Thursday 23 February 2017

Types of Dinosaurs



   
Types of Dinosaurs
 

There were many different kinds of dinosaurs.
  • The smallest types were about the same size as a chicken, and the largest were over 100 feet (30 meters) long.
  • Different dinosaurs ate different diets. Some types of dinosaurs ate only meat ("carnivores"), some ate only plants ("herbivores"), and some ate both plants and meats ("omnivores").
  • Many people incorrectly assume that all the dinosaurs lived together at the same time. This was not the case. The dinosaurs lived during a period known as the Mesozoic Era which lasted many millions of years. During that time, new types of dinosaurs evolved, and other types went extinct. In fact, in terms of distance in time, we are closer to some of the later types of dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops, than they are to some of the mid-period, and relatively early types of dinosaurs such as Stegosaurus or Plateosaurus.
  • The world was very different at the time of the dinosaurs, however the dinosaurs were around for such a long time that the world changed considerably over this period:
    • At the time of the earliest dinosaurs, the Triassic period, all the Earth's continents were joined together in one super-continent, called Pangaea.
    • During the final period of the dinosaurs, known as the the Cretaceous period, just before the dinosaurs become extinct, the super-continent had broken up, and the different parts had begun to drift apart into something starting to resemble the modern globe. 

    Of course, during this entire period, different regions had different climates and ecology, and so different types of animals (including different types of dinosaurs) were found in the various parts of the world.
  • Just like modern animals, the different types of dinosaurs were related to each other. Biologists use the terms "order", "family", "genus" and "species" to classify dinosaurs and to indicate how closely different types of animals are related.

    A dinosaur which is the same species as another dinosaur is of the exact same type, whereas two dinosaurs which are of the same genus are closely related but of different types, and two dinosaurs of the same family are a bit more distantly related and so on.



The chart below shows some of the different types of dinosaurs (divided into herbivores, carnivores and omnivores). In most cases, the chart shows a genus or family of dinosaur, although in some cases a single species may be indicated. 

Please select any one of these dinosaurs, if you would like to find out more informaiton about that particular type of dinosaur: 

Carnivornes
(Meat-Eaters)
Herbivores
(Plant-Eaters)
Omnivores
(Ate Meat and Plants)



