├── types └── index.ts ├── public ├── robots.txt └── favicon.ico ├── .gitignore ├── server ├── tsconfig.json └── api │ ├── dinosaurs.get.ts │ ├── dinosaurs │ └── [name].get.ts │ └── data.json ├── tsconfig.json ├── assets └── css │ └── main.css ├── app.vue ├── README.md ├── tailwind.config.js ├── pages ├── [name].vue └── index.vue ├── package.json └── nuxt.config.ts /types/index.ts: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /public/robots.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /.gitignore: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | .output 2 | .nuxt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /server/tsconfig.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "extends": "../.nuxt/tsconfig.server.json" 3 | } 4 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /public/favicon.ico: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/denoland/examples-with-nuxt/main/public/favicon.ico -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /tsconfig.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | // https://nuxt.com/docs/guide/concepts/typescript 3 | "extends": "./.nuxt/tsconfig.json" 4 | } 5 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /server/api/dinosaurs.get.ts: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | import data from "./data.json"; 2 | 3 | export default defineCachedEventHandler(() => { 4 | return data; 5 | }); 6 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /assets/css/main.css: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | @tailwind base; 2 | @tailwind components; 3 | @tailwind utilities; 4 | 5 | a.btn-primary { 6 | display: inline-block; 7 | margin: 0.5rem; 8 | } 9 | 10 | a.btn-secondary::before { 11 | content: "← "; 12 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /app.vue: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 14 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # How to build a Nuxt app with Deno 2 | 3 | [Read the full tutorial in the Deno documentation.](https://docs.deno.com/examples/nuxt_tutorial/) 4 | 5 | 6 | Deploy your own version of this example with a couple of clicks 7 | 8 | [![Deploy on Deno](https://deno.com/button)](https://app.deno.com/new?clone=https://github.com/denoland/examples&path=with-nuxt) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /tailwind.config.js: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | // tailwind.config.js 2 | /** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */ 3 | export default { 4 | content: [ 5 | "./components/**/*.{js,vue,ts}", 6 | "./layouts/**/*.vue", 7 | "./pages/**/*.vue", 8 | "./plugins/**/*.{js,ts}", 9 | "./app.vue", 10 | ], 11 | theme: { 12 | extend: {}, 13 | }, 14 | plugins: [], 15 | }; 16 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /pages/[name].vue: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /package.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "name": "nuxt-app", 3 | "private": true, 4 | "type": "module", 5 | "scripts": { 6 | "build": "nuxt build", 7 | "dev": "nuxt dev", 8 | "generate": "nuxt generate", 9 | "preview": "nuxt preview", 10 | "postinstall": "nuxt prepare" 11 | }, 12 | "dependencies": { 13 | "nuxt": "^3.15.1", 14 | "vue": "latest", 15 | "vue-router": "latest" 16 | }, 17 | "devDependencies": { 18 | "autoprefixer": "^10.4.20", 19 | "postcss": "^8.4.49", 20 | "tailwindcss": "^3.4.17" 21 | } 22 | } 23 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /pages/index.vue: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 4 | 5 | 19 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /server/api/dinosaurs/[name].get.ts: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | import data from "../data.json"; 2 | 3 | export default defineCachedEventHandler((event) => { 4 | const name = getRouterParam(event, 'name'); 5 | 6 | if (!name) { 7 | throw createError({ 8 | statusCode: 400, 9 | message: "No dinosaur name provided", 10 | }); 11 | } 12 | 13 | const dinosaur = data.find( 14 | (dino) => dino.name.toLowerCase() === name.toLowerCase(), 15 | ); 16 | 17 | if (!dinosaur) { 18 | throw createError({ 19 | statusCode: 404, 20 | message: "Dinosaur not found", 21 | }); 22 | } 23 | 24 | return dinosaur; 25 | }); 26 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /nuxt.config.ts: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | import { defineNuxtConfig } from "nuxt/config"; 2 | 3 | export default defineNuxtConfig({ 4 | devtools: { enabled: true }, 5 | 6 | nitro: { 7 | preset: "deno", 8 | }, 9 | 10 | app: { 11 | head: { 12 | title: "Dinosaur Encyclopedia", 13 | link: [ 14 | { 15 | rel: "preload", 16 | href: "https://demo-styles.deno.deno.net/fonts/Moranga-Regular.woff2", 17 | as: "font", 18 | type: "font/woff2", 19 | crossorigin: "anonymous", 20 | }, 21 | { 22 | rel: "preload", 23 | href: "https://demo-styles.deno.deno.net/fonts/Moranga-Medium.woff2", 24 | as: "font", 25 | type: "font/woff2", 26 | crossorigin: "anonymous", 27 | }, 28 | { 29 | rel: "preload", 30 | href: "https://demo-styles.deno.deno.net/fonts/Recursive_Variable.woff2", 31 | as: "font", 32 | type: "font/woff2", 33 | crossorigin: "anonymous", 34 | }, 35 | { 36 | rel: "stylesheet", 37 | href: "https://demo-styles.deno.deno.net/styles.css", 38 | type: "text/css", 39 | crossorigin: "anonymous", 40 | }, 41 | ], 42 | }, 43 | }, 44 | css: ["~/assets/css/main.css"], 45 | 46 | postcss: { 47 | plugins: { 48 | tailwindcss: {}, 49 | autoprefixer: {}, 50 | }, 51 | }, 52 | 53 | compatibilityDate: "2024-11-06", 54 | }); 55 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /server/api/data.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | [ 2 | { 3 | "name": "Aardonyx", 4 | "description": "An early stage in the evolution of sauropods." 5 | }, 6 | { 7 | "name": "Abelisaurus", 8 | "description": "\"Abel's lizard\" has been reconstructed from a single skull." 9 | }, 10 | { 11 | "name": "Abrictosaurus", 12 | "description": "An early relative of Heterodontosaurus." 13 | }, 14 | { 15 | "name": "Abrosaurus", 16 | "description": "A close Asian relative of Camarasaurus." 17 | }, 18 | { 19 | "name": "Abydosaurus", 20 | "description": "This sauropod's intact skull was discovered in 2010." 21 | }, 22 | { 23 | "name": "Acanthopholis", 24 | "description": "No, it's not a city in Greece." 25 | }, 26 | { 27 | "name": "Achelousaurus", 28 | "description": "Might this have been a growth stage of Pachyrhinosaurus?" 29 | }, 30 | { 31 | "name": "Achillobator", 32 | "description": "This fierce raptor was discovered in modern-day Mongolia." 33 | }, 34 | { 35 | "name": "Acristavus", 36 | "description": "This early hadrosaur lacked any ornamentation on its skull." 37 | }, 38 | { 39 | "name": "Acrocanthosaurus", 40 | "description": "The largest meat-eating dinosaur of the early Cretaceous period." 41 | }, 42 | { 43 | "name": "Acrotholus", 44 | "description": "North America's earliest bone-headed dinosaur." 45 | }, 46 | { 47 | "name": "Adamantisaurus", 48 | "description": "This titanosaur was named 50 years after its discovery." 49 | }, 50 | { 51 | "name": "Adasaurus", 52 | "description": "This raptor's hind claws were unusually small." 53 | }, 54 | { 55 | "name": "Adeopapposaurus", 56 | "description": "A close relative of Massospondylus." 57 | }, 58 | { 59 | "name": "Aegyptosaurus", 60 | "description": "Try and guess which country this dinosaur was found in." 61 | }, 62 | { 63 | "name": "Aeolosaurus", 64 | "description": "Could this titanosaur have reared up on its hind legs?" 65 | }, 66 | { 67 | "name": "Aerosteon", 68 | "description": "This air-boned dinosaur may have breathed like a bird." 69 | }, 70 | { 71 | "name": "Afrovenator", 72 | "description": "One of the few carnivores ever to be dug up in northern Africa." 73 | }, 74 | { 75 | "name": "Agathaumas", 76 | "description": "The first ceratopsian dinosaur ever discovered." 77 | }, 78 | { 79 | "name": "Agilisaurus", 80 | "description": "This \"agile lizard\" was one of the earliest ornithopods." 81 | }, 82 | { 83 | "name": "Agujaceratops", 84 | "description": "It was once classified as a species of Chasmosaurus." 85 | }, 86 | { 87 | "name": "Agustinia", 88 | "description": "A large, spiny-backed sauropod." 89 | }, 90 | { 91 | "name": "Ajkaceratops", 92 | "description": "The first ceratopsian ever to be discovered in Europe." 93 | }, 94 | { 95 | "name": "Alamosaurus", 96 | "description": "No, it wasn't named after the Alamo, but it should have been." 97 | }, 98 | { 99 | "name": "Alaskacephale", 100 | "description": "Can you guess which state this pachycephalosaur was found in?" 101 | }, 102 | { 103 | "name": "Albalophosaurus", 104 | "description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be discovered in Japan." 105 | }, 106 | { 107 | "name": "Albertaceratops", 108 | "description": "The most basal \"centrosaurine\" yet identified." 109 | }, 110 | { 111 | "name": "Albertadromeus", 112 | "description": "This petite ornithopod was recently discovered in Canada." 113 | }, 114 | { 115 | "name": "Albertonykus", 116 | "description": "A tiny, birdlike, North American dinosaur." 117 | }, 118 | { 119 | "name": "Albertosaurus", 120 | "description": "This carnivorous dinosaur was a close relative of T. Rex." 121 | }, 122 | { 123 | "name": "Alectrosaurus", 124 | "description": "Few specimens of this \"unmarried lizard\" have been found." 125 | }, 126 | { 127 | "name": "Aletopelta", 128 | "description": "The first ankylosaur known to have lived in Mexico." 129 | }, 130 | { 131 | "name": "Alioramus", 132 | "description": "Everything we know about this tyrannosaur is based on a single skull." 133 | }, 134 | { 135 | "name": "Allosaurus", 136 | "description": "The apex predator of late Jurassic North America." 137 | }, 138 | { 139 | "name": "Altirhinus", 140 | "description": "This \"high-nosed\" plant eater resembled an early hadrosaur." 141 | }, 142 | { 143 | "name": "Alvarezsaurus", 144 | "description": "A bird-like dinosaur of the late Cretaceous." 145 | }, 146 | { 147 | "name": "Alwalkeria", 148 | "description": "This Indian dinosaur was one of the earliest saurischians." 149 | }, 150 | { 151 | "name": "Alxasaurus", 152 | "description": "An early relative of the bizarre Therizinosaurus." 153 | }, 154 | { 155 | "name": "Amargasaurus", 156 | "description": "A bizarre, spined sauropod from South America." 157 | }, 158 | { 159 | "name": "Amazonsaurus", 160 | "description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be found in the Amazon basin." 161 | }, 162 | { 163 | "name": "Ammosaurus", 164 | "description": "This may (or may not) have been the same dinosaur as Anchisaurus." 165 | }, 166 | { 167 | "name": "Ampelosaurus", 168 | "description": "One of the best-known of the armored titanosaurs." 169 | }, 170 | { 171 | "name": "Amphicoelias", 172 | "description": "Could it have been the biggest dinosaur that ever lived?" 173 | }, 174 | { 175 | "name": "Amurosaurus", 176 | "description": "The most complete hadrosaur to be discovered in Russia." 177 | }, 178 | { 179 | "name": "Anabisetia", 180 | "description": "The best-attested South American ornithopod." 181 | }, 182 | { 183 | "name": "Anatosaurus", 184 | "description": "This dinosaur is now known as either Anatotitan or Edmontosaurus." 185 | }, 186 | { 187 | "name": "Anatotitan", 188 | "description": "This hadrosaur's name means \"giant duck\"." 189 | }, 190 | { 191 | "name": "Anchiceratops", 192 | "description": "This dinosaur had a distinctively shaped frill." 193 | }, 194 | { 195 | "name": "Anchiornis", 196 | "description": "A four-winged dino-bird that resembled Microraptor." 197 | }, 198 | { 199 | "name": "Anchisaurus", 200 | "description": "One of the first dinosaurs ever to be dug up in the U.S." 201 | }, 202 | { 203 | "name": "Andesaurus", 204 | "description": "This titanosaur rivaled Argentinosaurus in size." 205 | }, 206 | { 207 | "name": "Angaturama", 208 | "description": "A Brazilian relative of Spinosaurus." 209 | }, 210 | { 211 | "name": "Angolatitan", 212 | "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in Angola." 213 | }, 214 | { 215 | "name": "Angulomastacator", 216 | "description": "This dinosaur had a strangely shaped upper jaw." 217 | }, 218 | { 219 | "name": "Animantarx", 220 | "description": "This \"living fortress\" was discovered in an unusual way." 221 | }, 222 | { 223 | "name": "Ankylosaurus", 224 | "description": "This dinosaur was the Cretaceous equivalent of a Sherman tank." 225 | }, 226 | { 227 | "name": "Anodontosaurus", 228 | "description": "This \"toothless lizard\" actually had a full set of choppers." 