- Asiaceratops
- Asiamericana
- Asiatosaurus
- Astrodon
- Astrodonius — junior synonym of Astrodon
- Astrodontaurus — junior synonym of Astrodon
- Atlantosaurus — junior synonym of Apatosaurus
- Atlasaurus
- Atlascopcosaurus
- Atrociraptor
- Aublysodon
- Aucasaurus
- Auroraceratops
- "Augustia" — preoccupied name, now known as Agustinia
- Austrosaurus
- Avaceratops
- "Avalonia" — preoccupied name, now known as Avalonianus
- Avalonianus — actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur
- Aviatyrannis
- Avimimus
- Avipes
- Avisaurus — actually an enantiornithine bird
- Azendohsaurus
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Model of Beipiaosaurus in an artificial setting.
- Bactrosaurus
- Bagaceratops
- Bagaraatan
- Bahariasaurus
- Bainoceratops
- "Bakesaurus" — nomen nudum
- Bambiraptor
- Barapasaurus
- Barosaurus
- Barsboldia
- Baryonyx
- Bashunosaurus
- Basutodon — actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur
- Bathygnathus — actually a pelycosaur
- Baurutitan
- "Bayosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Becklespinax
- "Beelemodon" — nomen nudum
- Beipiaosaurus
- Bellusaurus
- Belodon — actually a phytosaur
- Betasuchus
- Bienosaurus
- Bihariosaurus
- "Bilbeyhallorum" — nomen nudum; Cedarpelta
- Bissektipelta
- "Blancocerosaurus" — nomen nudum; Giraffatitan
- Blikanasaurus
- Bonatitan
- Bonitasaura
- Borealosaurus
- Borogovia
- Bothriospondylus
Sketch of two Brachiosaurus.
- Brachiosaurus
- Brachyceratops
- Brachylophosaurus
- Brachypodosaurus
- Brachyrophus — junior synonym of Camptosaurus
- Brachytaenius — actually some sort of non-dinosaurian reptile
- Brachytrachelopan
- Bradycneme
- Brasileosaurus — actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur
- Breviceratops
- Breviparopus — an ichnogenus
- "Brontoraptor" — nomen nudum
- Brontosaurus — junior synonym of Apatosaurus
- Bruhathkayosaurus
- Bugenasaura
- Buitreraptor
- "Byranjaffia" — nomen nudum; Byronosaurus
- Byronosaurus
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Camarasaurus skull.
- Caenagnathasia
- Caenagnathus
- Calamosaurus
- Calamospondylus (Fox, 1866)
- Calamospondylus (Lydekker, 1889) — preoccupied name, now known as Calamosaurus
- Callovosaurus
- Camarasaurus
- Camelotia
- Camposaurus
- "Camptonotus" — preoccupied name, now known as Camptosaurus
- Camptosaurus
- "Campylodon" — preoccupied name, now known as Campylodoniscus
- Campylodoniscus
- "Capitalsaurus" — nomen nudum
- Carcharodontosaurus
- Cardiodon
- "Carnosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Carnotaurus
- Caseosaurus
- Cathartesaura
- Cathetosaurus
- Caudipteryx
- Caudocoelus
- Caulodon — junior synonym of Camarasaurus
- Cedarosaurus
- Cedarpelta
- Cedrorestes
- Centemodon — actually a phytosaur
- Centrosaurus
- Ceratops
Obsolete sketch of Ceratosaurus.
- Ceratosaurus
- Cetiosauriscus
- Cetiosaurus
- Changchunsaurus
- "Changdusaurus"[3] — misspelling of Changtusaurus
- "Changtusaurus" — nomen nudum
- Chaoyangosaurus[3] — misspelling of Chaoyangsaurus
- Chaoyangsaurus
- Charonosaurus
- Chasmosaurus
- Chassternbergia
- Chebsaurus
- Cheneosaurus — junior synonym of Hypacrosaurus
- Chialingosaurus
- Chiayusaurus
- Chienkosaurus — actually a crocodilian
- "Chihuahuasaurus" — nomen nudum; Sonorasaurus
- Chilantaisaurus
- Chindesaurus
- Chingkankousaurus
- "Chinshakiangosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Chirostenotes
- Chondrosteosaurus
- Chondrosteus[4] — misspelling of Chondrosteosaurus
- Chuandongocoelurus
- Chuanjiesaurus
- Chubutisaurus
- Chungkingosaurus
- Cionodon
- Citipati
- Cladeiodon — actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur
- Claorhynchus
- Claosaurus
- Clarencea — actually a sphenosuchian
- Clasmodosaurus
- Clepsysaurus
- Clevelanotyrannus[3] — junior synonym of Nanotyrannus
- Coelophysis
- "Coelosaurus" — preoccupied name, now known as Ornithomimus
- Coeluroides
- Coelurosauravus — actually a prolacertiform archosauromorph
- "Coelurosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Coelurus
- Colepiocephale
- Colonosaurus — junior synonym of the bird Ichthyornis dispar
- "Coloradia" — preoccupied name, now known as Coloradisaurus
- Coloradisaurus
- Colossosaurus
- Compsognathus
- Compsosuchus
- Conchoraptor
- Condorraptor
Drawing of the movement of a Corythosaurus.
