This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from Asia, excluding India, which was part of a separate landmass for much of the Mesozoic (See List of Indian and Madagascan Dinosaurs for a list of Dinosaurs from India). This list does not include dinosaurs that live or lived after the Mesozoic era such as birds.
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Abdarainurus | 2020 | Alagteeg Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Inconsistent in phylogenetic placement; could represent an unknown lineage of macronarians [1] |
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Abrosaurus | 1989 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Had unusually large fenestrae |
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Achillobator | 1999 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Its robust build suggests it was not a cursorial animal [2] |
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Adasaurus | 1983 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Its sickle claw was markedly reduced compared to other dromaeosaurids |
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Aepyornithomimus | 2017 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
The first ornithomimosaur named from a dry desert environment |
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Agilisaurus | 1990 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
The holotype specimen was discovered during the construction of the museum where it is now housed |
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Albalophosaurus | 2009 | Kuwajima Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Hauterivian) | ![]() |
Only known from fragments of a skull |
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Albinykus | 2011 | Javkhlant Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() |
Preserved in a sitting position not unlike that of modern birds |
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Alectrosaurus | 1933 | Iren Dabasu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Had long legs which may be an adaptation to pursuit predation [3] |
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Alioramus | 1976 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possessed an elongated snout with a row of short crests |
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Almas | 2017 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Preserved alongside eggshells which may have come from a troodontid [4] |
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Altirhinus | 1998 | Khuren Dukh Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | ![]() |
Had a distinctive, elevated nasal bone which supported a large nasal cavity |
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Alxasaurus | 1993 | Bayin-Gobi Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Most of the skeleton is known, which allowed researchers to connect therizinosaurs to other theropods |
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Ambopteryx | 2019 | Unnamed formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Preserves stomach contents containing gastroliths and fragments of bone, suggesting an omnivorous diet |
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Amtocephale | 2011 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Santonian) | ![]() |
One of the oldest known pachycephalosaurs |
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Amurosaurus | 1991 | Udurchukan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
One specimen may have come from an individual with a limp [5] |
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Analong | 2020 | Chuanjie Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bajocian) | ![]() |
Originally described as a specimen of Chuanjiesaurus but assigned a new genus due to several morphological differences | |
Anchiornis | 2009 | Tiaojishan Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Analysis of fossilized melanosomes suggest a mostly gray or black body, white and black patterns on its wings, and a red head crest [6] |
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Anhuilong | 2020 | Hongqin Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Aalenian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Closely related to Huangshanlong and Omeisaurus, all forming an exclusive clade of mamenchisaurids |
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Anomalipes | 2018 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
May have been closely related to Gigantoraptor despite its significantly smaller size [7] |
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Anserimimus | 1988 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had powerful forelimbs with uniquely straight, flattened claws |
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Aorun | 2013 | Shishugou Formation, ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Potentially a basal member of the alvarezsaurian lineage [8] |
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Aralosaurus | 1968 | Bostobe Formation, ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Its crest has been interpreted as being arch-shaped as in kritosaurin hadrosaurs, but this cannot be confirmed |
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Archaeoceratops | 1997 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Had no horns and only the beginnings of a frill |
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Archaeornithoides | 1992 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Known from only a partial skull with scratches that may have been created by a small mammal [9] |
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Archaeornithomimus | 1972 | Bissekty Formation?, Iren Dabasu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() ![]() |
Unlike other ornithomimosaurs, its feet were not arctometatarsalian |
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Arkharavia | 2010 | Udurchukan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Described from a series of vertebrae, several of which were found to not belong to this taxon [10] |
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Arstanosaurus | 1982 | Bostobe Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Poorly known | |
Asiaceratops | 1989 | Khodzhakul Formation, Xinminbao Group? ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() ![]() |
Potentially a leptoceratopsid [11] | |
Asiatosaurus | 1924 | Öösh Formation, Xinlong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | ![]() ![]() |
Two species have been named but both are only known from extremely scant remains |
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Auroraceratops | 2005 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Known from more than eighty specimens, including complete skeletons |