229 | }, 230 | { 231 | "name": "Anserimimus", 232 | "description": "This \"goose mimic\" didn’t bear much of a resemblance." 233 | }, 234 | { 235 | "name": "Antarctopelta", 236 | "description": "The first dinosaur fossil ever discovered in Antarctica." 237 | }, 238 | { 239 | "name": "Antarctosaurus", 240 | "description": "This titanosaur may or may not have lived in Antarctica." 241 | }, 242 | { 243 | "name": "Antetonitrus", 244 | "description": "Either a very late prosauropod or a very early sauropod." 245 | }, 246 | { 247 | "name": "Anzu", 248 | "description": "This Oviraptor relative was recently discovered in North America." 249 | }, 250 | { 251 | "name": "Aorun", 252 | "description": "A small theropod of late Jurassic Asia." 253 | }, 254 | { 255 | "name": "Apatosaurus", 256 | "description": "The dinosaur formerly known as Brontosaurus." 257 | }, 258 | { 259 | "name": "Appalachiosaurus", 260 | "description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be found in Alabama." 261 | }, 262 | { 263 | "name": "Aquilops", 264 | "description": "The earliest ceratopsian ever to be discovered in North America." 265 | }, 266 | { 267 | "name": "Aragosaurus", 268 | "description": "named after the Aragon region of Spain." 269 | }, 270 | { 271 | "name": "Aralosaurus", 272 | "description": "Not much is known about this central Asian duck-billed dinosaur." 273 | }, 274 | { 275 | "name": "Archaeoceratops", 276 | "description": "Possibly the smallest ceratopsian that ever lived." 277 | }, 278 | { 279 | "name": "Archaeopteryx", 280 | "description": "This ancient dino-bird was about the size of a modern pigeon." 281 | }, 282 | { 283 | "name": "Archaeornithomimus", 284 | "description": "A likely ancestor of Ornithomimus." 285 | }, 286 | { 287 | "name": "Arcovenator", 288 | "description": "This fierce abelisaur was recently discovered in France." 289 | }, 290 | { 291 | "name": "Arcusaurus", 292 | "description": "This prosauropod was recently discovered in South Africa." 293 | }, 294 | { 295 | "name": "Argentinosaurus", 296 | "description": "Possibly the largest dinosaur that ever lived." 297 | }, 298 | { 299 | "name": "Argyrosaurus", 300 | "description": "A plus-sized titanosaur from South America." 301 | }, 302 | { 303 | "name": "Aristosuchus", 304 | "description": "This \"noble crocodile\" was actually a dinosaur." 305 | }, 306 | { 307 | "name": "Arrhinoceratops", 308 | "description": "This ceratopsian was named for its \"missing\" nose horn." 309 | }, 310 | { 311 | "name": "Astrodon", 312 | "description": "The official state dinosaur of Maryland." 313 | }, 314 | { 315 | "name": "Asylosaurus", 316 | "description": "This \"unharmed lizard\" escaped destruction in World War II." 317 | }, 318 | { 319 | "name": "Atlasaurus", 320 | "description": "This sauropod had unusually long legs." 321 | }, 322 | { 323 | "name": "Atlascopcosaurus", 324 | "description": "named after a manufacturer of digging equipment." 325 | }, 326 | { 327 | "name": "Atrociraptor", 328 | "description": "This \"cruel thief\" wasn't as atrocious as its name implies." 329 | }, 330 | { 331 | "name": "Aublysodon", 332 | "description": "This tyrannosaur was named after a single tooth." 333 | }, 334 | { 335 | "name": "Aucasaurus", 336 | "description": "This predator was a close relative of Carnotaurus." 337 | }, 338 | { 339 | "name": "Auroraceratops", 340 | "description": "A close relative of Archaeoceratops." 341 | }, 342 | { 343 | "name": "Australodocus", 344 | "description": "This sauropod was found in modern-day Tanzania." 345 | }, 346 | { 347 | "name": "Australovenator", 348 | "description": "A recently discovered carnivore from Australia." 349 | }, 350 | { 351 | "name": "Austroraptor", 352 | "description": "The largest raptor from South America." 353 | }, 354 | { 355 | "name": "Austrosaurus", 356 | "description": "This titanosaur was discovered near a train station." 357 | }, 358 | { 359 | "name": "Avaceratops", 360 | "description": "This ceratopsian is represented by a single juvenile." 361 | }, 362 | { 363 | "name": "Aviatyrannis", 364 | "description": "This \"grandmother tyrant\" was one of the first tyrannosaurs." 365 | }, 366 | { 367 | "name": "Avimimus", 368 | "description": "A particularly bird-like cousin of Oviraptor." 369 | }, 370 | { 371 | "name": "Bactrosaurus", 372 | "description": "One of the earliest of the duck-billed dinosaurs." 373 | }, 374 | { 375 | "name": "Bagaceratops", 376 | "description": "A small ceratopsian from central Asia." 377 | }, 378 | { 379 | "name": "Bagaraatan", 380 | "description": "No one is quite sure how to classify this theropod." 381 | }, 382 | { 383 | "name": "Bahariasaurus", 384 | "description": "This obscure carnivore may have been the size of T. Rex." 385 | }, 386 | { 387 | "name": "Balaur", 388 | "description": "This \"stocky dragon\" was recently discovered in Romania." 389 | }, 390 | { 391 | "name": "Bambiraptor", 392 | "description": "Yes, this tiny raptor was named after you-know-who." 393 | }, 394 | { 395 | "name": "Barapasaurus", 396 | "description": "Probably the first of the giant sauropods." 397 | }, 398 | { 399 | "name": "Barilium", 400 | "description": "Yet another iguanodontid ornithopod of the British Isles." 401 | }, 402 | { 403 | "name": "Barosaurus", 404 | "description": "An enormous plant-eater with a tiny head." 405 | }, 406 | { 407 | "name": "Barsboldia", 408 | "description": "This hadrosaur was named after Rinchen Barsbold." 409 | }, 410 | { 411 | "name": "Baryonyx", 412 | "description": "You wouldn't want to clip this dinosaur's claws." 413 | }, 414 | { 415 | "name": "Batyrosaurus", 416 | "description": "One of the most basal hadrosaurs yet identified." 417 | }, 418 | { 419 | "name": "Becklespinax", 420 | "description": "A strangely named theropod of the early Cretaceous period." 421 | }, 422 | { 423 | "name": "Beipiaosaurus", 424 | "description": "The only known feathered therizinosaur." 425 | }, 426 | { 427 | "name": "Beishanlong", 428 | "description": "This bird mimic weighed over half a ton." 429 | }, 430 | { 431 | "name": "Bellusaurus", 432 | "description": "A herd of this sauropod drowned in a flash flood." 433 | }, 434 | { 435 | "name": "Berberosaurus", 436 | "description": "This \"Berber lizard\" has proven difficult to classify." 437 | }, 438 | { 439 | "name": "Bicentenaria", 440 | "description": "This dinosaur was named for Argentina's 200th anniversary." 441 | }, 442 | { 443 | "name": "Bistahieversor", 444 | "description": "This tyrannosaur had more teeth than T. Rex." 445 | }, 446 | { 447 | "name": "Bonapartenykus", 448 | "description": "This feathered dinosaur was found in close proximity to its eggs." 449 | }, 450 | { 451 | "name": "Bonitasaura", 452 | "description": "This titanosaur wasn't as beautiful as its name implies." 453 | }, 454 | { 455 | "name": "Borogovia", 456 | "description": "This theropod was named after a Lewis Carroll poem." 457 | }, 458 | { 459 | "name": "Bothriospondylus", 460 | "description": "A case study in dinosaur confusion." 461 | }, 462 | { 463 | "name": "Brachiosaurus", 464 | "description": "This dinosaur was a giant, gentle, long-necked plant-eater." 465 | }, 466 | { 467 | "name": "Brachyceratops", 468 | "description": "A little-known ceratopsian from North America." 469 | }, 470 | { 471 | "name": "Brachylophosaurus", 472 | "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur's beak looked more like a parrot's." 473 | }, 474 | { 475 | "name": "Brachytrachelopan", 476 | "description": "This sauropod had an unusually short neck." 477 | }, 478 | { 479 | "name": "Bravoceratops", 480 | "description": "This ceratopsian was recently discovered in Texas." 481 | }, 482 | { 483 | "name": "Brontomerus", 484 | "description": "Its name is Greek for \"thunder thighs\"." 485 | }, 486 | { 487 | "name": "Bruhathkayosaurus", 488 | "description": "Was this titanosaur bigger than Argentinosaurus?" 489 | }, 490 | { 491 | "name": "Buitreraptor", 492 | "description": "The oldest raptor ever discovered in South America." 493 | }, 494 | { 495 | "name": "Byronosaurus", 496 | "description": "This theropod was a close relative of Troodon." 497 | }, 498 | { 499 | "name": "Camarasaurus", 500 | "description": "The most common sauropod of Jurassic North America." 501 | }, 502 | { 503 | "name": "Camarillasaurus", 504 | "description": "A ceratosaur of early Cretaceous western Europe." 505 | }, 506 | { 507 | "name": "Camelotia", 508 | "description": "An early member of the line that evolved into sauropods." 509 | }, 510 | { 511 | "name": "Camptosaurus", 512 | "description": "A close relative of Iguanodon." 513 | }, 514 | { 515 | "name": "Carcharodontosaurus", 516 | "description": "Its name means \"great white shark lizard.\" Impressed yet?" 517 | }, 518 | { 519 | "name": "Carnotaurus", 520 | "description": "The shortest arms of any meat-eating dinosaur with horns to match." 521 | }, 522 | { 523 | "name": "Caudipteryx", 524 | "description": "A birdlike dinosaur that changed the views of paleontologists." 525 | }, 526 | { 527 | "name": "Centrosaurus", 528 | "description": "Like a unicorn, this ceratopsian only had one horn." 529 | }, 530 | { 531 | "name": "Cerasinops", 532 | "description": "A small ceratopsian of the late Cretaceous." 533 | }, 534 | { 535 | "name": "Ceratonykus", 536 | "description": "This dino-bird was discovered in Mongolia in 2009." 537 | }, 538 | { 539 | "name": "Ceratosaurus", 540 | "description": "This primitive carnivore is hard to classify." 541 | }, 542 | { 543 | "name": "Cetiosauriscus", 544 | "description": "Not to be confused with the more famous Cetiosaurus." 545 | }, 546 | { 547 | "name": "Cetiosaurus", 548 | "description": "This \"whale lizard\" was once mistaken for the Loch Ness Monster." 549 | }, 550 | { 551 | "name": "Changyuraptor", 552 | "description": "Was this feathered dinosaur capable of flight?" 553 | }, 554 | { 555 | "name": "Chaoyangsaurus", 556 | "description": "An early ceratopsian of the late Jurassic period." 557 | }, 558 | { 559 | "name": "Charonosaurus", 560 | "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur was much bigger than an elephant." 561 | }, 562 | { 563 | "name": "Chasmosaurus", 564 | "description": "The only dinosaur that came with its own awning." 565 | }, 566 | { 567 | "name": "Chialingosaurus", 568 | "description": "One of the earliest Asian stegosaurs." 569 | }, 570 | { 571 | "name": "Chilantaisaurus", 572 | "description": "This large theropod may have been ancestral to Spinosaurus." 573 | }, 574 | { 575 | "name": "Chilesaurus", 576 | "description": "This plant-eating theropod was recently discovered in Chile." 577 | }, 578 | { 579 | "name": "Chindesaurus", 580 | "description": "This early dinosaur was a close relative of Herrerasaurus." 581 | }, 582 | { 583 | "name": "Chirostenotes", 584 | "description": "This birdlike dinosaur has been known by three different names." 585 | }, 586 | { 587 | "name": "Chubutisaurus", 588 | "description": "This titanosaur was on Tyrannotitan's lunch menu." 589 | }, 590 | { 591 | "name": "Chungkingosaurus", 592 | "description": "This early stegosaur had some primitive characteristics." 593 | }, 594 | { 595 | "name": "Citipati", 596 | "description": "This Mongolian theropod was a close relative of Oviraptor." 597 | }, 598 | { 599 | "name": "Claosaurus", 600 | "description": "This \"broken lizard\" was a primitive hadrosaur." 601 | }, 602 | { 603 | "name": "Coahuilaceratops", 604 | "description": "It had the longest horns of any known ceratopsian dinosaur." 605 | }, 606 | { 607 | "name": "Coelophysis", 608 | "description": "One of the most ancient dinosaurs ever to roam the earth." 609 | }, 610 | { 611 | "name": "Coelurus", 612 | "description": "This tiny dinosaur was a close relative of Compsognathus." 613 | }, 614 | { 615 | "name": "Colepiocephale", 616 | "description": "This thick-skulled dinosaur's name is Greek for \"knucklehead\"." 617 | }, 618 | { 619 | "name": "Compsognathus", 620 | "description": "This dinosaur was the size of a chicken, but much meaner." 621 | }, 622 | { 623 | "name": "Concavenator", 624 | "description": "This large theropod had a bizarre hump on its back." 625 | }, 626 | { 627 | "name": "Conchoraptor", 628 | "description": "This \"conch thief\" may have lunched on mollusks." 629 | }, 630 | { 631 | "name": "Condorraptor", 632 | "description": "A small theropod of middle Jurassic South America." 633 | }, 634 | { 635 | "name": "Coronosaurus", 636 | "description": "This \"crown lizard\" was once classified as a species of Centrosaurus." 