- Corythosaurus
- Craspedodon
- Crataeomus
- Craterosaurus
- Creosaurus — junior synonym of Allosaurus
- Crichtonsaurus
- Cristatusaurus
- Crosbysaurus — actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur
- Cryolophosaurus
- Cryptodraco — junior synonym of Cryptosaurus
- Cryptosaurus
- Cryptovolans
- Cumnoria — junior synonym of Camptosaurus
- "Cylindricodon" — preoccupied name, now known as Hylaeosaurus
- Cystosaurus — actually a crocodilian
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- Daanosaurus
- Dacentrurus
- "Dachongosaurus" — nomen nudum
- "Dachungosaurus"[3] — misspelling of "Dachongosaurus"
- Dakosaurus — actually a metriorhynchid crocodilian
- "Damalasaurus" — nomen nudum
- Dandakosaurus
- Danubiosaurus — junior synonym of Struthiosaurus
- Daptosaurus
- Dashanpusaurus
- Daspletosaurus
- Dasygnathoides — actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur, junior synonym of Ornithosuchus
- "Dasygnathus" — preoccupied name, now known as Dasygnathoides
Deinonychus skull.
- Datousaurus
- Deinocheirus
- Deinodon
- Deinonychus
- Deltadromeus
- Denversaurus
- Deuterosaurus — actually a therapsid
- Dianchungosaurus
- Diceratops — preoccupied name, has not yet been renamed
- Diclonius
- Dicraeosaurus
- Didanodon
- Dilong
- Dilophosaurus
- Dimodosaurus
- Dinheirosaurus
- Dinodocus
- "Dinosaurus" — preoccupied name, now known as Gresslyosaurus
- Dinotyrannus — junior synonym of Tyrannosaurus
- Diplodocus
- Diplotomodon
- Diracodon
- Dolichosuchus
- "Domeykosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Doratodon — actually a crocodilian
- Doryphorosaurus — junior synonym of Kentrosaurus
- Draconyx
- Dracorex
- Dracopelta
- Dracovenator
- Dravidosaurus
- Drinker
The painting Laelaps by Charles Knight, depicting two Dryptosaurus fighting.
- Dromaeosauroides
- Dromaeosaurus
- Dromiceiomimus
- Dromicosaurus
- Dryosaurus
- Dryptosauroides
- Dryptosaurus
- Dubreuillosaurus
- Dynamosaurus — junior synonym of Tyrannosaurus
- Dyoplosaurus
- Dysalotosaurus — junior synonym of Dryosaurus
- Dysganus
- Dyslocosaurus
- Dystrophaeus
- Dystylosaurus
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Edmontosaurus skull.
- Echinodon
- Edmarka
- Edmontonia
- Edmontosaurus
- Efraasia
- Einiosaurus
- Ekrixinatosaurus
- Elachistosuchus — a rhynchocephalian
- Elaphrosaurus
- Elmisaurus
- Elopteryx
- Elosaurus — junior synonym of Apatosaurus
- "Elvisaurus" — nomen nudum; Cryolophosaurus
- Emausaurus
- Embasaurus
- Enigmosaurus
- Eobrontosaurus
- Eoceratops
- "Eohadrosaurus" — nomen nudum; Eolambia
- Eolambia
- Eolosaurus[3] — junior synonym of Aeolosaurus
- Eoraptor
- Eotyrannus
- Epachthosaurus
- Epanterias
- "Ephoenosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Epicampodon — actually a proterosuchid archisauriform
- Epidendrosaurus
- Equijubus
- Erectopus
- Erketu
- Erliansaurus
- Erlicosaurus — misspelling of Erlikosaurus
- Erlikosaurus
- Eshanosaurus
- Euacanthus[3] — junior synonym of Polacanthus
- Eucamerotus
- Eucentrosaurus — junior synonym of Centrosaurus
- Eucercosaurus
- Eucnemesaurus
- Eucoelophysis
Sketch of Euoplocephalus.