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Aurornis | 2013 | Tiaojishan Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
If an avialan as originally described it would be one of the oldest members of the group |
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Avimimus | 1981 | Barun Goyot Formation, Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Bonebed remains indicate a gregarious lifestyle; it may have formed age-segregated herds for lekking or flocking purposes [12] |
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Bactrosaurus | 1933 | Iren Dabasu Formation, Majiacun Formation? ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian?) | ![]() |
Remains of at least six individuals are known, making up much of the skeleton |
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Bagaceratops | 1975 | Barun Goyot Formation, Bayan Mandahu Formation, Djadochta Formation? ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() ![]() |
May have been a direct descendant of Protoceratops which it physically resembles [13] |
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Bagaraatan | 1996 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Combines traits of several theropod groups, possibly due to being chimaeric [14] |
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Bainoceratops | 2003 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Its supposedly diagnostic features may fall within Protoceratops variation [15] | |
Banji | 2010 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Vertical striations adorned the sides of its crest |
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Bannykus | 2018 | Bayin-Gobi Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Exhibited a transitional hand morphology for an alvarezsaur, having three fingers of roughly equal length with the first being robust |
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Baotianmansaurus | 2009 | Gaogou Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() |
Large but known from only a few bones |
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Barsboldia | 1981 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possessed elongated neural spines particularly above the hips |
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Bashanosaurus | 2022 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bajocian) | ![]() |
Its skeleton combines traits of stegosaurs and more basal thyreophorans | |
Bashunosaurus | 2004 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Although described as a macronarian, this has yet to be rigorously tested [16] | |
Batyrosaurus | 2012 | Bostobe Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Remains originally identified as Arstanosaurus |
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Bayannurosaurus | 2018 | Bayin-Gobi Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Known from a well-preserved, almost complete skeleton |
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Beg | 2020 | Ulaanoosh Formation ( Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Its preserved skull has a rugose texture |
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Beibeilong | 2017 | Gaogou Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Coniacian) | ![]() |
Similar to but more basal than Gigantoraptor. [17] Known from only a single embryo still in its egg |
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Beipiaosaurus | 1999 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Preserves evidence of downy feathers as well as a secondary coat of simpler "elongated broad filamentous feathers" or EBFFs [18] |
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Beishanlong | 2010 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Lacked the elongated claws of more derived ornithomimosaurs |
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Bellusaurus | 1990 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Known from a bone bed with the remains of seventeen juvenile specimens |
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Bienosaurus | 2001 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Sinemurian) | ![]() |
Potentially synonymous with Tatisaurus [19] |
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Bissektipelta | 2004 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | ![]() |
Analysis of its braincase suggests poor hearing and eyesight but good olfaction and taste; it has been suggested to be a filter feeder [20] | |
Bolong | 2010 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Originally known from only a skull; an almost complete skeleton was described in 2013 [21] |
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Borealosaurus | 2004 | Sunjiawan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() |
Its caudal vertebrae were distinctively opisthocoelous | |
Borogovia | 1987 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had a uniquely straight and flattened sickle claw, which may have had a weight-bearing function |
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Breviceratops | 1990 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Only known from juvenile remains but can be distinguished from other protoceratopsids |
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Brohisaurus | 2003 | Sembar Formation ( Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian) | ![]() |
Possibly an early titanosauriform | |
Byronosaurus | 2000 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Two juvenile skulls were found in an oviraptorid nest and claimed to be evidence for nest parasitism in this taxon, but both their identity and taphonomy have been questioned [4] [22] |
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Caenagnathasia | 1994 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | ![]() |
One of the oldest and smallest known caenagnathoids |
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Caihong | 2018 | Tiaojishan Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Possessed platelet-shaped melanosomes that produced iridesence as in modern trumpeters |
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Caudipteryx | 1998 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Two species are known. At least C. zoui did not have secondary feathers attached to the lower arm |
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Ceratonykus | 2009 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Several osteological features were described as similar to ornithischians [23] |
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Changchunsaurus | 2005 | Quantou Formation ( Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Aptian to Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Had wavy enamel on its leaf-shaped teeth that made them more resistant to wear; this feature is also present in hadrosaurs [24] |