637 | }, 638 | { 639 | "name": "Corythosaurus", 640 | "description": "This \"Corinthian-helmeted\" dino had a distinctive mating call." 641 | }, 642 | { 643 | "name": "Crichtonsaurus", 644 | "description": "This dinosaur was named after the author of Jurassic Park." 645 | }, 646 | { 647 | "name": "Cruxicheiros", 648 | "description": "This \"cross-handed\" dinosaur was named in 2010." 649 | }, 650 | { 651 | "name": "Cryolophosaurus", 652 | "description": "This crested dinosaur was once known as \"Elvisaurus\"." 653 | }, 654 | { 655 | "name": "Cryptovolans", 656 | "description": "Was this the same dinosaur as Microraptor?" 657 | }, 658 | { 659 | "name": "Cumnoria", 660 | "description": "It was once mistakenly classified as a species of Iguanodon." 661 | }, 662 | { 663 | "name": "Dacentrurus", 664 | "description": "The first stegosaur ever to be described." 665 | }, 666 | { 667 | "name": "Daemonosauru 0s", 668 | "description": "This \"evil lizard\" was a close relative of Coelophysis." 669 | }, 670 | { 671 | "name": "Dahalokely", 672 | "description": "A rare theropod from the island of Madagascar." 673 | }, 674 | { 675 | "name": "Dakotaraptor", 676 | "description": "This giant raptor was recently discovered in South Dakota." 677 | }, 678 | { 679 | "name": "Daspletosaurus", 680 | "description": "This \"frightful lizard\" was a close cousin of T. Rex." 681 | }, 682 | { 683 | "name": "Datousaurus", 684 | "description": "A medium-sized sauropod from middle Jurassic Asia." 685 | }, 686 | { 687 | "name": "Darwinsaurus", 688 | "description": "\"Darwin's lizard\" may or may not be a valid dinosaur genus." 689 | }, 690 | { 691 | "name": "Deinocheirus", 692 | "description": "All we know for sure about this dinosaur is the shape of its arms." 693 | }, 694 | { 695 | "name": "Deinodon", 696 | "description": "This \"terrible tooth\" is important from a historical perspective." 697 | }, 698 | { 699 | "name": "Deinonychus", 700 | "description": "One of the most fearsome raptors of the Cretaceous period." 701 | }, 702 | { 703 | "name": "Delapparentia", 704 | "description": "This ornithopod was initially classified as a species of Iguanodon." 705 | }, 706 | { 707 | "name": "Deltadromeus", 708 | "description": "An unusually speedy theropod of the middle Cretaceous." 709 | }, 710 | { 711 | "name": "Demandasaurus", 712 | "description": "A poorly understood sauropod of early Cretaceous Europe." 713 | }, 714 | { 715 | "name": "Diabloceratops", 716 | "description": "It looked like a cross between a Triceratops and a Centrosaurus." 717 | }, 718 | { 719 | "name": "Diamantinasaurus", 720 | "description": "This titanosaur was recently discovered in Australia." 721 | }, 722 | { 723 | "name": "Diceratops", 724 | "description": "Was this two-horned dinosaur really a specimen of Triceratops?" 725 | }, 726 | { 727 | "name": "Dicraeosaurus", 728 | "description": "A medium-sized, spiny-necked sauropod." 729 | }, 730 | { 731 | "name": "Dilong", 732 | "description": "This \"emperor dragon\" may have been an ancestor of T. Rex." 733 | }, 734 | { 735 | "name": "Dilophosaurus", 736 | "description": "This dinosaur was distinguished by the bony crests on its noggin." 737 | }, 738 | { 739 | "name": "Dimetrodon", 740 | "description": "This ancient synapsid had a huge sail on its back." 741 | }, 742 | { 743 | "name": "Diplodocus", 744 | "description": "Thin at one end, much thicker in the middle, and thin again at the far end." 745 | }, 746 | { 747 | "name": "Dollodon", 748 | "description": "named after the Belgian paleontologist Louis Dollo." 749 | }, 750 | { 751 | "name": "Draconyx", 752 | "description": "This \"dragon claw\" lived in late Jurassic Portugal." 753 | }, 754 | { 755 | "name": "Dracopelta", 756 | "description": "This early ankylosaur was discovered in Portugal." 757 | }, 758 | { 759 | "name": "Dracorex", 760 | "description": "The only dinosaur to be named after the \"Harry Potter\" books." 761 | }, 762 | { 763 | "name": "Dracovenator", 764 | "description": "This \"dragon hunter\" was a close relative of Dilophosaurus." 765 | }, 766 | { 767 | "name": "Dravidosaurus", 768 | "description": "This \"dinosaur\" may actually have been a marine reptile." 769 | }, 770 | { 771 | "name": "Dreadnoughtus", 772 | "description": "This huge titanosaur was recently discovered in Argentina." 773 | }, 774 | { 775 | "name": "Drinker", 776 | "description": "named after the famous paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope." 777 | }, 778 | { 779 | "name": "Dromaeosauroides", 780 | "description": "The only dinosaur ever to be discovered in Denmark." 781 | }, 782 | { 783 | "name": "Dromaeosaurus", 784 | "description": "This \"running lizard\" was probably covered with feathers." 785 | }, 786 | { 787 | "name": "Dromiceiomimus", 788 | "description": "Possibly the fastest dinosaur that ever lived." 789 | }, 790 | { 791 | "name": "Dryosaurus", 792 | "description": "A typical ornithopod of the late Jurassic." 793 | }, 794 | { 795 | "name": "Dryptosaurus", 796 | "description": "The first tyrannosaur to be discovered in the U.S." 797 | }, 798 | { 799 | "name": "Dubreuillosaurus", 800 | "description": "This megalosaur had a long, low snout." 801 | }, 802 | { 803 | "name": "Duriavenator", 804 | "description": "Yet another theropod that was once assigned to Megalosaurus." 805 | }, 806 | { 807 | "name": "Dyoplosaurus", 808 | "description": "This ankylosaur was once confused with Euoplocephalus." 809 | }, 810 | { 811 | "name": "Dysalotosaurus", 812 | "description": "We know a lot about this dinosaur's growth stages." 813 | }, 814 | { 815 | "name": "Dyslocosaurus", 816 | "description": "Its name means \"hard-to-place lizard\"." 817 | }, 818 | { 819 | "name": "Dystrophaeus", 820 | "description": "This Diplodocus-like sauropod was named by Edward Cope." 821 | }, 822 | { 823 | "name": "Echinodon", 824 | "description": "One of the few ornithopods to sport a set of canines." 825 | }, 826 | { 827 | "name": "Edmarka", 828 | "description": "This may have been a species of Torvosaurus." 829 | }, 830 | { 831 | "name": "Edmontonia", 832 | "description": "This armored dinosaur never actually lived in Edmonton." 833 | }, 834 | { 835 | "name": "Edmontosaurus", 836 | "description": "This large, duck-billed herbivore was a contemporary of T. Rex." 837 | }, 838 | { 839 | "name": "Efraasia", 840 | "description": "This Triassic herbivore may have been ancestral to sauropods." 841 | }, 842 | { 843 | "name": "Einiosaurus", 844 | "description": "This ceratopsian was a close relative of Centrosaurus." 845 | }, 846 | { 847 | "name": "Ekrixinatosaurus", 848 | "description": "Its name means \"explosion-born lizard\"." 849 | }, 850 | { 851 | "name": "Elaphrosaurus", 852 | "description": "A lightweight theropod from the late Jurassic." 853 | }, 854 | { 855 | "name": "Elmisaurus", 856 | "description": "This \"foot lizard\" was a close relative of Oviraptor." 857 | }, 858 | { 859 | "name": "Elopteryx", 860 | "description": "This Transylvanian dinosaur is almost as controversial as Dracula." 861 | }, 862 | { 863 | "name": "Elrhazosaurus", 864 | "description": "Once classified as a species of Valdosaurus." 865 | }, 866 | { 867 | "name": "Enigmosaurus", 868 | "description": "This \"puzzle lizard\" was closely related to Therizinosaurus." 869 | }, 870 | { 871 | "name": "Eoabelisaurus", 872 | "description": "The earliest abelisaurid theropod yet identified." 873 | }, 874 | { 875 | "name": "Eobrontosaurus", 876 | "description": "This \"dawn brontosaurus\" isn't accepted by most experts." 877 | }, 878 | { 879 | "name": "Eocarcharia", 880 | "description": "This \"dawn shark\" prowled the woodlands of northern Africa." 881 | }, 882 | { 883 | "name": "Eocursor", 884 | "description": "This late Triassic reptile was one of the earliest true dinosaurs." 885 | }, 886 | { 887 | "name": "Eodromaeus", 888 | "description": "Yet another ancient theropod from South America." 889 | }, 890 | { 891 | "name": "Eolambia", 892 | "description": "An early hadrosaur from North America." 893 | }, 894 | { 895 | "name": "Eoraptor", 896 | "description": "This tiny dinosaur was among the first of its kind." 897 | }, 898 | { 899 | "name": "Eosinopteryx", 900 | "description": "A tiny feathered dinosaur of the late Jurassic period." 901 | }, 902 | { 903 | "name": "Eotriceratops", 904 | "description": "This \"dawn Triceratops\" was recently discovered in Canada." 905 | }, 906 | { 907 | "name": "Eotyrannus", 908 | "description": "This early tyrannosaur looked more like a raptor." 909 | }, 910 | { 911 | "name": "Epachthosaurus", 912 | "description": "This \"heavy lizard\" was relatively primitive for its time and place." 913 | }, 914 | { 915 | "name": "Epidendrosaurus", 916 | "description": "Did this tiny dino-bird spend its life up a tree?" 917 | }, 918 | { 919 | "name": "Epidexipteryx", 920 | "description": "This feathered dinosaur predated Archaeopteryx." 921 | }, 922 | { 923 | "name": "Equijubus", 924 | "description": "Its name is Greek for \"horse mane\"." 925 | }, 926 | { 927 | "name": "Erectopus", 928 | "description": "This \"upright-footed\" dinosaur is a 19th-century enigma." 929 | }, 930 | { 931 | "name": "Erketu", 932 | "description": "This titanosaur had an unusually long neck." 933 | }, 934 | { 935 | "name": "Erliansaurus", 936 | "description": "A basal therizinosaur from central Asia." 937 | }, 938 | { 939 | "name": "Erlikosaurus", 940 | "description": "This late therizinosaur roamed the Mongolian forests." 941 | }, 942 | { 943 | "name": "Euhelopus", 944 | "description": "The first sauropod to be discovered in China." 945 | }, 946 | { 947 | "name": "Euoplocephalus", 948 | "description": "Even this ankylosaur's eyelids were armored." 949 | }, 950 | { 951 | "name": "Europasaurus", 952 | "description": "The smallest sauropod ever discovered." 953 | }, 954 | { 955 | "name": "Europelta", 956 | "description": "This early nodosaur was recently discovered in Spain." 957 | }, 958 | { 959 | "name": "Euskelosaurus", 960 | "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in Africa." 961 | }, 962 | { 963 | "name": "Eustreptospondylus", 964 | "description": "A close cousin of Megalosaurus." 965 | }, 966 | { 967 | "name": "Fabrosaurus", 968 | "description": "This early ornithopod may have been a species of Lesothosaurus." 969 | }, 970 | { 971 | "name": "Falcarius", 972 | "description": "A bizarre, feathered theropod from North America." 973 | }, 974 | { 975 | "name": "Ferganasaurus", 976 | "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in the USSR." 977 | }, 978 | { 979 | "name": "Fruitadens", 980 | "description": "One of the tiniest dinosaurs ever to live in North America." 981 | }, 982 | { 983 | "name": "Fukuiraptor", 984 | "description": "One of the few carnivorous dinosaurs ever to be dug up in Japan." 985 | }, 986 | { 987 | "name": "Fukuisaurus", 988 | "description": "This ornithopod was discovered in Japan." 989 | }, 990 | { 991 | "name": "Fulgurotherium", 992 | "description": "Very little is known about this \"lightning beast\"." 993 | }, 994 | { 995 | "name": "Futalognkosaurus", 996 | "description": "A very big, and very strangely named sauropod." 997 | }, 998 | { 999 | "name": "Gallimimus", 1000 | "description": "This \"chicken mimic\" roamed the plains of the late Cretaceous." 1001 | }, 1002 | { 1003 | "name": "Gargoyleosaurus", 1004 | "description": "This \"gargoyle lizard\" was an ancestor of Ankylosaurus." 1005 | }, 1006 | { 1007 | "name": "Garudimimus", 1008 | "description": "A relative slowpoke compared to other ornithomimids." 1009 | }, 1010 | { 1011 | "name": "Gasosaurus", 1012 | "description": "Yes, that's its real name, and no, it isn't for the reason you think." 1013 | }, 1014 | { 1015 | "name": "Gasparinisaura", 1016 | "description": "One of the few ornithopods known to have lived in South America." 1017 | }, 1018 | { 1019 | "name": "Gastonia", 1020 | "description": "This ankylosaur was probably on Utahraptor's lunch menu." 1021 | }, 1022 | { 1023 | "name": "Genyodectes", 1024 | "description": "This dinosaur is represented by an impressive set of teeth." 1025 | }, 1026 | { 1027 | "name": "Gideonmantellia", 1028 | "description": "Guess what naturalist this dinosaur was named after." 1029 | }, 1030 | { 1031 | "name": "Giganotosaurus", 1032 | "description": "Not quite a \"Gigantosaurus,\" but close enough." 1033 | }, 1034 | { 1035 | "name": "Gigantoraptor", 1036 | "description": "This huge oviraptorosaur weighed over two tons." 1037 | }, 1038 | { 1039 | "name": "Gigantspinosaurus", 1040 | "description": "It may or may not have been a true stegosaur." 1041 | }, 1042 | { 1043 | "name": "Gilmoreosaurus", 1044 | "description": "One of the few dinosaurs known to have suffered from cancer." 