Acrocanthosaurus
Acrocanthosaurus

Adasaurus
Adasaurus

Afrovenator
Afrovenator

Albertosaurus
Albertosaurus

Alectrosaurus
Alectrosaurus

Alioramus
Alioramus

Allosaurus
Allosaurus

Anchiornis
Anchiornis

Aucasaurus
Aucasaurus

Bambiraptor
Bambiraptor

Baryonyx
Baryonyx

Buitreraptor
Buitreraptor

Carcharodontosaurus
Carcharodontosaurus

Carnotaurus
Carnotaurus

Ceratosaurus
Ceratosaurus

Coelophysis
Coelophysis

Coelurus
Coelurus

Compsognathus
Compsognathus

Cryolophosaurus
Cryolophosaurus

Deinonychus
Deinonychus

Dilong
Dilong

Dilophosaurus
Dilophosaurus

Dromaeosaurus
Dromaeosaurus

Eotyrannus
Eotyrannus

Epidexipteryx
Epidexipteryx

Giganotosaurus
Giganotosaurus

Gorgosaurus
Gorgosaurus

Guanlong
Guanlong

Herrerasaurus
Herrerasaurus

Majungasaurus
Majungasaurus

Megalosaurus
Megalosaurus

Microraptor
Microraptor

Rajasaurus
Rajasaurus

Rugops
Rugops

Saltopus
Saltopus

Scipionyx
Scipionyx

Sinornithoides
Sinornithoides

Sinosauropteryx
Sinosauropteryx

Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus

Staurikosaurus
Staurikosaurus

Suchomimus
Suchomimus

Tarbosaurus
Tarbosaurus

Torvosaurus
Torvosaurus

Troodon
Troodon

Tyrannosaurus rex
Tyrannosaurus rex

Utahraptor
Utahraptor

Velociraptor
Velociraptor

Xiongguanlong
Xiongguanlong

Yangchuanosaurus
Yangchuanosaurus
  




Achelousaurus
Achelousaurus

Agujaceratops
Agujaceratops

Alamosaurus
Alamosaurus

Altirhinus
Altirhinus

Alxasaurus
Alxasaurus

Ampelosaurus
Ampelosaurus

Anchiceratops
Anchiceratops

Animantarx
Animantarx

Ankylosaurus
Ankylosaurus

Apatosaurus
Apatosaurus
(Brontosaurus)
Argentinosaurus
Argentinosaurus

Avaceratops
Avaceratops

Bactrosaurus
Bactrosaurus

Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus

Camarasaurus
Camarasaurus

Camptosaurus
Camptosaurus

Centrosaurus
Centrosaurus

Cetiosaurus
Cetiosaurus

Chasmosaurus
Chasmosaurus

Corythosaurus
Corythosaurus

Diabloceratops
Diabloceratops

Diplodocus
Diplodocus

Echinodon
Echinodon

Edmontonia
Edmontonia

Edmontosaurus
Edmontosaurus

Eotriceratops
Eotriceratops

Euoplocephalus
Euoplocephalus
(Scolosaurus)
Gastonia
Gastonia

Gigantspinosaurus
Gigantspinosaurus

Giraffatitan
Giraffatitan

Hadrosaurus
Hadrosaurus

Heterodontosaurus
Heterodontosaurus

Hypsilophodon
Hypsilophodon

Iguanodon
Iguanodon

Kentrosaurus
Kentrosaurus

Kritosaurus
Kritosaurus

Lambeosaurus
Lambeosaurus

Lesothosaurus
Lesothosaurus

Magyarosaurus
Magyarosaurus

Maiasaura
Maiasaura

Mamenchisaurus
Mamenchisaurus

Massospondylus
Massospondylus

Melanorosaurus
Melanorosaurus

Minmi
Minmi

Monoclonius
Monoclonius

Mussaurus
Mussaurus

Muttaburrasaurus
Muttaburrasaurus

Nanyangosaurus
Nanyangosaurus

Nemegtosaurus
Nemegtosaurus

Nigersaurus
Nigersaurus

Nipponosaurus
Nipponosaurus

Nodosaurus
Nodosaurus

Ouranosaurus
Ouranosaurus

Pachycephalosaurus
Pachycephalosaurus

Pachyrhinosaurus
Pachyrhinosaurus

Panoplosaurus
Panoplosaurus

Paralititan
Paralititan

Parasaurolophus
Parasaurolophus

Pentaceratops
Pentaceratops

Pinacosaurus
Pinacosaurus

Pisanosaurus
Pisanosaurus

Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus

Prenocephale
Prenocephale

Protoceratops
Protoceratops

Psittacosaurus
Psittacosaurus

Riojasaurus
Riojasaurus

Saichania
Saichania

Saltasaurus
Saltasaurus

Saurolophus
Saurolophus

Scutellosaurus
Scutellosaurus

Seismosaurus
Seismosaurus

Stegoceras
Stegoceras

Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus

Styracosaurus
Styracosaurus

Supersaurus
Supersaurus
(Ultrasauros)
Talarurus
Talarurus

Tarchia
Tarchia

Torosaurus
Torosaurus

Trachodon
Trachodon

Triceratops
Triceratops

Tuojiangosaurus
Tuojiangosaurus

Ultrasaurus
Ultrasaurus

Unaysaurus
Unaysaurus

Zalmoxes
Zalmoxes

Zuniceratops
Zuniceratops
  




Abrictosaurus
Abrictosaurus

Avimimus
Avimimus

Caudipteryx
Caudipteryx

Chirostenotes
Chirostenotes

Dromiceiomimus
Dromiceiomimus

Gallimimus
Gallimimus

Nomingia
Nomingia

Ornithomimus
Ornithomimus

Oviraptor
Oviraptor

Pelecanimimus
Pelecanimimus

Protarchaeopteryx
Protarchaeopteryx

Sinovenator
Sinovenator

Struthiomimus
Struthiomimus
  











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