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Changmiania | 2020 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Preserved in a curled-up position as if sleeping in a potential burrow |
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Changyuraptor | 2014 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
The largest microraptorian dromaeosaurid known. Had tail feathers almost a foot long [25] |
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Chaoyangsaurus | 1999 | Tuchengzi Formation ( Late Jurassic, Tithonian) | ![]() |
Known by a number of alternate spellings (e.g. Chaoyangosaurus, Chaoyoungosaurus) before its formal description |
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Charonosaurus | 2000 | Yuliangze Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
May have had a long, backwards-arcing crest similar to that of Parasaurolophus |
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Chialingosaurus | 1959 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) | ![]() |
Had both large plates and smaller spines, similar to Kentrosaurus |
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Chiayusaurus | 1953 | Hasandong Formation, Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | ![]() ![]() |
Two species have been named, both from teeth. Those of C. lacustris are apparently indistinguishable to those of Euhelopus [26] or Mamenchisaurus [27] | |
Chilantaisaurus | 1964 | Ulansuhai Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Had a particularly hooked claw on its first finger |
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Chingkankousaurus | 1958 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Known from only a scapula. Possibly a tyrannosauroid [28] | |
Chinshakiangosaurus | 1992 | Fengjiahe Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian) | ![]() |
Had a U-shaped snout that may have supported fleshy cheeks, an adaptation to bulk feeding | |
Choyrodon | 2018 | Khuren Dukh Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
It had an enlarged nose similar to its contemporary, Altirhinus, but it is most likely a separate taxon [29] |
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Chuandongocoelurus | 1984 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
A tetanuran of uncertain relationships |
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Chuanjiesaurus | 2000 | Chuanjie Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian) | ![]() |
One of the more derived mamenchisaurids [30] |
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Chuanqilong | 2014 | Jiufotang Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
May have been the adult form of the coeval Liaoningosaurus [31] |
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Chungkingosaurus | 1983 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
May have possessed at least six thagomizer spikes; the rearmost pair was mounted horizontally, directed outwards and backwards |
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Chuxiongosaurus | 2010 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Pliensbachian) | ![]() |
Potentially a synonym of Jingshanosaurus [32] | |
Citipati | 2001 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had a distinctive triangular crest. A referred specimen known as the Zamyn Khondt oviraptorid possessed the familiar rectangular domed crest in most depictions of Oviraptor, but likely does not belong to that genus or Citipati [33] |
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Conchoraptor | 1986 | Barun Goyot Formation, Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Named for a hypothesized diet of shellfish, but this cannot be confirmed |
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Corythoraptor | 2017 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Its crest was vertical and rectangular, not unlike that of a cassowary |
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Crichtonpelta | 2015 | Sunjiawan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Originally named as a second species of Crichtonsaurus | |
Crichtonsaurus | 2002 | Sunjiawan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() |
Sometimes reconstructed with semicircular osteoderms vaguely similar to the plates of stegosaurs |
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Daanosaurus | 2005 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian) | ![]() |
Phylogenetic position is uncertain as it is only known from the remains of a juvenile | |
Daliansaurus | 2017 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Had an enlarged claw on the fourth toe comparable in size to the sickle claw on its second |
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Dashanpusaurus | 2005 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Callovian) | ![]() |
One of the basalmost and earliest known macronarians [34] | |
Datanglong | 2014 | Xinlong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | ![]() |
Had a uniquely pneumatized ilium similar to megaraptorans | |
Datonglong | 2016 | Huiquanpu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Precise dating uncertain | |
Datousaurus | 1984 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Bathonian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
One of the rarer sauropods of the Shaximiao, known from only two skeletons and a large, deep skull |
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Daurlong | 2022 | Longjiang Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Preserves remains of an intestinal tract |
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Daxiatitan | 2008 | Hekou Group ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Large and very long-necked |
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Deinocheirus | 1970 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had a suite of unique features, most notably a hump supported by elongated neural spines |
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Dilong | 2004 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Preserves evidence of a coating of simple feathers |
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Dongbeititan | 2007 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
A theropod tooth has been found encrusted in one of its ribs [35] |
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Dongyangopelta | 2013 | Chaochuan Formation ( Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Coexisted with Zhejiangosaurus but could be distinguished based on subtle osteological features [36] | |
Dongyangosaurus | 2008 | Jinhua Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | ![]() |
Its phylogenetic placement is uncertain |