1045 | }, 1046 | { 1047 | "name": "Giraffatitan", 1048 | "description": "Might this \"giant giraffe\" have been a species of Brachiosaurus?" 1049 | }, 1050 | { 1051 | "name": "Glacialisaurus", 1052 | "description": "This \"frozen lizard\" was a close relative of Lufengosaurus." 1053 | }, 1054 | { 1055 | "name": "Gobiceratops", 1056 | "description": "This ceratopsian's tiny skull was found in the Gobi Desert." 1057 | }, 1058 | { 1059 | "name": "Gobisaurus", 1060 | "description": "An unusually large ankylosaur of central Asia." 1061 | }, 1062 | { 1063 | "name": "Gobivenator", 1064 | "description": "This feathered dinosaur gave Velociraptor a run for its money." 1065 | }, 1066 | { 1067 | "name": "Gojirasaurus", 1068 | "description": "This early predator was named after Godzilla." 1069 | }, 1070 | { 1071 | "name": "Gondwanatitan", 1072 | "description": "Yet another titanosaur from South America." 1073 | }, 1074 | { 1075 | "name": "Gorgosaurus", 1076 | "description": "Might this tyrannosaur have been a species of Albertosaurus?" 1077 | }, 1078 | { 1079 | "name": "Goyocephale", 1080 | "description": "A primitive bonehead from Asia." 1081 | }, 1082 | { 1083 | "name": "Graciliraptor", 1084 | "description": "This tiny dino-bird was a close relative of Microraptor." 1085 | }, 1086 | { 1087 | "name": "Gryphoceratops", 1088 | "description": "A tiny ceratopsian of Cretaceous North America." 1089 | }, 1090 | { 1091 | "name": "Gryponyx", 1092 | "description": "This \"hooked claw\" was a distant sauropod ancestor." 1093 | }, 1094 | { 1095 | "name": "Gryposaurus", 1096 | "description": "One of the most common of the duck-billed dinosaurs." 1097 | }, 1098 | { 1099 | "name": "Guaibasaurus", 1100 | "description": "Was this early dinosaur a theropod or a prosauropod?" 1101 | }, 1102 | { 1103 | "name": "Guanlong", 1104 | "description": "Probably the first tyrannosaur ever to walk the earth." 1105 | }, 1106 | { 1107 | "name": "Hadrosaurus", 1108 | "description": "The official state dinosaur of New Jersey." 1109 | }, 1110 | { 1111 | "name": "Hagryphus", 1112 | "description": "The largest North American oviraptor yet discovered." 1113 | }, 1114 | { 1115 | "name": "Halticosaurus", 1116 | "description": "A \"nomen dubium\" theropod of the early 20th century." 1117 | }, 1118 | { 1119 | "name": "Haplocanthosaurus", 1120 | "description": "A typical sauropod of the late Jurassic period." 1121 | }, 1122 | { 1123 | "name": "Haplocheirus", 1124 | "description": "This feathered dinosaur predated Archaeopteryx by millions of years." 1125 | }, 1126 | { 1127 | "name": "Harpymimus", 1128 | "description": "named after the winged creature of Greek myth." 1129 | }, 1130 | { 1131 | "name": "Haya", 1132 | "description": "This dinosaur was named after a horse-headed Mongolian god." 1133 | }, 1134 | { 1135 | "name": "Herrerasaurus", 1136 | "description": "This carnivore roamed present-day South America." 1137 | }, 1138 | { 1139 | "name": "Hesperonychus", 1140 | "description": "A tiny North American dinosaur." 1141 | }, 1142 | { 1143 | "name": "Hesperosaurus", 1144 | "description": "The oldest stegosaur discovered in North America." 1145 | }, 1146 | { 1147 | "name": "Heterodontosaurus", 1148 | "description": "This \"different-toothed\" dinosaur was a dentist's nightmare." 1149 | }, 1150 | { 1151 | "name": "Hexing", 1152 | "description": "This early ornithomimid was recently discovered in China." 1153 | }, 1154 | { 1155 | "name": "Hexinlusaurus", 1156 | "description": "named after the Chinese professor He Xin-Lu." 1157 | }, 1158 | { 1159 | "name": "Heyuannia", 1160 | "description": "Yet another close relative of Oviraptor." 1161 | }, 1162 | { 1163 | "name": "Hippodraco", 1164 | "description": "This \"horse dragon\" was recently discovered in Utah." 1165 | }, 1166 | { 1167 | "name": "Homalocephale", 1168 | "description": "This herbivore had a very flat--and very thick--skull." 1169 | }, 1170 | { 1171 | "name": "Hongshanosaurus", 1172 | "description": "This early ceratopsian is known by two skulls." 1173 | }, 1174 | { 1175 | "name": "Hoplitosaurus", 1176 | "description": "named after the heavily armored soldiers of classical Greece." 1177 | }, 1178 | { 1179 | "name": "Huabeisaurus", 1180 | "description": "A titanosaur from northern China." 1181 | }, 1182 | { 1183 | "name": "Huanghetitan", 1184 | "description": "Yet another contender for the biggest dinosaur that ever lived." 1185 | }, 1186 | { 1187 | "name": "Huaxiagnathus", 1188 | "description": "One of the biggest dino-birds of its time." 1189 | }, 1190 | { 1191 | "name": "Huaxiaosaurus", 1192 | "description": "Might it be an unusually large specimen of Shantungosaurus?" 1193 | }, 1194 | { 1195 | "name": "Huayangosaurus", 1196 | "description": "Could this have been the ancestor of all the stegosaurs?" 1197 | }, 1198 | { 1199 | "name": "Huehuecanauhtlus", 1200 | "description": "Its name is Aztec for \"ancient duck\"." 1201 | }, 1202 | { 1203 | "name": "Hungarosaurus", 1204 | "description": "The best-attested ankylosaur ever discovered in Europe." 1205 | }, 1206 | { 1207 | "name": "Huxleysaurus", 1208 | "description": "named after the famous biologist Thomas Henry Huxley." 1209 | }, 1210 | { 1211 | "name": "Hylaeosaurus", 1212 | "description": "One of the first creatures ever to be called a dinosaur." 1213 | }, 1214 | { 1215 | "name": "Hypacrosaurus", 1216 | "description": "We know a lot about this dinosaur's family life." 1217 | }, 1218 | { 1219 | "name": "Hypselosaurus", 1220 | "description": "This titanosaur's eggs were a foot in diameter." 1221 | }, 1222 | { 1223 | "name": "Hypselospinus", 1224 | "description": "It was once classified as a species of Iguanodon." 1225 | }, 1226 | { 1227 | "name": "Hypsibema", 1228 | "description": "The official state dinosaur of Missouri." 1229 | }, 1230 | { 1231 | "name": "Hypsilophodon", 1232 | "description": "This man-sized herbivore liked to eat and run." 1233 | }, 1234 | { 1235 | "name": "Ichthyovenator", 1236 | "description": "This sail-backed dinosaur was recently discovered in Laos." 1237 | }, 1238 | { 1239 | "name": "Ignavusaurus", 1240 | "description": "Its name means \"cowardly lizard\"." 1241 | }, 1242 | { 1243 | "name": "Iguanacolossus", 1244 | "description": "A brand-new ornithopod from North America." 1245 | }, 1246 | { 1247 | "name": "Iguanodon", 1248 | "description": "The second dinosaur in history ever to receive a name." 1249 | }, 1250 | { 1251 | "name": "Ilokelesia", 1252 | "description": "A primitive abelisaur from South America." 1253 | }, 1254 | { 1255 | "name": "Incisivosaurus", 1256 | "description": "This buck-toothed dinosaur was the Cretaceous equivalent of a beaver." 1257 | }, 1258 | { 1259 | "name": "Indosuchus", 1260 | "description": "This \"Indian crocodile\" was actually a dinosaur." 1261 | }, 1262 | { 1263 | "name": "Ingenia", 1264 | "description": "A small, birdlike dinosaur from central Asia." 1265 | }, 1266 | { 1267 | "name": "Irritator", 1268 | "description": "This spinosaur was named by a very frustrated paleontologist." 1269 | }, 1270 | { 1271 | "name": "Isanosaurus", 1272 | "description": "One of the first sauropods ever to walk the earth." 1273 | }, 1274 | { 1275 | "name": "Isisaurus", 1276 | "description": "Otherwise known as the Indian Statistical Institute Lizard." 1277 | }, 1278 | { 1279 | "name": "Jainosaurus", 1280 | "description": "named after the Indian paleontologist Sohan Lal Jain." 1281 | }, 1282 | { 1283 | "name": "Janenschia", 1284 | "description": "The earliest titanosaur in the fossil record." 1285 | }, 1286 | { 1287 | "name": "Jaxartosaurus", 1288 | "description": "A poorly known hadrosaur from central Asia." 1289 | }, 1290 | { 1291 | "name": "Jeholosaurus", 1292 | "description": "This ornithopod may have had an omnivorous diet." 1293 | }, 1294 | { 1295 | "name": "Jeyawati", 1296 | "description": "Its name is Zuni for \"grinding mouth\"." 1297 | }, 1298 | { 1299 | "name": "Jianchangosaurus", 1300 | "description": "One of the earliest therizinosaurs in the fossil record." 1301 | }, 1302 | { 1303 | "name": "Jinfengopteryx", 1304 | "description": "This feathered dinosaur was once thought to be a true bird." 1305 | }, 1306 | { 1307 | "name": "Jingshanosaurus", 1308 | "description": "A close relative of Yunnanosaurus." 1309 | }, 1310 | { 1311 | "name": "Jinzhousaurus", 1312 | "description": "This Asian dinosaur was one of the first hadrosaurs." 1313 | }, 1314 | { 1315 | "name": "Jobaria", 1316 | "description": "A strange, short-tailed African sauropod." 1317 | }, 1318 | { 1319 | "name": "Judiceratops", 1320 | "description": "The earliest Chasmosaurus ancestor yet identified." 1321 | }, 1322 | { 1323 | "name": "Juratyrant", 1324 | "description": "This early tyrannosaur was discovered in England." 1325 | }, 1326 | { 1327 | "name": "Juravenator", 1328 | "description": "Why didn't this presumed \"dino-bird\" have feathers?" 1329 | }, 1330 | { 1331 | "name": "Kaatedocus", 1332 | "description": "This Diplodocus relative had a characteristic grin." 1333 | }, 1334 | { 1335 | "name": "Kaijiangosaurus", 1336 | "description": "This might have been the same dinosaur as Gasosaurus." 1337 | }, 1338 | { 1339 | "name": "Kazaklambia", 1340 | "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur was discovered in Kazakhstan." 1341 | }, 1342 | { 1343 | "name": "Kentrosaurus", 1344 | "description": "A smaller, African cousin of Stegosaurus." 1345 | }, 1346 | { 1347 | "name": "Kerberosaurus", 1348 | "description": "named after the three-headed dog of Greek myth." 1349 | }, 1350 | { 1351 | "name": "Khaan", 1352 | "description": "Few small mammals dared face the wrath of this dinosaur." 1353 | }, 1354 | { 1355 | "name": "Kileskus", 1356 | "description": "Yet another \"basal\" tyrannosaur from central Asia." 1357 | }, 1358 | { 1359 | "name": "Kinnareemimus", 1360 | "description": "This \"bird mimic\" dinosaur was recently discovered in Thailand." 1361 | }, 1362 | { 1363 | "name": "Kol", 1364 | "description": "It's tied with Mei for \"shortest dinosaur name\"." 1365 | }, 1366 | { 1367 | "name": "Koreaceratops", 1368 | "description": "There's evidence that this ceratopsian liked to go swimming." 1369 | }, 1370 | { 1371 | "name": "Koreanosaurus", 1372 | "description": "Guess what country this ornithopod was discovered in." 1373 | }, 1374 | { 1375 | "name": "Kosmoceratops", 1376 | "description": "This ceratopsian had a bizarre, downward-folding frill." 1377 | }, 1378 | { 1379 | "name": "Kotasaurus", 1380 | "description": "One of the few sauropods to be discovered in India." 1381 | }, 1382 | { 1383 | "name": "Kritosaurus", 1384 | "description": "A famous, but poorly understood hadrosaur." 1385 | }, 1386 | { 1387 | "name": "Kryptops", 1388 | "description": "This dinosaur came equipped with its own face mask." 1389 | }, 1390 | { 1391 | "name": "Kukufeldia", 1392 | "description": "Yet another ornithopod that was once lumped in with Iguanodon." 1393 | }, 1394 | { 1395 | "name": "Kulindadromeus", 1396 | "description": "Why did this ornithopod dinosaur have feathers?" 1397 | }, 1398 | { 1399 | "name": "Kundurosaurus", 1400 | "description": "This hadrosaur was discovered in the far east of Russia." 1401 | }, 1402 | { 1403 | "name": "Labocania", 1404 | "description": "It may or may not have been a true tyrannosaur." 1405 | }, 1406 | { 1407 | "name": "Lagosuchus", 1408 | "description": "Could this have been the ancestor of all the dinosaurs?" 1409 | }, 1410 | { 1411 | "name": "Lambeosaurus", 1412 | "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur had a hatchet-shaped crest on its noggin." 1413 | }, 1414 | { 1415 | "name": "Lamplughsaura", 1416 | "description": "This early sauropod was discovered in India." 1417 | }, 1418 | { 1419 | "name": "Lanzhousaurus", 1420 | "description": "This herbivore's teeth were half a foot long." 1421 | }, 1422 | { 1423 | "name": "Laosaurus", 1424 | "description": "This dubious ornithopod was named by Othniel C. Marsh." 1425 | }, 1426 | { 1427 | "name": "Lapparentosaurus", 1428 | "description": "This sauropod was discovered in Madagascar." 1429 | }, 1430 | { 1431 | "name": "Laquintasaura", 1432 | "description": "The first plant-eating dinosaur ever to be discovered in Venezuela." 1433 | }, 1434 | { 1435 | "name": "Latirhinus", 1436 | "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur had an enormous nose." 1437 | }, 1438 | { 1439 | "name": "Leaellynasaura", 1440 | "description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be named after a little girl." 1441 | }, 1442 | { 1443 | "name": "Leinkupal", 1444 | "description": "The latest surviving diplodocid sauropod." 