- "Eugongbusaurus" — nomen nudum
- Euhelopus
- Euoplocephalus
- Eupodosaurus — possibly a marine reptile
- Eureodon[3] — junior synonym of Tenontosaurus
- Eurolimnornis — possibly a bird
- Euronychodon
- Europasaurus
- Euskelosaurus
- Eustreptospondylus
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- Fabrosaurus
- Falcarius
- Fenestrosaurus[3] — junior synonym of Oviraptor
- Ferganasaurus
- Ferganosaurus[5] — misspelling of Ferganasaurus
- Ferganocephale
- Frenguellisaurus — junior synonym of Herrerasaurus
- Fukuiraptor
- Fukuisaurus
- Fulengia
- Fulgurotherium
- "Fusinasus" — nomen nudum; Eotyrannus
- Fusuisaurus
- "Futabasaurus" — nomen nudum
- "Futalognkosaurus" — misspelling of Futalongkosaurus
- "Futalongkosaurus" — nomen nudum
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- "Gadolosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Galesaurus — actually a therapsid
- Gallimimus
- Galtonia
- Galveosaurus
- Galvesaurus — misspelling of Galveosaurus
- Gargoyleosaurus
- Garudimimus
- Gasosaurus
- Gasparinisaura
- Gastonia
- "Gavinosaurus" — nomen nudum; Eotyrannus
- Genusaurus
- Genyodectes
- Geranosaurus
- Giganotosaurus
- Gigantosaurus (Seeley, 1869) — junior synonym of Pelorosaurus
- "Gigantosaurus" (E. Fraas, 1908) — preoccupied name, now known as Tornieria, Malawisaurus, and Janenschia
- Gigantoscelus
- Gigantspinosaurus
- Gilmoreosaurus
- "Ginnareemimus" — nomen nudum
- Giraffatitan
- Glyptodontopelta
Skeleton of Giraffatitan.
- Gobipteryx — actually an enantiornithine bird
- Gobisaurus
- Gobititan
- "Godzillasaurus" — nomen nudum; Gojirasaurus
- Gojirasaurus
- Gondwanatitan
- Gongbusaurus
- Gongxianosaurus
- Gorgosaurus
- Goyocephale
- Graciliceratops
- Graciliraptor
- Gracilisuchus — actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur
- "Gravisaurus" — nomen nudum; Lurdusaurus
- Gravitholus
- Gresslyosaurus
- Griphornis — junior synonym of the bird Archaeopteryx
- Griphosaurus — junior synonym of the bird Archaeopteryx
- Gryponyx
- Gryposaurus
- Guaibasaurus
- Guanlong
- Gwyneddosaurus — a tanystrophid
- Gyposaurus
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Early sketch of Hadrosaurus.
- "Hadrosauravus"[3] — junior synonym of Gryposaurus
- Hadrosaurus
- Hagryphus
- Hallopus — actually a crocodilian
- Halticosaurus
- Hanssuesia
- "Hanwulosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Haplocanthosaurus
- "Haplocanthus" — preoccupied name, now known as Haplocanthosaurus
- Harpymimus
- Hecatasaurus — junior synonym of Telmatosaurus
- "Heilongjiangosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Heishansaurus
- "Helopus" — preoccupied name, now known as Euhelopus
- Heptasteornis
- Herbstosaurus — actually a pterosaur
- Herrerasaurus
- Hesperosaurus
- Heterodontosaurus
- Heterosaurus — junior synonym of Iguanodon
- Hexinlusaurus
- Heyuannia
- Hierosaurus
- Hikanodon— junior synonym of Iguanodon
- "Hironosaurus" — nomen nudum
- "Hisanohamasaurus" — nomen nudum
- Histriasaurus
- Homalocephale
- "Honghesaurus" — nomen nudum; Yandusaurus
- Hongshanosaurus
- Hoplitosaurus
- Hoplosaurus
- Hortalotarsus
- Huabeisaurus
- Huanghetitan
- Huaxiagnathus
- "Huaxiasaurus" — nomen nudum; Huaxiagnathus
- Huayangosaurus
Drawing of Huayangosaurus.
- Hudiesaurus
- Hulsanpes — actually a bird
- Hungarosaurus
- Hylaeosaurus
- Hylosaurus — junior synonym of Hylaeosaurus
- Hypacrosaurus
- Hypselosaurus
- "Hypselorhachis" — nomen nudum
- Hypsibema
- Hypsilophodon
- Hypsirophus — junior synonym of Stegosaurus
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- "Ichabodcraniosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Iguanodon
- "Iguanoides" — nomen nudum; Iguanodon
- Iguanosaurus[3] — junior synonym of Iguanodon
- Iliosuchus
- Ilokelesia
- Incisivosaurus
Early, inaccurate sketch of two Iguanodon.