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Dzharaonyx | 2022 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
One of the oldest known parvicursorines | |
Dzharatitanis | 2021 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Originally described as a rebbachisaurid [37] but later reinterpreted as a titanosaur with possible lognkosaurian affinities [38] |
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Elmisaurus | 1981 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
One of the most complete caenagnathids known |
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Embasaurus | 1931 | Neocomian Sands ( Early Cretaceous, Berriasian) | ![]() |
Known from only two vertebrae |
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Enigmosaurus | 1983 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Had a large, backwards-pointing pelvis |
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Eomamenchisaurus | 2008 | Zhanghe Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Aalenian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
One of the oldest mamenchisaurids | |
Eosinopteryx | 2013 | Tiaojishan Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Described as lacking advanced tail feathers and long "hind wings", unlike other paravians, but this may be an artifact of preservation [39] |
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Epidexipteryx | 2008 | Haifanggou Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Callovian) | ![]() |
Supported four long feathers from an abbreviated tail |
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Equijubus | 2003 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
A grazer that preserves the oldest known evidence of grass-eating [40] |
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Erketu | 2006 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
May have had the longest neck of any dinosaur relative to its body |
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Erliansaurus | 2002 | Iren Dabasu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Had long, curved claws on its fingers |
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Erlikosaurus | 1980 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Preserves the most complete skull known from any therizinosaur |
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Eshanosaurus | 2001 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian) | ![]() |
Has been suggested to be the oldest known therizinosaur |
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Euhelopus | 1956 | Meng-Yin Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Valanginian) | ![]() |
Originally believed to have lived in a marshy environment |
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Euronychodon | 1991 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Type species was found in Portugal. The Asian species may represent a form taxon of improperly developed teeth [41] | |
Ferganasaurus | 2003 | Balabansai Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Callovian) | ![]() |
Claimed to have two hand claws, but this is disputed [42] | |
Ferganocephale | 2005 | Balabansai Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Callovian) | ![]() |
Unusually, its teeth were not serrated | |
Fujianvenator | 2023 | Nanyuan Formation ( Late Jurassic, Tithonian) | ![]() |
Possessed proportionally long legs which may be an adaptation to wading |
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Fukuiraptor | 2000 | Kitadani Formation, Sebayashi Formation? ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Similarly to Megaraptor, it was originally reconstructed as a dromaeosaur with its hand claw on its foot |
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Fukuisaurus | 2003 | Kitadani Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
The elements of its skull are so strongly fused that it was unable to chew [43] |
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Fukuititan | 2010 | Kitadani Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
The first sauropod named from Japan |
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Fukuivenator | 2016 | Kitadani Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Possesses traits of various groups of coelurosaurs, though probably a therizinosaur. [44] May have been a herbivore or omnivore due to its heterodont dentition |
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Fulengia | 1977 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Toarcian) | ![]() |
May have been a juvenile Lufengosaurus | |
Fushanosaurus | 2019 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Known from a single femur of immense size | |
Fusuisaurus | 2006 | Xinlong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
A referred humerus may support an extremely large size for this taxon [45] | |
Gallimimus | 1972 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had a relatively long beak with a rounded tip |
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Gannansaurus | 2013 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Its vertebrae were more similar to those of Euhelopus than to other sauropods |
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Ganzhousaurus | 2013 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Coexisted with at least seven other oviraptorosaurs, which may have niche-partitioned. It was likely primarily herbivorous [46] |
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Garudimimus | 1981 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Was not as well-adapted to running as later ornithomimosaurs |
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Gasosaurus | 1985 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Discovered as a byproduct of construction work |
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Gigantoraptor | 2007 | Iren Dabasu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() |
The largest known oviraptorosaur, comparable in size to Albertosaurus |
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Gigantspinosaurus | 1992 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Possessed broad, greatly enlarged shoulder spines |
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Gilmoreosaurus | 1979 | Bissekty Formation?, Iren Dabasu Formation, Khodzhakul Formation? ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() ![]() |
Several fossils preserve evidence of cancer-induced tumors [47] |
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Gobihadros | 2019 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Known from multiple specimens representing different growth stages |
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Gobiraptor | 2019 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possessed a deep jaw that may be an adaptation to crushing bivalves or seeds [48] |