1445 | }, 1446 | { 1447 | "name": "Leonerasaurus", 1448 | "description": "This prosauropod was recently discovered in Argentina." 1449 | }, 1450 | { 1451 | "name": "Leptoceratops", 1452 | "description": "One of the most primitive of all ceratopsians." 1453 | }, 1454 | { 1455 | "name": "Leshansaurus", 1456 | "description": "Did this meat-eater feast on small, armored dinosaurs?" 1457 | }, 1458 | { 1459 | "name": "Lesothosaurus", 1460 | "description": "One of the earliest of all the ornithischian dinosaurs." 1461 | }, 1462 | { 1463 | "name": "Lessemsaurus", 1464 | "description": "named after the popular science writer Don Lessem." 1465 | }, 1466 | { 1467 | "name": "Lexovisaurus", 1468 | "description": "One of the oldest European stegosaurs." 1469 | }, 1470 | { 1471 | "name": "Leyesaurus", 1472 | "description": "A newly discovered prosauropod from South America." 1473 | }, 1474 | { 1475 | "name": "Liaoceratops", 1476 | "description": "A tiny ceratopsian of early Cretaceous Asia." 1477 | }, 1478 | { 1479 | "name": "Liaoningosaurus", 1480 | "description": "One of the smallest ankylosaurs in the fossil record." 1481 | }, 1482 | { 1483 | "name": "Liliensternus", 1484 | "description": "One of the largest carnivores of the Triassic period." 1485 | }, 1486 | { 1487 | "name": "Limaysaurus", 1488 | "description": "It was once classified as a species of Rebbachisaurus." 1489 | }, 1490 | { 1491 | "name": "Limusaurus", 1492 | "description": "Was this toothless theropod a vegetarian?" 1493 | }, 1494 | { 1495 | "name": "Linhenykus", 1496 | "description": "This tiny dinosaur had single-clawed hands." 1497 | }, 1498 | { 1499 | "name": "Linheraptor", 1500 | "description": "This Mongolian raptor was discovered in 2008." 1501 | }, 1502 | { 1503 | "name": "Linhevenato", 1504 | "description": "r This troodont was recently discovered in Mongolia." 1505 | }, 1506 | { 1507 | "name": "Lophorhothon", 1508 | "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in Alabama." 1509 | }, 1510 | { 1511 | "name": "Lophostropheus", 1512 | "description": "This theropod lived near the Triassic/Jurassic boundary." 1513 | }, 1514 | { 1515 | "name": "Loricatosaurus", 1516 | "description": "This stegosaur was once classified as a species of Lexovisaurus." 1517 | }, 1518 | { 1519 | "name": "Lourinhanosaurus", 1520 | "description": "Not to be confused with Lourinhasaurus, below." 1521 | }, 1522 | { 1523 | "name": "Lourinhasaurus", 1524 | "description": "Not to be confused with Lourinhanosaurus, above." 1525 | }, 1526 | { 1527 | "name": "Luanchuanraptor", 1528 | "description": "A small, poorly understood Asian raptor." 1529 | }, 1530 | { 1531 | "name": "Lufengosaurus", 1532 | "description": "A common sight at Chinese natural history museums." 1533 | }, 1534 | { 1535 | "name": "Lurdusaurus", 1536 | "description": "This ornithopod resembled a giant sloth." 1537 | }, 1538 | { 1539 | "name": "Lusotitan", 1540 | "description": "This sauropod was once classified as a species of Brachiosaurus." 1541 | }, 1542 | { 1543 | "name": "Lycorhinus", 1544 | "description": "This dinosaur was once thought to be a mammal-like reptile." 1545 | }, 1546 | { 1547 | "name": "Lythronax", 1548 | "description": "This tyrannosaur lived on the island of Laramidia." 1549 | }, 1550 | { 1551 | "name": "Machairasaurus", 1552 | "description": "This \"short scimitar lizard\" was a close relative of Oviraptor." 1553 | }, 1554 | { 1555 | "name": "Macrogryphosaurus", 1556 | "description": "Otherwise known as the Big Enigmatic Lizard." 1557 | }, 1558 | { 1559 | "name": "Magnapaulia", 1560 | "description": "The largest lambeosaurine hadrosaur yet identified." 1561 | }, 1562 | { 1563 | "name": "Magnirostris", 1564 | "description": "This ceratopsian had an unusually big beak." 1565 | }, 1566 | { 1567 | "name": "Magnosaurus", 1568 | "description": "Once thought to be a species of Megalosaurus." 1569 | }, 1570 | { 1571 | "name": "Magyarosaurus", 1572 | "description": "This dwarf titanosaur was probably confined to a small island." 1573 | }, 1574 | { 1575 | "name": "Mahakala", 1576 | "description": "This dino-bird was named after a Buddhist deity." 1577 | }, 1578 | { 1579 | "name": "Maiasaura", 1580 | "description": "This \"good mother lizard\" kept close tabs on her young." 1581 | }, 1582 | { 1583 | "name": "Majungasaurus", 1584 | "description": "Fairly--or unfairly--known as the \"cannibal dinosaur\"." 1585 | }, 1586 | { 1587 | "name": "Malawisaurus", 1588 | "description": "The first titanosaur to be found with an intact skull." 1589 | }, 1590 | { 1591 | "name": "Mamenchisaurus", 1592 | "description": "The longest-necked dinosaur that ever lived." 1593 | }, 1594 | { 1595 | "name": "Manidens", 1596 | "description": "A strangely toothed relative of Heterodontosaurus." 1597 | }, 1598 | { 1599 | "name": "Mantellisaurus", 1600 | "description": "named after the famous fossil hunter Gideon Mantell." 1601 | }, 1602 | { 1603 | "name": "Mantellodon", 1604 | "description": "This Iguanodon refugee may or may not deserve its own genus." 1605 | }, 1606 | { 1607 | "name": "Mapusaurus", 1608 | "description": "This huge carnivore was closely related to Giganotosaurus." 1609 | }, 1610 | { 1611 | "name": "Marshosaurus", 1612 | "description": "named after the famous paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh." 1613 | }, 1614 | { 1615 | "name": "Martharaptor", 1616 | "description": "This dinosaur was named after a Utah paleontologist." 1617 | }, 1618 | { 1619 | "name": "Masiakasaurus", 1620 | "description": "A bizarre, buck-toothed predator of the late Cretaceous." 1621 | }, 1622 | { 1623 | "name": "Massospondylus", 1624 | "description": "This small, lithe, bipedal plant-eater roamed the plains of South Africa." 1625 | }, 1626 | { 1627 | "name": "Maxakalisaurus", 1628 | "description": "One of the biggest titanosaurs ever found in Brazil." 1629 | }, 1630 | { 1631 | "name": "Medusaceratops", 1632 | "description": "This frilled dinosaur was a close relative of Centrosaurus." 1633 | }, 1634 | { 1635 | "name": "Megalosaurus", 1636 | "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered and named." 1637 | }, 1638 | { 1639 | "name": "Megapnosaurus", 1640 | "description": "Its name is Greek for \"big dead lizard\"." 1641 | }, 1642 | { 1643 | "name": "Megaraptor", 1644 | "description": "Despite its name, it wasn't really a raptor." 1645 | }, 1646 | { 1647 | "name": "Mei", 1648 | "description": "The current record-holder for \"shortest dinosaur name\"." 1649 | }, 1650 | { 1651 | "name": "Melanorosaurus", 1652 | "description": "Probably the largest prosauropod that ever lived." 1653 | }, 1654 | { 1655 | "name": "Mendozasaurus", 1656 | "description": "This titanosaur was ancestral to Futalognkosaurus." 1657 | }, 1658 | { 1659 | "name": "Mercuriceratops", 1660 | "description": "This ceratopsian was discovered on the U.S./Canada border." 1661 | }, 1662 | { 1663 | "name": "Metriacanthosaurus", 1664 | "description": "Yet another dinosaur that was once mistaken for Megalosaurus." 1665 | }, 1666 | { 1667 | "name": "Microceratops", 1668 | "description": "Probably the smallest ceratopsian that ever lived." 1669 | }, 1670 | { 1671 | "name": "Micropachycephalosaurus", 1672 | "description": "The current record-holder for longest dinosaur name." 1673 | }, 1674 | { 1675 | "name": "Microraptor", 1676 | "description": "This tiny feathered dinosaur had four wings rather than two." 1677 | }, 1678 | { 1679 | "name": "Microvenator", 1680 | "description": "This \"tiny hunter\" actually measured 10 feet from head to tail." 1681 | }, 1682 | { 1683 | "name": "Minmi", 1684 | "description": "An early (and very dumb) ankylosaur from Australia." 1685 | }, 1686 | { 1687 | "name": "Minotaurasaurus", 1688 | "description": "named after the half-man, half-bull of Greek myth." 1689 | }, 1690 | { 1691 | "name": "Miragaia", 1692 | "description": "This stegosaur had an unusually long neck." 1693 | }, 1694 | { 1695 | "name": "Mirischia", 1696 | "description": "Its name means \"wonderful pelvis\"." 1697 | }, 1698 | { 1699 | "name": "Mochlodon", 1700 | "description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be discovered in Austria." 1701 | }, 1702 | { 1703 | "name": "Mojoceratops", 1704 | "description": "This ceratopsian had a heart-shaped frill." 1705 | }, 1706 | { 1707 | "name": "Monkonosaurus", 1708 | "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in modern-day Tibet." 1709 | }, 1710 | { 1711 | "name": "Monoclonius", 1712 | "description": "Might this have been a species of Centrosaurus?" 1713 | }, 1714 | { 1715 | "name": "Monolophosaurus", 1716 | "description": "This Jurassic predator had a single crest on its skull." 1717 | }, 1718 | { 1719 | "name": "Mononykus", 1720 | "description": "This dinosaur may have dug into termite mounds for its lunch." 1721 | }, 1722 | { 1723 | "name": "Montanoceratops", 1724 | "description": "A primitive ceratopsian of the late Cretaceous period." 1725 | }, 1726 | { 1727 | "name": "Mussaurus", 1728 | "description": "This \"mouse lizard\" lived in Triassic South America." 1729 | }, 1730 | { 1731 | "name": "Muttaburrasaurus", 1732 | "description": "The most complete dinosaur fossil ever found in Australia." 1733 | }, 1734 | { 1735 | "name": "Mymoorapelta", 1736 | "description": "named after the Mygand-Moore quarry in Colorado." 1737 | }, 1738 | { 1739 | "name": "Nankangia", 1740 | "description": "A recently discovered oviraptor from China." 1741 | }, 1742 | { 1743 | "name": "Nanosaurus", 1744 | "description": "This \"tiny lizard\" was named by Othniel C. Marsh." 1745 | }, 1746 | { 1747 | "name": "Nanotyrannus", 1748 | "description": "Could this have been a juvenile T. Rex?" 1749 | }, 1750 | { 1751 | "name": "Nanshiungosaurus", 1752 | "description": "A bizarre therizinosaur from Asia." 1753 | }, 1754 | { 1755 | "name": "Nanuqsaurus", 1756 | "description": "This \"polar lizard\" was recently discovered in Alaska." 1757 | }, 1758 | { 1759 | "name": "Nanyangosaurus", 1760 | "description": "An iguanodontid ornithopod of middle Cretaceous Asia." 1761 | }, 1762 | { 1763 | "name": "Nasutoceratops", 1764 | "description": "This dinosaur had horns like a modern steer." 1765 | }, 1766 | { 1767 | "name": "Nebulasaurus", 1768 | "description": "This \"nebula lizard\" was recently discovered in China." 1769 | }, 1770 | { 1771 | "name": "Nedcolbertia", 1772 | "description": "named after the famous paleontologist Edwin Colbert." 1773 | }, 1774 | { 1775 | "name": "Neimongosaurus", 1776 | "description": "A rare therizinosaur from inner Mongolia." 1777 | }, 1778 | { 1779 | "name": "Nemegtomaia", 1780 | "description": "This dinosaur had a bizarrely shaped skull." 1781 | }, 1782 | { 1783 | "name": "Nemegtosaurus", 1784 | "description": "This titanosaur has been recreated from a single, incomplete skull." 1785 | }, 1786 | { 1787 | "name": "Neovenator", 1788 | "description": "One of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs of western Europe." 1789 | }, 1790 | { 1791 | "name": "Neuquenraptor", 1792 | "description": "It may actually be a species (or specimen) of Unenlagia." 1793 | }, 1794 | { 1795 | "name": "Neuquensaurus", 1796 | "description": "Was this titanosaur really a species of Saltasaurus?" 1797 | }, 1798 | { 1799 | "name": "Nigersaurus", 1800 | "description": "This African sauropod had a huge number of teeth." 1801 | }, 1802 | { 1803 | "name": "Nipponosaurus", 1804 | "description": "This hadrosaur was discovered on the island of Sakhalin." 1805 | }, 1806 | { 1807 | "name": "Noasaurus", 1808 | "description": "Were this predator's giant claws on its hands, or on its feet?" 1809 | }, 1810 | { 1811 | "name": "Nodocephalosaurus", 1812 | "description": "This armored dinosaur has been reconstructed from a single skull." 1813 | }, 1814 | { 1815 | "name": "Nodosaurus", 1816 | "description": "One of the first armored dinosaurs ever discovered in North America." 1817 | }, 1818 | { 1819 | "name": "Nomingia", 1820 | "description": "This small dinosaur had a peacock-like tail." 1821 | }, 1822 | { 1823 | "name": "Nothronychus", 1824 | "description": "The first therizonosaur to be found outside Asia." 1825 | }, 1826 | { 1827 | "name": "Notohypsilophodon", 1828 | "description": "A rare South American ornithopod." 1829 | }, 1830 | { 1831 | "name": "Nqwebasaurus", 1832 | "description": "One of the few theropods to be discovered in sub-Saharan Africa." 1833 | }, 1834 | { 1835 | "name": "Nuthetes", 1836 | "description": "This raptor was named after the modern monitor lizard." 