- Indosaurus
- Indosuchus
- Ingenia — preoccupied name, has not yet been renamed
- Inosaurus
- Irritator
- Isanosaurus
- Ischisaurus — junior synonym of Herrerasaurus
- Ischyrosaurus — preoccupied name, has not yet been renamed
- Isisaurus
- "Issasaurus" — nomen nudum; Dicraeosaurus
- Itemirus
- Iuticosaurus
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- Jainosaurus
- Janenschia
- Jaxartosaurus
- Jeholornis — actually a bird
- Jeholosaurus
- Jenghizkhan — junior synonym of Tarbosaurus
- "Jensenosaurus" — nomen nudum; Supersaurus
- "Jiangjunmiaosaurus"[3] — nomen nudum; Monolophosaurus
- Jiangshanosaurus
- Jinfengopteryx
- Jingshanosaurus
- Jinzhousaurus
- Jiutaisaurus
- Jixiangornis— actually a bird
- Jobaria
- Jubbulpuria
- Jurapteryx — junior synonym of the bird Archaeopteryx
- Jurassosaurus
- Juravenator
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- "Kagasaurus" — nomen nudum
- Kaijiangosaurus
- Kakuru
- Kangnasaurus
- Karongasaurus
- "Katsuyamasaurus" — nomen nudum
- Kelmayisaurus
- Kentrosaurus
Kentrosaurus skeleton.
- Kentrurosaurus — junior synonym of Kentrosaurus
- Kerberosaurus
- Khaan
- "Kitadanisaurus" — nomen nudum, some material later named Fukuiraptor
- "Kittysaurus" — nomen nudum; Eotyrannus
- Klamelisaurus
- Koparion
- "Koreanosaurus" — nomen nudum
- "Koreasaurus"[3] — nomen nudum
- Kotasaurus
- Koutalisaurus
- Kritosaurus
- Krzyzanowskisaurus
- Kulceratops
- Kunmingosaurus
- Kuszholia — probably a bird
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- Labocania
- Labrosaurus
- Laelaps — preoccupied name, now known as Dryptosaurus
- Laevisuchus
- Lagerpeton — actually a non-dinosaurian dinosauromorph
- Lagosuchus — actually a non-dinosaurian dinosauromorph
- Lamaceratops
- Lambeosaurus
- Lametasaurus
- Lanasaurus
- "Lancangjiangosaurus"[3] — misspelling of "Lancanjiangosaurus"
- Lancangosaurus[3] — junior synonym of Datousaurus
- "Lancanjiangosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Lanzhousaurus
- Laornis — actually a bird
- Laosaurus
- Laplatasaurus
- Lapparentosaurus
- Leaellynasaura
- Leipsanosaurus — junior synonym of Kentrosaurus
- "Lengosaurus" — nomen nudum; Eotyrannus
Drawing of a Leptoceratops.
- Leptoceratops
- Leptospondylus
- Lesothosaurus
- Lessemsaurus
- Lewisuchus — actually a non-dinosaurian dinosauromorph
- Lexovisaurus
- Liaoceratops
- Liaoningosaurus
- "Liassaurus" — nomen nudum
- Libycosaurus — actually an anthracothere mammal
- Ligabueino
- Ligabuesaurus
- "Ligomasaurus" — nomen nudum, probably Brachiosaurus or Giraffatitan
- "Likhoelesaurus" — nomen nudum
- Liliensternus
- Limaysaurus
- "Limnornis" — preoccupied name, now known as the birds Eurolimnornis and Palaeocursornis
- "Limnosaurus" — preoccupied name, now known as Telmatosaurus
- Lirainosaurus
- Lisboasaurus — actually a crocodilian
- Loncosaurus
- Longisquama — actually some sort of non-dinosaurian reptile
- Longosaurus
- Lophorhothon
- Loricosaurus
- Losillasaurus
Remain of a Lophorhothon skull.
- Lourinhanosaurus
- Lourinhasaurus
- "Luanpingosaurus" — nomen nudum; Psittacosaurus
- Lucianosaurus
- Lufengocephalus — junior synonym of Lufengosaurus
- Lufengosaurus
- Lukousaurus
- Lurdusaurus
- Lusitanosaurus
- Lusotitan
- Lycorhinus
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- Macelognathus — actually a sphenosuchian crocodilian
- Macrodontophion
- Macrophalangia — junior synonym of Chirostenotes
- "Macroscelosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Macrurosaurus
- "Madsenius" — nomen nudum
- Magnirostris
- Magnosaurus
- "Magulodon" — nomen nudum
- Magyarosaurus
- Maiasaura
- Majungasaurus
- Majungatholus
- Malawisaurus
- Maleevosaurus — junior synonym of Tarbosaurus
- Maleevus
Sketch of the sauropod Mamenchisaurus.