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Gobisaurus | 2001 | Ulansuhai Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Had no tail club but already possessed the stiff tail of derived ankylosaurids [49] |
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Gobititan | 2003 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Retained the fifth digit of the foot, a basal trait | |
Gobivenator | 2014 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
The most completely known Cretaceous troodontid |
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Gongbusaurus | 1983 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Only known from a pair of teeth. May be an ankylosaurian [50] | |
Gongpoquansaurus | 2014 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Remains originally named as a species of Probactrosaurus |
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Gongxianosaurus | 1998 | Ziliujing Formation ( Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | ![]() |
The only sauropod with ossified distal tarsals, hinting at its basal position | |
Goyocephale | 1982 | Unnamed formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Had a sloping head with a flat skull roof |
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Graciliceratops | 2000 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() |
Possessed a short frill with large fenestrae |
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Graciliraptor | 2004 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
A close relative of Microraptor with characteristically slender bones |
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Guanlong | 2006 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Two specimens have been discovered, one on top of the other |
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Halszkaraptor | 2017 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Originally interpreted as a semiaquatic fish hunter similar to a merganser [51] but this hypothesis has been criticized [52] |
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Hamititan | 2021 | Shengjinkou Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Known from seven caudal vertebrae and associated elements |
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Haplocheirus | 2010 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Possessed three long fingers with short claws. Originally described as a basal alvarezsauroid but similarities have been noted with other coelurosaurs [14] [53] |
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Harpymimus | 1984 | Khuren Dukh Formation?/ Shinekhudag Formation? ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Mostly toothless but retains a few teeth in the dentary |
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Haya | 2011 | Javkhlant Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
One specimen preserves a large mass of gastroliths |
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Heishansaurus | 1953 | Minhe Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
May be a junior synonym of Pinacosaurus [54] | |
Helioceratops | 2009 | Quantou Formation ( Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Aptian to Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Had a distinctively short lower jaw |
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Hexing | 2012 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Barremian) | ![]() |
Three or four teeth are known, but they are not well-preserved |
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Hexinlusaurus | 2005 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bajocian) | ![]() |
Originally named as a species of Yandusaurus |
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Heyuannia | 2002 | Barun Goyot Formation, Dalangshan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() ![]() |
Fossilized pigments in referred eggshells suggest they were blue-green [55] |
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Homalocephale | 1974 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Has been suggested to be a juvenile Prenocephale on account of its flat head, [56] but this is no longer thought to be the case [57] |
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Huabeisaurus | 2000 | Huiquanpu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
May be closely related to Tangvayosaurus [58] |
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Hualianceratops | 2015 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Had a series of bumps around the edge of the beak |
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Huanansaurus | 2015 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possessed a distinctive short trapezoidal crest |
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Huanghetitan | 2006 | Haoling Formation, Hekou Group ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Had ribs 3 metres (9.8 ft) long, which supported one of the deepest body cavities of any dinosaur [59] |
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Huangshanlong | 2014 | Hongqin Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Aalenian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Known from some bones of the right forelimb |
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Huaxiagnathus | 2004 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
One of the largest known compsognathids |
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Huayangosaurus | 1982 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Possessed flank osteoderms and a small tail club in addition to plates and spikes |
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Hudiesaurus | 1997 | Kalaza Formation ( Late Jurassic, Tithonian) | ![]() |
Had a butterfly-shaped process on its vertebra |
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Hulsanpes | 1982 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Closely related to Halszkaraptor but appears to be more cursorial [60] |
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Ichthyovenator | 2012 | Grès supérieurs Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
One of its sacral vertebrae was greatly reduced, giving the illusion of a break in its sail or of two separate sails |
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Incisivosaurus | 2002 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Two specimens of different ontogenetic stages are known, both with differing types of feathers [61] |
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Irisosaurus | 2020 | Fengjiahe Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian) | ![]() |
Closely related to Mussaurus [62] |
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Isanosaurus | 2000 | Nam Phong Formation ( Late Triassic, Norian to Rhaetian) | ![]() |