1837 | }, 1838 | { 1839 | "name": "Nyasasaurus", 1840 | "description": "Could this be the earliest dinosaur in the fossil record?" 1841 | }, 1842 | { 1843 | "name": "Ojoceratops", 1844 | "description": "A very close relative of Triceratops." 1845 | }, 1846 | { 1847 | "name": "Olorotitan", 1848 | "description": "One of the most complete dinosaur fossils ever found in Russia." 1849 | }, 1850 | { 1851 | "name": "Omeisaurus", 1852 | "description": "One of the most common Chinese sauropods." 1853 | }, 1854 | { 1855 | "name": "Oohkotokia", 1856 | "description": "Its name is Blackfoot for \"large stone\"." 1857 | }, 1858 | { 1859 | "name": "Opisthocoelicaudia", 1860 | "description": "A clumsily named titanosaur of the late Cretaceous period." 1861 | }, 1862 | { 1863 | "name": "Orkoraptor", 1864 | "description": "The southernmost theropod ever to live in South America." 1865 | }, 1866 | { 1867 | "name": "Ornithodesmus", 1868 | "description": "This mysterious raptor was once thought to be a pterosaur." 1869 | }, 1870 | { 1871 | "name": "Ornitholestes", 1872 | "description": "This \"bird robber\" probably preyed on small lizards instead." 1873 | }, 1874 | { 1875 | "name": "Ornithomimus", 1876 | "description": "This \"bird mimic\" resembled a modern ostrich." 1877 | }, 1878 | { 1879 | "name": "Ornithopsis", 1880 | "description": "This \"bird face\" was actually a genus of titanosaur." 1881 | }, 1882 | { 1883 | "name": "Orodromeus", 1884 | "description": "This tiny herbivore was on Troodon's dinner menu." 1885 | }, 1886 | { 1887 | "name": "Orthomerus", 1888 | "description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be discovered in Holland." 1889 | }, 1890 | { 1891 | "name": "Oryctodromeus", 1892 | "description": "The only ornithopod known to have lived in burrows." 1893 | }, 1894 | { 1895 | "name": "Ostafrikasaurus", 1896 | "description": "Could this have been the earliest known spinosaur?" 1897 | }, 1898 | { 1899 | "name": "Othnielia", 1900 | "description": "named after the famous paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh." 1901 | }, 1902 | { 1903 | "name": "Othnielosaurus", 1904 | "description": "Also named after the famous paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh." 1905 | }, 1906 | { 1907 | "name": "Ouranosaurus", 1908 | "description": "Scientists can't decide if this herbivore had a sail or a hump." 1909 | }, 1910 | { 1911 | "name": "Overosaurus", 1912 | "description": "This dwarf titanosaur was announced to the world in 2013." 1913 | }, 1914 | { 1915 | "name": "Oviraptor", 1916 | "description": "Turns out that this \"egg thief\" got a bad rap." 1917 | }, 1918 | { 1919 | "name": "Oxalaia", 1920 | "description": "This spinosaur was recently discovered in Brazil." 1921 | }, 1922 | { 1923 | "name": "Ozraptor", 1924 | "description": "Not much is known about this Australian theropod." 1925 | }, 1926 | { 1927 | "name": "Pachycephalosaurus", 1928 | "description": "This plant-eater gave new meaning to the word \"blockhead\"." 1929 | }, 1930 | { 1931 | "name": "Pachyrhinosaurus", 1932 | "description": "This \"thick-nosed lizard\" roamed the North American forests." 1933 | }, 1934 | { 1935 | "name": "Palaeoscincus", 1936 | "description": "This \"ancient skink\" was actually an armored dinosaur." 1937 | }, 1938 | { 1939 | "name": "Paluxysaurus", 1940 | "description": "The official Texas state dinosaur." 1941 | }, 1942 | { 1943 | "name": "Pampadromaeus", 1944 | "description": "This \"Pampas runner\" was ancestral to sauropods." 1945 | }, 1946 | { 1947 | "name": "Pamparaptor", 1948 | "description": "This raptor was discovered in the Argentinian Pampas." 1949 | }, 1950 | { 1951 | "name": "Panamericansaurus", 1952 | "description": "This titanosaur was named after an energy company." 1953 | }, 1954 | { 1955 | "name": "Panoplosaurus", 1956 | "description": "A squat, stocky nodosaur of the late Cretaceous." 1957 | }, 1958 | { 1959 | "name": "Panphagia", 1960 | "description": "Its name is Greek for \"eats everything\"." 1961 | }, 1962 | { 1963 | "name": "Pantydraco", 1964 | "description": "No, this dinosaur didn't wear you-know-what." 1965 | }, 1966 | { 1967 | "name": "Paralititan", 1968 | "description": "This huge sauropod was discovered recently in Egypt." 1969 | }, 1970 | { 1971 | "name": "Paranthodon", 1972 | "description": "This stegosaur was discovered over 150 years ago." 1973 | }, 1974 | { 1975 | "name": "Pararhabdodon", 1976 | "description": "The western European equivalent of Tsintaosaurus." 1977 | }, 1978 | { 1979 | "name": "Parasaurolophus", 1980 | "description": "Possibly the loudest dinosaur ever to roam the earth." 1981 | }, 1982 | { 1983 | "name": "Parksosaurus", 1984 | "description": "It was once classified as a species of Thescelosaurus." 1985 | }, 1986 | { 1987 | "name": "Paronychodon", 1988 | "description": "This \"tooth taxon\" didn't make it out of the 19th century." 1989 | }, 1990 | { 1991 | "name": "Parvicursor", 1992 | "description": "One of the smallest dinosaurs yet identified." 1993 | }, 1994 | { 1995 | "name": "Patagosaurus", 1996 | "description": "This \"Patagonian lizard\" hailed from South America." 1997 | }, 1998 | { 1999 | "name": "Pawpawsaurus", 2000 | "description": "This ancient nodosaur was discovered in Texas." 2001 | }, 2002 | { 2003 | "name": "Pedopenna", 2004 | "description": "One of the earliest known dino-birds." 2005 | }, 2006 | { 2007 | "name": "Pegomastax", 2008 | "description": "This dinosaur was covered with porcupine-like bristles." 2009 | }, 2010 | { 2011 | "name": "Pelecanimimus", 2012 | "description": "This \"pelican mimic\" sported over 200 teeth." 2013 | }, 2014 | { 2015 | "name": "Peloroplites", 2016 | "description": "This \"monstrous Hoplite\" was recently discovered in Utah." 2017 | }, 2018 | { 2019 | "name": "Pelorosaurus", 2020 | "description": "The first sauropod ever to be discovered." 2021 | }, 2022 | { 2023 | "name": "Pentaceratops", 2024 | "description": "This \"five-horned\" herbivore really had only three." 2025 | }, 2026 | { 2027 | "name": "Philovenator", 2028 | "description": "As its name says this dinosaur \"loved to hunt\"." 2029 | }, 2030 | { 2031 | "name": "Phuwiangosaurus", 2032 | "description": "This titanosaur was discovered in modern-day Thailand." 2033 | }, 2034 | { 2035 | "name": "Piatnitzkysaurus", 2036 | "description": "Its teeth were as sharp as its name is funny." 2037 | }, 2038 | { 2039 | "name": "Pinacosaurus", 2040 | "description": "Did this ankylosaur roam central Asia in herds?" 2041 | }, 2042 | { 2043 | "name": "Pisanosaurus", 2044 | "description": "One of the earliest known ornithischian dinosaurs." 2045 | }, 2046 | { 2047 | "name": "Piveteausaurus", 2048 | "description": "No one is quite sure what to make of this theropod dinosaur." 2049 | }, 2050 | { 2051 | "name": "Planicoxa", 2052 | "description": "A medium-sized iguanodont of early Cretaceous North America." 2053 | }, 2054 | { 2055 | "name": "Plateosaurus", 2056 | "description": "This herd dinosaur blackened the plains of the late Triassic." 2057 | }, 2058 | { 2059 | "name": "Pleurocoelus", 2060 | "description": "It was the official state dinosaur of Texas." 2061 | }, 2062 | { 2063 | "name": "Pneumatoraptor", 2064 | "description": "This \"air thief\" was recently discovered in Hungary." 2065 | }, 2066 | { 2067 | "name": "Podokesaurus", 2068 | "description": "One of the earliest dinosaurs to live in eastern North America." 2069 | }, 2070 | { 2071 | "name": "Poekilopleuron", 2072 | "description": "It may (or may not) have been a species of Megalosaurus." 2073 | }, 2074 | { 2075 | "name": "Polacanthus", 2076 | "description": "An extremely spiky ankylosaur of the middle Cretaceous." 2077 | }, 2078 | { 2079 | "name": "Prenocephale", 2080 | "description": "This \"bonehead\" had a round, thick skull." 2081 | }, 2082 | { 2083 | "name": "Prenoceratops", 2084 | "description": "A close relative of Leptoceratops." 2085 | }, 2086 | { 2087 | "name": "Proa", 2088 | "description": "This ornithopod was named after its prow-shaped jaw." 2089 | }, 2090 | { 2091 | "name": "Probactrosaurus", 2092 | "description": "An early stage in hadrosaur evolution." 2093 | }, 2094 | { 2095 | "name": "Proceratosaurus", 2096 | "description": "Despite its name, not a close relative of Ceratosaurus." 2097 | }, 2098 | { 2099 | "name": "Procompsognathus", 2100 | "description": "Was it an archosaur or an early dinosaur?" 2101 | }, 2102 | { 2103 | "name": "Propanoplosaurus", 2104 | "description": "This baby ankylosaur was recently discovered in Maryland." 2105 | }, 2106 | { 2107 | "name": "Prosaurolophus", 2108 | "description": "The likely ancestor of both Saurolophus and Parasaurolophus." 2109 | }, 2110 | { 2111 | "name": "Protarchaeopteryx", 2112 | "description": "Before Archaeopteryx? It actually lived millions of years later." 2113 | }, 2114 | { 2115 | "name": "Protoceratops", 2116 | "description": "A famous dinosaur with a very funky frill." 2117 | }, 2118 | { 2119 | "name": "Protohadros", 2120 | "description": "Despite its name, it wasn't really the \"first\" hadrosaur." 2121 | }, 2122 | { 2123 | "name": "Psittacosaurus", 2124 | "description": "This dinosaur's noggin wouldn't have looked out of place on a parrot." 2125 | }, 2126 | { 2127 | "name": "Puertasaurus", 2128 | "description": "This titanosaur rivaled Argentinosaurus in size." 2129 | }, 2130 | { 2131 | "name": "Pyroraptor", 2132 | "description": "This \"fire thief\" prowled the plains of prehistoric France." 2133 | }, 2134 | { 2135 | "name": "Qantassaurus", 2136 | "description": "named after the national airline of Australia." 2137 | }, 2138 | { 2139 | "name": "Qianzhousaurus", 2140 | "description": "This long-snouted tyrannosaur has been nicknamed Pinocchio Rex." 2141 | }, 2142 | { 2143 | "name": "Qiaowanlong", 2144 | "description": "An Asian relative of Brachiosaurus." 2145 | }, 2146 | { 2147 | "name": "Qiupalong", 2148 | "description": "This \"bird mimic\" dinosaur was recently discovered in China." 2149 | }, 2150 | { 2151 | "name": "Quaesitosaurus", 2152 | "description": "This titanosaur may have had remarkably sharp hearing." 2153 | }, 2154 | { 2155 | "name": "Quilmesaurus", 2156 | "description": "This dinosaur was named after an indigenous South American tribe." 2157 | }, 2158 | { 2159 | "name": "Rahiolisaurus", 2160 | "description": "This Indian dinosaur is represented by seven tangled individuals." 2161 | }, 2162 | { 2163 | "name": "Rahonavis", 2164 | "description": "Was it a raptor-like bird or a bird-like raptor?" 2165 | }, 2166 | { 2167 | "name": "Rajasaurus", 2168 | "description": "This \"prince lizard\" lived in what is now modern-day India." 2169 | }, 2170 | { 2171 | "name": "Rapator", 2172 | "description": "No, this mysterious Australian theropod wasn't a raptor." 2173 | }, 2174 | { 2175 | "name": "Rapetosaurus", 2176 | "description": "The only sauropod ever to be discovered on modern-day Madagascar." 2177 | }, 2178 | { 2179 | "name": "Raptorex", 2180 | "description": "A pint-sized precursor of T. Rex." 2181 | }, 2182 | { 2183 | "name": "Rebbachisaurus", 2184 | "description": "A poorly understood sauropod from northern Africa." 2185 | }, 2186 | { 2187 | "name": "Regaliceratops", 2188 | "description": "This ceratopsian had a huge, crown-shaped frill." 2189 | }, 2190 | { 2191 | "name": "Regnosaurus", 2192 | "description": "This stegosaur lived in what is now modern-day England." 2193 | }, 2194 | { 2195 | "name": "Rhabdodon", 2196 | "description": "A possible \"missing link\" between Iguanodon and Hypsilophodon." 2197 | }, 2198 | { 2199 | "name": "Rhinorex", 2200 | "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur had an unusually large nose." 2201 | }, 2202 | { 2203 | "name": "Rhoetosaurus", 2204 | "description": "A medium-sized sauropod from Down Under." 2205 | }, 2206 | { 2207 | "name": "Richardoestesia", 2208 | "description": "named after the paleontologist Richard Estes." 2209 | }, 2210 | { 2211 | "name": "Rinchenia", 2212 | "description": "named after the famous paleontologist Rinchen Barsbold." 2213 | }, 2214 | { 2215 | "name": "Rinconsaurus", 2216 | "description": "A modestly sized titanosaur of South America." 2217 | }, 2218 | { 2219 | "name": "Riojasaurus", 2220 | "description": "One of the few prosauropods known to have lived in South America." 2221 | }, 2222 | { 2223 | "name": "Rubeosaurus", 2224 | "description": "A ceratopsian dinosaur from the Two Medicine Formation." 2225 | }, 2226 | { 2227 | "name": "Rugops", 2228 | "description": "This wrinkly-faced carnivore probably fed on abandoned carcasses." 