- Mamenchisaurus
- Mandschurosaurus
- Manospondylus — synonym of Tyrannosaurus
- Mantellisaurus
- Mapusaurus
- Marasuchus — actually a non-dinosaurian dinosauromorph
- Marmarospondylus
- Marshosaurus
- Masiakasaurus
- Massospondylus
- Maxakalisaurus
- "Medusaceratops" — nomen nudum
- "Megacervixosaurus" — nomen nudum
- "Megadactylus" — preoccupied name, now known as Anchisaurus
- Megadontosaurus[3] — junior synonym of Microvenator
- Megalosaurus
- Megapnosaurus
- Megaraptor
- Mei
- Melanorosaurus
- Mendozasaurus
- "Merosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Metriacanthosaurus
- "Microcephale" — nomen nudum
- "Microceratops" — preoccupied name, has not yet been renamed
- Microcoelus — junior synonym of Saltasaurus
- "Microdontosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Microhadrosaurus
- Micropachycephalosaurus
- Microraptor
- Microsaurops — junior synonym of Saltasaurus
- Microvenator
- "Mifunesaurus" — nomen nudum
- Minmi
- Mirischia
- "Moabosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Mochlodon
- "Mohammadisaurus" — nomen nudum; Tornieria
Cast of a Muttaburrasaurus skeleton.
- Mongolosaurus
- Monkonosaurus
- Monoclonius
- Monolophosaurus
- Mononychus — preoccupied name, now known as Mononykus
- Mononykus — possibly a bird
- Montanoceratops
- Morinosaurus
- Morosaurus — junior synonym of Camarasaurus
- Moshisaurus[3] — junior synonym of Mamenchisaurus
- "Mtapaiasaurus" — nomen nudum, probably Brachiosaurus or Giraffatitan
- "Mtotosaurus" — nomen nudum; Dicraeosaurus
- Mussaurus
- Muttaburrasaurus
- Mymoorapelta
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- Naashoibitosaurus
- Nanosaurus
- Nanotyrannus
- Nanshiungosaurus
- Nanyangosaurus
- "Nectosaurus" — preoccupied name, now known as Kritosaurus
- Nedcolbertia
- Neimongosaurus
- "Nemegtia" — preoccupied name, now known as Nemegtomaia
- Nemegtomaia
- Nemegtosaurus
- "Neosaurus" — preoccupied name, now known as Parrosaurus
Sketch of a Nanotyrannus.
- Neosodon
- Neovenator
- Neuquenraptor
- Neuquensaurus
- "Newtonsaurus" — nomen nudum
- "Ngexisaurus" — nomen nudum
- Nigersaurus
- Niobrarasaurus
- Nipponosaurus
- Noasaurus
- Nodocephalosaurus
- Nodosaurus
- Nomingia
- Nothronychus
- Notoceratops
- Notohypsilophodon
- "Nouerosaurus"[3] — misspelling of Nurosaurus
- Nqwebasaurus
- "Nteregosaurus" — nomen nudum; Janenschia
- "Nuoerosaurus" — misspelling of Nurosaurus
- "Nuoersaurus" — misspelling of Nurosaurus
- Nurosaurus[3]
- Nuthetes
- "Nyasasaurus" — nomen nudum
- "Nyororosaurus" — nomen nudum; Dicraeosaurus
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- Ohmdenosaurus
- Oligosaurus — junior synonym of Rhabdodon
- Olorotitan
- Omeisaurus
- Omnivoropteryx - probably a bird
- "Omosaurus" — preoccupied name, now known as Dacentrurus
- Onychosaurus — synonym of Zalmoxes
- Opisthocoelicaudia
- Oplosaurus
- "Orcomimus" — nomen nudum
- Orinosaurus
- Ornatotholus
- Ornithodesmus — actually a pterosaur
- Ornithoides[3] — junior synonym of Saurornithoides
- Ornitholestes
Ornitholestes sketch.
- Ornithomerus — junior synonym of Rhabdodon
- Ornithomimoides
- Ornithomimus
- Ornithopsis
- Ornithosuchus — actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur
- Ornithotarsus
- Orodromeus
- "Orosaurus" — preoccupied name, now known as Orinosaurus
- Orthogoniosaurus
- Orthomerus
- "Oshanosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Othnielia
- Othnielosaurus
- Otogosaurus
- Ouranosaurus
- Oviraptor
- Ovoraptor[3] — junior synonym of Velociraptor
- Ozraptor
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- Pachycephalosaurus
- Pachyrhinosaurus
- Pachysauriscus
- Pachysaurops
- "Pachysaurus" — preoccupied name, now known as Pachysauriscus
- Pachyspondylus
- Palaeoctonus — actually a phytosaur
- Palaeocursornis — possibly a bird
- "Palaeolimnornis" — nomen nudum; Palaeocursornis, probable bird
- Palaeopteryx — possibly a bird
- Palaeosauriscus — junior synonym of Paleosaurus
- "Palaeosaurus" (Riley & Stutchbury, 1836) — preoccupied name, now known as Paleosaurus
- "Palaeosaurus" (Fitzinger, 1840) — preoccupied name, now known as Sphenosaurus, a non-dinosaurian procolophonid
- Palaeoscincus
- Paleosaurus — actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur
- Panoplosaurus
- Paraiguanodon[3] — junior synonym of Bactrosaurus
- Paralititan
- Paranthodon
- Pararhabdodon
Parasaurolophus sketch.