May have actually come from the Late Jurassic [63] |
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Ischioceratops | 2015 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Noted for its peculiarly-shaped ischium |
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Itemirus | 1976 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Originally known from a braincase but abundant new remains were described in 2014 [64] |
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Jaculinykus | 2023 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Was didactyl, with a large first finger and a reduced second finger |
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Jaxartosaurus | 1937 | Dabrazhin Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() |
Not known from many remains but they are enough to tell that it was a basal lambeosaurine [65] |
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Jeholosaurus | 2000 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
One specimen is preserved in a curled position |
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Jianchangosaurus | 2013 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Several characters of its teeth and jaws are convergently similar to those of ornithischians [66] |
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Jiangjunosaurus | 2007 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Had two rows of circular or diamond-shaped plates | |
Jiangshanosaurus | 2001 | Jinhua Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | ![]() |
A potential member of the Euhelopodidae [67] |
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Jiangxisaurus | 2013 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Overall similar to Heyuannia but with a thinner, frailer mandible |
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Jiangxititan | 2023 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Described as one of the few known lognkosaurs from mainland Asia |
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Jianianhualong | 2017 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Possessed a subtriangular tail frond made of asymmetrical feathers, although it was most likely flightless |
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Jinbeisaurus | 2019 | Huiquanpu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
A medium-sized tyrannosauroid | |
Jinfengopteryx | 2005 | Huajiying Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
May have been capable of some sort of flight [68] |
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Jingshanosaurus | 1995 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian) | ![]() |
One of the latest-surviving non-sauropod sauropodomorphs |
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Jintasaurus | 2009 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Known from only the rear half of a skull, including a complete braincase |
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Jinyunpelta | 2018 | Liangtoutang Formation ( Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian) | ![]() |
The oldest ankylosaurid known to have a tail club |
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Jinzhousaurus | 2001 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Its holotype is nearly complete, preserved whole on a single slab |
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Jiutaisaurus | 2006 | Quantou Formation ( Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Barremian to Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Named based on eighteen vertebrae | |
Kaijiangosaurus | 1984 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Potentially synonymous with other medium-sized Shaximiao theropods |
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Kamuysaurus | 2019 | Hakobuchi Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Informally referred to as "Mukawaryu" before its formal description |
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Kansaignathus | 2021 | Ialovachsk Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() |
The first non-avian dinosaur described from Tajikistan |
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Kazaklambia | 2013 | Dabrazhin Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() |
Morphologically distinct from other Eurasian lambeosaurines [69] |
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Kelmayisaurus | 1973 | Lianmuqin Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Albian) | ![]() |
One popular book mentions a giant species belonging to this genus, [70] but this referral may be incorrect |
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Kerberosaurus | 2004 | Tsagayan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Potentially a close relative of Edmontosaurus [71] |
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Khaan | 2001 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Two morphotypes of chevrons are known, which may be a sexually dimorphic trait [72] |
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Khulsanurus | 2021 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Contemporary with Parvicursor but can be distinguished by characters of its caudal vertebrae [73] | |
Kileskus | 2010 | Itat Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian) | ![]() |
Uncertain if it possesses the head crest as seen in other proceratosaurids |
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Kinnareemimus | 2009 | Sao Khua Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Barremian) | ![]() |
Potentially one of the oldest ornithomimosaurs |
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Klamelisaurus | 1993 | Shishugou Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Callovian) | ![]() |
Close relatives included several referred species of Mamenchisaurus [74] |
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Kol | 2009 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Had a "hyperarctometatarsus" more strongly pinched than other arctometatarsalian taxa. Described as an alvarezsaurid [75] but has been suggested to be related to Avimimus [76] | |
Koreaceratops | 2011 | Sihwa Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Possessed elongated neural spines on its caudal vertebrae. Its describers suggest that it was used as a swimming organ, [77] but a later study found it to live in a semiarid environment, making this unlikely [78] |
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Koreanosaurus | 2011 | Seonso Conglomerate ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Had short but powerful forelimbs suggesting it may have been a quadruped [79] |
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Koshisaurus | 2015 | Kitadani Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian) | ![]() |