2229 | }, 2230 | { 2231 | "name": "Sahaliyania", 2232 | "description": "This hadrosaur's name is Manchurian for \"black\"." 2233 | }, 2234 | { 2235 | "name": "Saichania", 2236 | "description": "This ankylosaur's name is Chinese for \"beautiful\"." 2237 | }, 2238 | { 2239 | "name": "Saltasaurus", 2240 | "description": "The first armored sauropod ever to be discovered." 2241 | }, 2242 | { 2243 | "name": "Saltopus", 2244 | "description": "Experts aren't sure if this was a dinosaur or an archosaur." 2245 | }, 2246 | { 2247 | "name": "Sanjuansaurus", 2248 | "description": "An early theropod from South America." 2249 | }, 2250 | { 2251 | "name": "Santanaraptor", 2252 | "description": "named after Brazil's Santana formation." 2253 | }, 2254 | { 2255 | "name": "Sarahsaurus", 2256 | "description": "This prosauropod had unusually strong hands." 2257 | }, 2258 | { 2259 | "name": "Sarcolestes", 2260 | "description": "The most likely ancestor of the ankylosaurs." 2261 | }, 2262 | { 2263 | "name": "Sarcosaurus", 2264 | "description": "This \"flesh lizard\" roamed early Jurassic England." 2265 | }, 2266 | { 2267 | "name": "Saturnalia", 2268 | "description": "The earliest dinosaur known to have had a herbivorous diet." 2269 | }, 2270 | { 2271 | "name": "Saurolophus", 2272 | "description": "One of the few hadrosaurs known to have lived on two continents." 2273 | }, 2274 | { 2275 | "name": "Sauroniops", 2276 | "description": "This dinosaur's name means \"Eye of Sauron\"." 2277 | }, 2278 | { 2279 | "name": "Sauropelta", 2280 | "description": "This ankylosaur's armor helped keep raptors at bay." 2281 | }, 2282 | { 2283 | "name": "Saurophaganax", 2284 | "description": "The official state dinosaur of Oklahoma." 2285 | }, 2286 | { 2287 | "name": "Sauroposeidon", 2288 | "description": "One of the tallest dinosaurs ever to walk the earth." 2289 | }, 2290 | { 2291 | "name": "Saurornithoides", 2292 | "description": "A Troodon-like predator from central Asia." 2293 | }, 2294 | { 2295 | "name": "Saurornitholestes", 2296 | "description": "A close cousin of Velociraptor." 2297 | }, 2298 | { 2299 | "name": "Savannasaurus", 2300 | "description": "This titanosaur was recently discovered in Australia." 2301 | }, 2302 | { 2303 | "name": "Scansoriopteryx", 2304 | "description": "This early proto-bird probably lived in trees." 2305 | }, 2306 | { 2307 | "name": "Scelidosaurus", 2308 | "description": "Among the earliest of all the armored dinosaurs." 2309 | }, 2310 | { 2311 | "name": "Scipionyx", 2312 | "description": "One of the most perfectly preserved dinosaur fossils ever found." 2313 | }, 2314 | { 2315 | "name": "Sciurumimus", 2316 | "description": "This \"squirrel mimic\" was one of the earliest feathered dinosaurs." 2317 | }, 2318 | { 2319 | "name": "Scolosaurus", 2320 | "description": "It was once classified as a species of Euoplocephalus." 2321 | }, 2322 | { 2323 | "name": "Scutellosaurus", 2324 | "description": "Probably the smallest of all the armored dinosaurs." 2325 | }, 2326 | { 2327 | "name": "Secernosaurus", 2328 | "description": "The first hadrosaur to be discovered in South America." 2329 | }, 2330 | { 2331 | "name": "Seitaad", 2332 | "description": "This small dinosaur may have been buried in an avalanche." 2333 | }, 2334 | { 2335 | "name": "Segisaurus", 2336 | "description": "An early dinosaur closely related to Coelophysis." 2337 | }, 2338 | { 2339 | "name": "Segnosaurus", 2340 | "description": "One of the most unusual (and poorly understood) Cretaceous dinosaurs." 2341 | }, 2342 | { 2343 | "name": "Seismosaurus", 2344 | "description": "It was huge, to be sure, but might it have been a species of Diplodocus?" 2345 | }, 2346 | { 2347 | "name": "Sellosaurus", 2348 | "description": "Another early prosauropod of the Triassic period." 2349 | }, 2350 | { 2351 | "name": "Serendipaceratops", 2352 | "description": "Was this really an Australian ceratopsian?" 2353 | }, 2354 | { 2355 | "name": "Shamosaurus", 2356 | "description": "This Mongolian ankylosaur was a close relative of Gobisaurus." 2357 | }, 2358 | { 2359 | "name": "Shanag", 2360 | "description": "A basal raptor of early Cretaceous Asia." 2361 | }, 2362 | { 2363 | "name": "Shantungosaurus", 2364 | "description": "The biggest of all the duck-billed dinosaurs." 2365 | }, 2366 | { 2367 | "name": "Shaochilong", 2368 | "description": "Its name is Chinese for \"shark-toothed dragon\"." 2369 | }, 2370 | { 2371 | "name": "Shenzhousaurus", 2372 | "description": "A small, primitive ornithomimid from China." 2373 | }, 2374 | { 2375 | "name": "Shunosaurus", 2376 | "description": "Anatomically speaking, probably the best known of all the sauropods." 2377 | }, 2378 | { 2379 | "name": "Shuvosaurus", 2380 | "description": "Was this meat eater an early dinosaur or a two-legged crocodile?" 2381 | }, 2382 | { 2383 | "name": "Shuvuuia", 2384 | "description": "Scientists can't decide if it was a dinosaur or a bird." 2385 | }, 2386 | { 2387 | "name": "Siamodon", 2388 | "description": "This ornithopod was recently discovered in Thailand." 2389 | }, 2390 | { 2391 | "name": "Siamosaurus", 2392 | "description": "This may (or may not) have been a spinosaur from Thailand." 2393 | }, 2394 | { 2395 | "name": "Siamotyrannus", 2396 | "description": "Despite its name, it wasn't a true tyrannosaur." 2397 | }, 2398 | { 2399 | "name": "Siats", 2400 | "description": "One of the largest theropods ever to live in North America." 2401 | }, 2402 | { 2403 | "name": "Sigilmassasaurus", 2404 | "description": "Was this really a species of Carcharodontosaurus?" 2405 | }, 2406 | { 2407 | "name": "Silvisaurus", 2408 | "description": "This primitive nodosaur was discovered in Kansas." 2409 | }, 2410 | { 2411 | "name": "Similicaudipteryx", 2412 | "description": "The juveniles may have been differently feathered than the adults." 2413 | }, 2414 | { 2415 | "name": "Sinocalliopteryx", 2416 | "description": "The biggest \"dino-bird\" yet discovered." 2417 | }, 2418 | { 2419 | "name": "Sinoceratops", 2420 | "description": "A rare ceratopsian from late Cretaceous China." 2421 | }, 2422 | { 2423 | "name": "Sinornithoides", 2424 | "description": "A small, feathered dinosaur closely related to Troodon." 2425 | }, 2426 | { 2427 | "name": "Sinornithomimus", 2428 | "description": "This ornithomimid is known from over a dozen skeletons." 2429 | }, 2430 | { 2431 | "name": "Sinornithosaurus", 2432 | "description": "A typical dino-bird of the early Cretaceous." 2433 | }, 2434 | { 2435 | "name": "Sinosauropteryx", 2436 | "description": "The first dinosaur proven to have feathers." 2437 | }, 2438 | { 2439 | "name": "Sinosaurus", 2440 | "description": "It was once classified as an Asian species of Dilophosaurus." 2441 | }, 2442 | { 2443 | "name": "Sinotyrannus", 2444 | "description": "This \"Chinese tyrant\" was an ancient ancestor of tyrannosaurs." 2445 | }, 2446 | { 2447 | "name": "Sinovenator", 2448 | "description": "This \"Chinese hunter\" preyed on its fellow dino-birds." 2449 | }, 2450 | { 2451 | "name": "Sinraptor", 2452 | "description": "Despite its name, this allosaur wasn't any better or worse than other dinosaurs." 2453 | }, 2454 | { 2455 | "name": "Sinusonasus", 2456 | "description": "It sounds like a disease, but it was actually a feathered dinosaur." 2457 | }, 2458 | { 2459 | "name": "Skorpiovenator", 2460 | "description": "This \"scorpion hunter\" really ate meat." 2461 | }, 2462 | { 2463 | "name": "Sonorasaurus", 2464 | "description": "The remains of this sauropod were discovered in Arizona." 2465 | }, 2466 | { 2467 | "name": "Sphaerotholus", 2468 | "description": "Yet another dome-headed dino from North America." 2469 | }, 2470 | { 2471 | "name": "Spinophorosaurus", 2472 | "description": "This early sauropod had a \"thagomizer\" on its tail." 2473 | }, 2474 | { 2475 | "name": "Spinops", 2476 | "description": "This ceratopsian was named 100 years after its bones were found." 2477 | }, 2478 | { 2479 | "name": "Spinosaurus", 2480 | "description": "This dinosaur was distinguished by the sail-like structure on its back." 2481 | }, 2482 | { 2483 | "name": "Spinostropheus", 2484 | "description": "This theropod was once thought to be a species of Elaphrosaurus." 2485 | }, 2486 | { 2487 | "name": "Staurikosaurus", 2488 | "description": "Another primitive theropod of the Triassic period." 2489 | }, 2490 | { 2491 | "name": "Stegoceras", 2492 | "description": "This small herbivore was built for high-speed head-butting." 2493 | }, 2494 | { 2495 | "name": "Stegosaurus", 2496 | "description": "The small-brained, spike-tailed, plant-eating dinosaur." 2497 | }, 2498 | { 2499 | "name": "Stenopelix", 2500 | "description": "Experts aren't sure how to classify this dinosaur." 2501 | }, 2502 | { 2503 | "name": "Stokesosaurus", 2504 | "description": "Some experts think this was the earliest tyrannosaur." 2505 | }, 2506 | { 2507 | "name": "Struthiomimus", 2508 | "description": "This \"ostrich mimic\" roamed the plains of North America." 2509 | }, 2510 | { 2511 | "name": "Struthiosaurus", 2512 | "description": "The smallest nodosaur yet discovered." 2513 | }, 2514 | { 2515 | "name": "Stygimoloch", 2516 | "description": "Its name means \"demon from the river of death.\" Got your attention yet?" 2517 | }, 2518 | { 2519 | "name": "Styracosaurus", 2520 | "description": "Winner of the \"most elaborate head display\" competition." 2521 | }, 2522 | { 2523 | "name": "Suchomimus", 2524 | "description": "A fish-eating dinosaur with a distinct crocodilian profile." 2525 | }, 2526 | { 2527 | "name": "Sulaimanisaurus", 2528 | "description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be discovered in Pakistan." 2529 | }, 2530 | { 2531 | "name": "Supersaurus", 2532 | "description": "No, it didn't wear a cape, but this giant dino was still impressive." 2533 | }, 2534 | { 2535 | "name": "Suuwassea", 2536 | "description": "Its name is Native American for \"ancient thunder\"." 2537 | }, 2538 | { 2539 | "name": "Suzhousaurus", 2540 | "description": "A large, early Cretaceous therizinosaur." 2541 | }, 2542 | { 2543 | "name": "Szechuanosaurus", 2544 | "description": "This theropod was a close relative of Sinraptor." 2545 | }, 2546 | { 2547 | "name": "Tachiraptor", 2548 | "description": "The first meat-eating dinosaur ever to be discovered in Venezuela." 2549 | }, 2550 | { 2551 | "name": "Talarurus", 2552 | "description": "This ankylosaur was discovered in the Gobi Desert." 2553 | }, 2554 | { 2555 | "name": "Talos", 2556 | "description": "This dinosaur was found with an injured big toe." 2557 | }, 2558 | { 2559 | "name": "Tangvayosaurus", 2560 | "description": "This Laotian titanosaur was closely related to Phuwiangosaurus." 2561 | }, 2562 | { 2563 | "name": "Tanius", 2564 | "description": "Not much is known about this Chinese hadrosaur." 2565 | }, 2566 | { 2567 | "name": "Tanycolagreus", 2568 | "description": "This mysterious theropod was once thought to be a species of Coelurus." 2569 | }, 2570 | { 2571 | "name": "Taohelong", 2572 | "description": "The first \"polacanthine\" ankylosaur ever to be discovered in Asia." 2573 | }, 2574 | { 2575 | "name": "Tapuiasaurus", 2576 | "description": "A recently discovered titanosaur from South America." 2577 | }, 2578 | { 2579 | "name": "Tarascosaurus", 2580 | "description": "The only known abelisaur of the northern hemisphere." 2581 | }, 2582 | { 2583 | "name": "Tarbosaurus", 2584 | "description": "The second-biggest tyrannosaur after T. Rex." 2585 | }, 2586 | { 2587 | "name": "Tarchia", 2588 | "description": "Its name means \"brainy,\" but that may be an exaggeration." 2589 | }, 2590 | { 2591 | "name": "Tastavinsaurus", 2592 | "description": "This titanosaur was discovered in Spain." 2593 | }, 2594 | { 2595 | "name": "Tatankacephalus", 2596 | "description": "A brand-new ankylosaur from North America." 2597 | }, 2598 | { 2599 | "name": "Tatankaceratops", 2600 | "description": "Was this really a juvenile specimen of Triceratops?" 2601 | }, 2602 | { 2603 | "name": "Tataouinea", 2604 | "description": "No, this dinosaur wasn't named after Tatooine in Star Wars." 2605 | }, 2606 | { 2607 | "name": "Tawa", 2608 | "description": "This ancient theropod points to a South American origin for dinosaurs." 2609 | }, 2610 | { 2611 | "name": "Tazoudasaurus", 2612 | "description": "This Vulcanodon relative was one of the earliest sauropods." 2613 | }, 2614 | { 2615 | "name": "Technosaurus", 2616 | "description": "This early herbivore was named after Texas Tech university." 2617 | }, 2618 | { 2619 | "name": "Tehuelchesaurus", 2620 | "description": "This sauropod was named after an indigenous South American people." 