- Parasaurolophus
- "Pareiasaurus" — actually a pareiasaur
- "Parhabdodon"[3] — junior synonym of Rhabdodon
- Parksosaurus
- Paronychodon
- Parrosaurus
- Parvicursor — possibly a bird
- Patagonykus — possibly a bird
- Patagosaurus
- "Patricosaurus" — actually a mixture of various non-dinosaurian reptiles
- Pawpawsaurus
- Pectinodon — junior synonym of Troodon
- Pedopenna
- Peishansaurus
- Pekinosaurus
- Pelecanimimus
- Pellegrinisaurus
- Pelorosaurus
- "Peltosaurus" — preoccupied name, now known as Sauropelta
- Penelopognathus
- Pentaceratops
- Phaedrolosaurus
- Phuwiangosaurus
- Phyllodon
- Piatnitzkysaurus
- Picrodon — junior synonym of Avalonianus
- Pinacosaurus
- Pisanosaurus
- Piveteausaurus
- Planicoxa
- Plateosauravus
- Plateosaurus
- Platyceratops
- Pleurocoelus
- Pleuropeltus — junior synonym of Struthiosaurus
- Pneumatoarthrus — actually a turtle
- Podokesaurus
- Poekilopleuron
- Polacanthoides
- Polacanthus
- Polyodontosaurus — junior synonym of Troodon
- Polyonax
- Ponerosteus
- Poposaurus — actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur
- Postosuchus — actually a rauisuchian
- Prenocephale
- Prenoceratops
- Priconodon
- Priodontognathus
- Probactrosaurus
- Proceratops
- Proceratosaurus
- Procerosaurus (von Huene, 1902) — actually a prolacertiform archosauromorph
- Procerosaurus (Fritsch, 1905) — preoccupied name, now known as Ponerosteus
- Procheneosaurus — junior synonym of Corythosaurus and Lambeosaurus
Life-sized model of a Procompsognathus.
- Procompsognathus
- Prodeinodon
- "Proiguanodon" — nomen nudum; Iguanodon
- Prosaurolophus
- Protarchaeopteryx
- Protecovasaurus — actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur
- Protiguanodon — junior synonym of Psittacosaurus
- Protoavis — nomen dubium; supposedly a bird
- Protoceratops
- Protognathosaurus
- "Protognathus" — preoccupied name, now known as Protognathosaurus
- Protohadros
- Protorosaurus (von Meyer, 1830) — non-dinosaurian reptile
- "Protorosaurus" (Lambe, 1914) — preoccupied name, now known as Chasmosaurus
- "Protrachodon" — nomen nudum; Orthomerus
- "Proyandusaurus" — nomen nudum; Hexinlusaurus.
- Pseudolagosuchus — actually a non-dinosaurian dinosauromorph
- Psittacosaurus
- Pteropelyx
- Pterospondylus
- Puertasaurus
- Pukyongosaurus
- Pycnonemosaurus
- Pyroraptor
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- Qantassaurus
- Qinlingosaurus
- Quaesitosaurus
- Quilmesaurus
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- Rachitrema — possibly an ichthyosaur
- "Rahona" — preoccupied name, now known as Rahonavis
- Rahonavis — possibly a bird
- Rajasaurus
- Rapator
- Rapetosaurus
- Rayososaurus
- Rebbachisaurus
- Regnosaurus
- Revueltosaurus — actually a pseudosuchian
- Rhabdodon
- Rhadinosaurus
- Rhaetosaurus — alternate version of Rhoetosaurus
- Rheteosaurus — alternate version of Rhoetosaurus
- Rhodanosaurus
- Rhoetosaurus
- Rhopalodon — actually a synapsid
- Ricardoestesia
- Richardoestesia[3] — misspelling of Ricardoestesia
Profile sketch of the head of Rinchenia.
- "Rileya" — preoccupied name, now known as Rileyasuchus
- Rileyasuchus
- Rinchenia
- Rinconsaurus
- Rioarribasaurus — junior synonym of Coelophysis
- Riojasaurus
- Riojasuchus — actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur
- Rocasaurus
- "Roccosaurus"[3] — nomen nudum = Melanorosaurus
- Ruehleia
- Rugops
- "Rutellum" — pre-Linnaean name
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- Sacisaurus — possibly a basal dinosaur relative
- Saichania
- "Salimosaurus" — nomen nudum, probably Brachiosaurus or Giraffatitan
- Saltasaurus
- Saltopus
- "Saltriosaurus" — nomen nudum
- "Sanchusaurus"[3] — nomen nudum
- "Sangonghesaurus"[3] — nomen nudum
- Sanpasaurus
- Santanaraptor
- Sarcolestes
- Sarcosaurus
- Saturnalia
- Sauraechinodon[3] — junior synonym of Echinodon
- "Sauraechmodon" — nomen nudum; Echinodon
- Saurolophus
- Sauropelta
- Saurophaganax
- "Saurophagus" — preoccupied name, now known as Saurophaganax
- Sauroplites
- "Sauropodus"[6] — nomen nudum
- Sauroposeidon
- Saurornithoides
- Saurornitholestes
- Scansoriopteryx
- Scaphonyx — actually a rhynchosaur
- Scelidosaurus
- Scipionyx
- Scleromochlus — actually a non-dinosaurian avemetatarsalian
- Scolosaurus — junior synonym of Euoplocephalus
3D rendering of a Seismosaurus.