2621 | }, 2622 | { 2623 | "name": "Telmatosaurus", 2624 | "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur was discovered in Transylvania." 2625 | }, 2626 | { 2627 | "name": "Tendaguria", 2628 | "description": "This Tanzanian sauropod has proven difficult to classify." 2629 | }, 2630 | { 2631 | "name": "Tenontosaurus", 2632 | "description": "This long-tailed herbivore was hunted by Deinonychus." 2633 | }, 2634 | { 2635 | "name": "Teratophoneus", 2636 | "description": "This \"monstrous murderer\" wasn't all that big." 2637 | }, 2638 | { 2639 | "name": "Tethyshadros", 2640 | "description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be found in modern-day Italy." 2641 | }, 2642 | { 2643 | "name": "Texacephale", 2644 | "description": "This Texan pachycephalosaur was named in 2010." 2645 | }, 2646 | { 2647 | "name": "Thecocoelurus", 2648 | "description": "Is this the earliest ornithomimid in the fossil record?" 2649 | }, 2650 | { 2651 | "name": "Thecodontosaurus", 2652 | "description": "The first prosauropod ever to be discovered." 2653 | }, 2654 | { 2655 | "name": "Theiophytalia", 2656 | "description": "Its name means \"garden of the gods\"." 2657 | }, 2658 | { 2659 | "name": "Therizinosaurus", 2660 | "description": "What did Little Orphan Annie say to this dinosaur? \"Reaping lizards!\"" 2661 | }, 2662 | { 2663 | "name": "Thescelosaurus", 2664 | "description": "Did paleontologists find this dinosaur's mummified heart?" 2665 | }, 2666 | { 2667 | "name": "Tianchisaurus", 2668 | "description": "This dinosaur's species name honors \"Jurassic Park\"." 2669 | }, 2670 | { 2671 | "name": "Tianyulong", 2672 | "description": "Why did this ornithopod have feathers?" 2673 | }, 2674 | { 2675 | "name": "Tianyuraptor", 2676 | "description": "A small, long-legged raptor from eastern Asia." 2677 | }, 2678 | { 2679 | "name": "Tianzhenosaurus", 2680 | "description": "This ankylosaur's skull has been spectacularly preserved." 2681 | }, 2682 | { 2683 | "name": "Timimus", 2684 | "description": "The only ornithomimid ever discovered in Australia." 2685 | }, 2686 | { 2687 | "name": "Titanoceratops", 2688 | "description": "The biggest of all the horned, frilled dinosaurs." 2689 | }, 2690 | { 2691 | "name": "Titanosaurus", 2692 | "description": "This sauropod may—or may not—have been a unique member of its genus." 2693 | }, 2694 | { 2695 | "name": "Tochisaurus", 2696 | "description": "A large troodont of late Cretaceous Asia." 2697 | }, 2698 | { 2699 | "name": "Tornieria", 2700 | "description": "This sauropod has a complicated taxonomic history." 2701 | }, 2702 | { 2703 | "name": "Torosaurus", 2704 | "description": "Was it really an elderly specimen of Triceratops?" 2705 | }, 2706 | { 2707 | "name": "Torvosaurus", 2708 | "description": "One of the largest predators of Jurassic North America." 2709 | }, 2710 | { 2711 | "name": "Triceratops", 2712 | "description": "The famous, three-horned, plant-eating dinosaur." 2713 | }, 2714 | { 2715 | "name": "Trinisaura", 2716 | "description": "The first ornithopod ever to be discovered in Antarctica." 2717 | }, 2718 | { 2719 | "name": "Troodon", 2720 | "description": "Possibly the smartest dinosaur that ever lived." 2721 | }, 2722 | { 2723 | "name": "Tsaagan", 2724 | "description": "One of the earliest raptors yet discovered." 2725 | }, 2726 | { 2727 | "name": "Tsintaosaurus", 2728 | "description": "Also known as the \"Unicorn Dinosaur\"." 2729 | }, 2730 | { 2731 | "name": "Tuojiangosaurus", 2732 | "description": "One of the most well-known Chinese stegosaurs." 2733 | }, 2734 | { 2735 | "name": "Turanoceratops", 2736 | "description": "What was this ceratopsian doing in late Cretaceous Asia?" 2737 | }, 2738 | { 2739 | "name": "Turiasaurus", 2740 | "description": "The largest dinosaur ever to be discovered in Europe." 2741 | }, 2742 | { 2743 | "name": "Tylocephale", 2744 | "description": "The tallest-domed of all the pachycephalosaurs." 2745 | }, 2746 | { 2747 | "name": "Tyrannosaurus Rex", 2748 | "description": "The once—and always—king of the dinosaurs." 2749 | }, 2750 | { 2751 | "name": "Tyrannotitan", 2752 | "description": "We know very little about this fearsomely named dinosaur." 2753 | }, 2754 | { 2755 | "name": "Uberabatitan", 2756 | "description": "Discovered in the Uberaba region of Brazil." 2757 | }, 2758 | { 2759 | "name": "Udanoceratops", 2760 | "description": "The largest ceratopsian to run on two legs." 2761 | }, 2762 | { 2763 | "name": "Unaysaurus", 2764 | "description": "One of the oldest prosauropods yet discovered." 2765 | }, 2766 | { 2767 | "name": "Unenlagia", 2768 | "description": "This bird-like raptor was native to South America." 2769 | }, 2770 | { 2771 | "name": "Unescoceratops", 2772 | "description": "named after the United Nation's UNESCO." 2773 | }, 2774 | { 2775 | "name": "Urbacodon", 2776 | "description": "This Troodon-like predator was discovered in Uzbekistan." 2777 | }, 2778 | { 2779 | "name": "Utahceratops", 2780 | "description": "Guess what state this dinosaur was discovered in." 2781 | }, 2782 | { 2783 | "name": "Utahraptor", 2784 | "description": "Probably the biggest raptor that ever lived." 2785 | }, 2786 | { 2787 | "name": "Uteodon", 2788 | "description": "It was once classified as a species of Camptosaurus." 2789 | }, 2790 | { 2791 | "name": "Vagaceratops", 2792 | "description": "This big-frilled dinosaur was closely related to Kosmoceratops." 2793 | }, 2794 | { 2795 | "name": "Vahiny", 2796 | "description": "Its name is Malagasy for \"traveler\"." 2797 | }, 2798 | { 2799 | "name": "Valdoraptor", 2800 | "description": "This early \"bird mimic\" dinosaur lived in England." 2801 | }, 2802 | { 2803 | "name": "Valdosaurus", 2804 | "description": "This ornithopod was discovered on the Isle of Wight." 2805 | }, 2806 | { 2807 | "name": "Variraptor", 2808 | "description": "The first raptor ever to be discovered in France." 2809 | }, 2810 | { 2811 | "name": "Velafrons", 2812 | "description": "A new addition to the duck-billed dinosaur family." 2813 | }, 2814 | { 2815 | "name": "Velociraptor", 2816 | "description": "This dinosaur was vicious but a lot smaller than you thought." 2817 | }, 2818 | { 2819 | "name": "Velocisaurus", 2820 | "description": "A small, speedy theropod of late Cretaceous South America." 2821 | }, 2822 | { 2823 | "name": "Venenosaurus", 2824 | "description": "This \"poison lizard\" was really a gentle plant-eater." 2825 | }, 2826 | { 2827 | "name": "Veterupristisaurus", 2828 | "description": "One of the earliest carcharodontosaurs yet identified." 2829 | }, 2830 | { 2831 | "name": "Vulcanodon", 2832 | "description": "An early sauropod of the Jurassic period." 2833 | }, 2834 | { 2835 | "name": "Wannanosaurus", 2836 | "description": "Probably the smallest of all the bone-headed dinosaurs." 2837 | }, 2838 | { 2839 | "name": "Wellnhoferia", 2840 | "description": "Was it really a species of Archaeopteryx?" 2841 | }, 2842 | { 2843 | "name": "Wendiceratops", 2844 | "description": "This dinosaur honors Canadian fossil hunter Wendy Sloboda." 2845 | }, 2846 | { 2847 | "name": "Willinakaqe", 2848 | "description": "A rare duck-billed dinosaur from South America." 2849 | }, 2850 | { 2851 | "name": "Wintonotitan", 2852 | "description": "Another new titanosaur from Australia." 2853 | }, 2854 | { 2855 | "name": "Wuerhosaurus", 2856 | "description": "Could this have been the last of the stegosaurs?" 2857 | }, 2858 | { 2859 | "name": "Wulagasaurus", 2860 | "description": "The earliest saurolophine hadrosaur in the fossil record." 2861 | }, 2862 | { 2863 | "name": "Xenoceratops", 2864 | "description": "This \"alien horned face\" was announced in 2012." 2865 | }, 2866 | { 2867 | "name": "Xenoposeidon", 2868 | "description": "Experts aren't sure how to classify this sauropod." 2869 | }, 2870 | { 2871 | "name": "Xenotarsosaurus", 2872 | "description": "A poorly understood abelisaur from South America." 2873 | }, 2874 | { 2875 | "name": "Xiaosaurus", 2876 | "description": "A small ornithopod from late Jurassic Asia." 2877 | }, 2878 | { 2879 | "name": "Xiaotingia", 2880 | "description": "This feathered dinosaur predated Archaeopteryx." 2881 | }, 2882 | { 2883 | "name": "Xinjiangtitan", 2884 | "description": "This huge sauropod was a close relative of Mamenchisaurus." 2885 | }, 2886 | { 2887 | "name": "Xiongguanlong", 2888 | "description": "A small, primitive tyrannosaur from Asia." 2889 | }, 2890 | { 2891 | "name": "Xixianykus", 2892 | "description": "A long-legged dino-bird from eastern Asia." 2893 | }, 2894 | { 2895 | "name": "Xuanhanosaurus", 2896 | "description": "You didn't think there'd be so many \"X\"'s on this list, did you?" 2897 | }, 2898 | { 2899 | "name": "Xuanhuaceratops", 2900 | "description": "An early ceratopsian of the late Jurassic." 2901 | }, 2902 | { 2903 | "name": "Xuwulong", 2904 | "description": "This iguanodontid ornithopod was recently discovered in China." 2905 | }, 2906 | { 2907 | "name": "Yamaceratops", 2908 | "description": "No, it didn't have a sweet potato for a head." 2909 | }, 2910 | { 2911 | "name": "Yandusaurus", 2912 | "description": "A small ornithopod of middle Jurassic China." 2913 | }, 2914 | { 2915 | "name": "Yangchuanosaurus", 2916 | "description": "A large theropod of late Jurassic Asia." 2917 | }, 2918 | { 2919 | "name": "Yaverlandia", 2920 | "description": "A classic case of mistaken dinosaur identity." 2921 | }, 2922 | { 2923 | "name": "Yi Qi", 2924 | "description": "This strange Jurassic dinosaur had bat-like wings." 2925 | }, 2926 | { 2927 | "name": "Yimenosaurus", 2928 | "description": "One of the better-known Chinese prosauropods." 2929 | }, 2930 | { 2931 | "name": "Yinlong", 2932 | "description": "This \"hidden dragon\" was an early ceratopsian." 2933 | }, 2934 | { 2935 | "name": "Yixianosaurus", 2936 | "description": "How did this dino-bird use its long fingers?" 2937 | }, 2938 | { 2939 | "name": "Yizhousaurus", 2940 | "description": "The earliest intact sauropod yet discovered." 2941 | }, 2942 | { 2943 | "name": "Yongjinglong", 2944 | "description": "This titanosaur was recently discovered in China." 2945 | }, 2946 | { 2947 | "name": "Yueosaurus", 2948 | "description": "This basal ornithopod was discovered by construction workers." 2949 | }, 2950 | { 2951 | "name": "Yulong", 2952 | "description": "The smallest oviraptor yet identified." 2953 | }, 2954 | { 2955 | "name": "Yunnanosaurus", 2956 | "description": "One of the last prosauropods to walk the earth." 2957 | }, 2958 | { 2959 | "name": "Yutyrannus", 2960 | "description": "The largest feathered tyrannosaur yet identified." 2961 | }, 2962 | { 2963 | "name": "Zalmoxes", 2964 | "description": "A strange-looking ornithopod from Romania." 2965 | }, 2966 | { 2967 | "name": "Zanabazar", 2968 | "description": "named after a Buddhist spiritual leader." 2969 | }, 2970 | { 2971 | "name": "Zapalasaurus", 2972 | "description": "This \"diplodocoid\" sauropod lived in early Cretaceous South America." 2973 | }, 2974 | { 2975 | "name": "Zby", 2976 | "description": "This dinosaur's name was inversely proportional to its size." 2977 | }, 2978 | { 2979 | "name": "Zephyrosaurus", 2980 | "description": "Otherwise known as the Western Wind Lizard." 2981 | }, 2982 | { 2983 | "name": "Zhanghenglong", 2984 | "description": "A transitional hadrosaur of late Cretaceous Asia." 2985 | }, 2986 | { 2987 | "name": "Zhejiangosaurus", 2988 | "description": "The first identified nodosaur from Asia." 2989 | }, 2990 | { 2991 | "name": "Zhenyuanlong", 2992 | "description": "Also known as the \"fluffy feathered poodle from hell\"." 2993 | }, 2994 | { 2995 | "name": "Zhongyuansaurus", 2996 | "description": "The only known ankylosaur to lack a tail club." 2997 | }, 2998 | { 2999 | "name": "Zhuchengceratops", 3000 | "description": "It probably figured on the lunch menu of Zhuchengtyrannus." 3001 | }, 3002 | { 3003 | "name": "Zhuchengosaurus", 3004 | "description": "This hadrosaur was even bigger than Shantungosaurus." 3005 | }, 3006 | { 3007 | "name": "Zhuchengtyrannus", 3008 | "description": "This Asian tyrannosaur was the size of T. Rex." 3009 | }, 3010 | { 3011 | "name": "Zuniceratops", 3012 | "description": "This horned dinosaur was discovered by an eight-year-old boy." 3013 | }, 3014 | { 3015 | "name": "Zuolong", 3016 | "description": "It was named after General Tso, of Chinese restaurant fame." 3017 | }, 3018 | { 3019 | "name": "Zupaysaurus", 3020 | "description": "This \"devil lizard\" was one of the earliest theropods." 3021 | } 3022 | ] 3023 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------