- "Scrotum" — a nomen oblitum no longer considered valid
- Scutellosaurus
- Secernosaurus
- Segisaurus
- Segnosaurus
- Seismosaurus
- "Selimanosaurus" — nomen nudum; Dicraeosaurus
- Sellosaurus
- Serendipaceratops
- Shamosaurus
- Shanshanosaurus — junior synonym of Tarbosaurus
- Shantungosaurus
- Shanxia
- Shanyangosaurus
- Shenzhouraptor — actually a bird, also known as Jeholornis
- Shenzhousaurus
- Shixinggia
- Shuangmiaosaurus
- Shunosaurus
- Shuosaurus[3] — misspelling of Shunosaurus
- Shuvosaurus — actually a rauisuchian
- Shuvuuia — possibly a bird
- Siamosaurus
- Siamotyrannus
- Sigilmassasaurus
- Silesaurus
- Siluosaurus
- Silvisaurus
- Sinocoelurus
- Sinornithoides
- Sinornithomimus
- Sinornithosaurus
- Sinosauropteryx
- Sinosaurus
- Sinovenator
- Sinraptor
- Sinucerasaurus — junior synonym of Sinusonasus
- Sinusonasus
- "Smilodon" — preoccupied name, now known as Zanclodon
- Sonidosaurus
- Sonorasaurus
- Sphaerotholus
- Sphenosaurus — actually a non-dinosaurian reptile
- Sphenospondylus — junior synonym of Iguanodon
- Spinosaurus
- Spinostropheus
- Spinosuchus — actually a non-dinosaurian reptile
- Spondylosoma
- Squalodon — actually a cetacean
- Staurikosaurus
- Stegoceras
- Stegopelta
- Stegosaurides
- "Stegosauroides"[3] — misspelling of Stegosaurides
- Stegosaurus
- Stenonychosaurus — junior synonym of Troodon
- Stenopelix
- Stenotholus — junior synonym of Stygimoloch
- Stephanosaurus
- "Stereocephalus" — preoccupied name, now known as Euoplocephalus
- "Stereosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Sterrholophus — junior synonym of Triceratops
- Stokesosaurus
- Stormbergia
- Strenusaurus
Early sketch of a Struthiomimus.
- Streptospondylus
- Struthiomimus
- Struthiosaurus
- Stygimoloch
- Stygivenator — junior synonym of Tyrannosaurus
- Styracosaurus
- Succinodon — actually fossilized mollusc borings
- Suchomimus
- Suchoprion — actually a phytosaur
- "Sugiyamasaurus" — nomen nudum
- Supersaurus
- Suuwassea
- Symphyrophus — junior synonym of Camptosaurus
- Syngonosaurus
- "Syntarsus" — preoccupied name, now known as Megapnosaurus)
- Syrmosaurus
- "Szechuanoraptor" — nomen nudum
- Szechuanosaurus
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- Talarurus
- Talenkauen
- Tangvayosaurus
- Tanius
- Tanycolagreus
- Tanystropheus — actually a prolacertiform archosauromorph
- Tanystrosuchus
- Tapinocephalus — actually a therapsid
Tarbosaurus skeleton.
- Tarascosaurus
- Tarbosaurus
- Tarchia
- Tatisaurus
- Taveirosaurus
- Tawasaurus
- Tazoudasaurus
- Technosaurus
- Tecovasaurus
- Tehuelchesaurus
- Teinurosaurus
- "Teleocrater" — nomen nudum
- Telmatosaurus
- Tenantosaurus[3] — misspelling of Tenontosaurus
- Tenchisaurus[7] — actually an archosaur
- Tendaguria
- Tenontosaurus
- Teratosaurus — actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur
- Termatosaurus — actually a phytosaur
- Tetragonosaurus — junior synonym of Corythosaurus and Lambeosaurus
- Texasetes
- Teyuwasu
- Thecocoelurus
- Thecodontosaurus
- Thecospondylus
- Theiophytalia
- Therizinosaurus
- Therosaurus — junior synonym of Iguanodon
- Thescelosaurus
- Thespesius
- "Thotobolosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Tianchisaurus
- "Tianchungosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Tianzhenosaurus
- Tichosteus
- Tienshanosaurus
- Timimus
- Titanosaurus (Lydekker, 1877)
- Titanosaurus (Marsh, 1877) — preoccupied name, now known as Atlantosaurus
- Tochisaurus
Tyrannosaurus skull.
- "Tomodon" — preoccupied name, now known as Diplotomodon
- "Tonouchisaurus" — nomen nudum
- Tornieria
- Torosaurus
- Torvosaurus
- Trachodon
- Trialestes — actually a crocodilian
- "Triassolestes" — preoccupied name, now known as Trialestes
- Tribelesodon — actually a prolacertiform archosauromorph
- Triceratops
- Trigonosaurus
- Trimucrodon
- Troodon
- Tsaagan
- Tsagantegia
- Tsintaosaurus
- Tugulusaurus
- Tuojiangosaurus
- Turanoceratops
- Turiasaurus
- Tylocephale
- Tylosteus — synonym of Pachycephalosaurus
- Tyrannosaurus
- Tyrannotitan
- "Tyreophorus" — nomen nudum
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Ultrasaurus drawing.
- Udanoceratops
- Ugrosaurus — probably junior synonym of Triceratops
- Uintasaurus — junior synonym of Camarasaurus
- Ultrasauros — junior synonym of Supersaurus
- Ultrasaurus (H. M. Kim, 1983)
- Ultrasaurus (Jensen, 1985) — preoccupied name, now known as Ultrasauros
- Umarsaurus[3] — junior synonym of Barsboldia
- Unaysaurus
- Unenlagia
- "Unicerosaurus" — nomen nudum, actually a fish
- Unquillosaurus
- Utahraptor
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- Valdoraptor
- Valdosaurus
- Variraptor
- Vectensia — junior synonym of Hylaeosaurus
Feathered drawing of a Velociraptor.
- Vectisaurus
- Velocipes
- Velociraptor
- Velocisaurus
- Venaticosuchus — actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur
- Venenosaurus
- Volkheimeria
- Vulcanodon
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- Wakinosaurus
- Walgettosuchus
- "Walkeria" — preoccupied name, now known as Alwalkeria
- "Walkersaurus" — nomen nudum
- "Wangonisaurus" — nomen nudum, probably Brachiosaurus or Giraffatitan
- Wannanosaurus
- Wellnhoferia — actually a bird, possibly junior synonym of Archaeopteryx
- Wuerhosaurus
- Wyleyia — actually a bird
- "Wyomingraptor" — nomen nudum
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- Xenotarsosaurus
- Xiaosaurus
- Xinjiangovenator
- Xuanhanosaurus
- Xuanhuaceratops
- "Xuanhuasaurus"[3] — nomen nudum
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- Yaleosaurus
- Yamaceratops
- Yandusaurus
- Yangchuanosaurus
- Yanornis — actually a bird
- Yaverlandia
- Yaxartosaurus[3] — misspelling of Jaxartosaurus
- "Yezosaurus" — nomen nudum
- "Yibinosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Yimenosaurus
- "Yingshanosaurus" — nomen nudum
- Yinlong
- Yixianosaurus
- Yuanmousaurus
- "Yubasaurus" — nomen nudum
- Yunnanosaurus
- "Yunxiansaurus" — nomen nudum
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- Zalmoxes
- Zanclodon
- Zapalasaurus
- Zapsalis — junior synonym of Paronychodon
- Zatomus — actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur
- Zephyrosaurus
- Zigongosaurus — junior synonym of Mamenchisaurus
- Zizhongosaurus
- Zuniceratops
- Zupaysaurus
See also
Notes
Uncited genera names can be attributed to Olshevsky, 2006.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 Lambert, D. 1993. "A to Z of Dinosaurs" In: The Ultimate Dinosaur Book. Dorling Kindersley.
- ↑ Worth, G. (Ed.). N.d. Chondrosteus. In The Dinosaur Encyclopedia. Retrieved December 4, 2006[3]. Attributes mispelling to Huene, F. von. 1907–1908. Die Dinosaurier der europaischen Triasformation mit Beriicksichtigung der aussereuropaischen Vorkominnisse. Geol. Paleontol. Abhandl. Suppl. 1, pp. 1–419.
- ↑ Alifanov, V.R. & A.O. Averianov 2003. Палеонтология: Ферганозавр Верзилина. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Vol. 23. №2. pp. 358-372.
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ Worth, G. (Ed.). N.d. Tenchisaurus. In The Dinosaur Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 16, 2006[5]. Attributes misspelling to a Japanese guide to a Chinese dinosaur exhibit, 1981. And also to Glut, 1982.
References
- Lambert, D. 1993. "A to Z of Dinosaurs" In: The Ultimate Dinosaur Book. Dorling Kindersley, 192 pp. ISBN 0-7513-0047-0
- Walters, M., Paker, J. 1995. Dictionary of Prehistoric Life. Claremont Books. ISBN 1-85471-648-4.
- Weishampel, D. B., Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (Eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, Second Edition. University of California Press, 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