Distinguished from other hadrosauroids by the presence of an antorbital fossa |
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Kulceratops | 1995 | Khodzhakul Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Only known from fragments of a jaw and teeth |
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Kulindadromeus | 2014 | Ukureyskaya Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian) | ![]() |
An ornithischian that preserves evidence of filaments, suggesting that protofeathers were basal to Dinosauria as a whole |
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Kundurosaurus | 2012 | Udurchukan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
May be synonymous with Kerberosaurus [80] |
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Kuru | 2021 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had been informally referred to as "Airakoraptor" prior to its formal description |
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Laiyangosaurus | 2019 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Some specimens referred to this edmontosaurin actually belong to kritosaurins and lambeosaurines [81] |
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Lanzhousaurus | 2005 | Hekou Group ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Possessed the largest known teeth of any dinosaur |
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Leshansaurus | 2009 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) | ![]() |
Its braincase is nearly identical to that of Piveteausaurus [82] |
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Levnesovia | 2009 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
One of the smallest known hadrosauroids [42] | |
Liaoceratops | 2002 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
One specimen was found without a skull roof, possibly displaced by a predator to eat its brain [83] |
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Liaoningosaurus | 2001 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
One specimen has been interpreted as possessing fork-like teeth, sharp claws, and stomach contents including fish, which has been claimed to be evidence of a semi-aquatic, turtle-like lifestyle [84] |
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Liaoningotitan | 2018 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
The second sauropod named from the Yixian Formation | |
Liaoningvenator | 2017 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Uniquely preserved with the head curving forwards, differing from the classic theropod "death pose" and the sleeping position of other troodontids |
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Limusaurus | 2009 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Multiple specimens from different growth stages are known. Juveniles possessed teeth which were lost and replaced with a beak as adults, suggesting a change in diet [85] |
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Lingwulong | 2018 | Yanan Formation?/ Zhiluo Formation? ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Aalenian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
The first confirmed diplodocoid from Asia. Originally considered Early Jurassic, making it the oldest known neosauropod, but this age has been disputed [86] [87] |
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Lingyuanosaurus | 2019 | Jiufotang Formation?/ Yixian Formation? ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Possessed a mix of basal and derived therizinosaurian traits |
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Linhenykus | 2011 | Bayan Mandahu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Completely monodactyl due to lacking the vestigial second and third fingers of other alvarezsaurids |
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Linheraptor | 2010 | Bayan Mandahu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Potentially a synonym of Tsaagan [88] |
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Linhevenator | 2011 | Bayan Mandahu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Had a greatly enlarged sickle claw, comparable in size to those of dromaeosaurids |
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Liubangosaurus | 2010 | Xinlong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Described only as a eusauropod [89] but has since been reinterpreted as a somphospondylian [90] | |
Luanchuanraptor | 2007 | Qiupa Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
The first Asian dromaeosaurid found outside the Gobi Desert and northeastern China. May have been closely related to Adasaurus [14] |
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Lufengosaurus | 1940 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Sinemurian) | ![]() |
The rib of one specimen preserves the oldest known evidence of collagen proteins [91] |
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Luoyanggia | 2009 | Haoling Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Originally believed to date from the Late Cretaceous | |
Machairasaurus | 2010 | Bayan Mandahu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Its hand claws are elongated and blade-like in side view |
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Mahakala | 2007 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Possessed basal traits for a dromaeosaurid. May be a close relative of Halszkaraptor [92] |
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Maleevus | 1987 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Its only purportedly distinguishing trait is also shared with Pinacosaurus [36] | |
Mamenchisaurus | 1954 | Penglaizhen Formation, Shaximiao Formation, Shishugou Formation, Suining Formation ( Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, Oxfordian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Several species have been named, but most may not belong to this genus [74] |
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Mandschurosaurus | 1930 | Grès supérieurs Formation?, Yuliangze Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() ![]() |
One of the first non-avian dinosaurs named from Chinese remains |
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Mei | 2004 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Two specimens are preserved in bird-like sleeping positions [93] |
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Microceratus | 2008 | Ulansuhai Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Originally named Microceratops, although that genus name is preoccupied by a wasp |
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Microhadrosaurus | 1979 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Reportedly an unusually small hadrosaurid | |
Micropachycephalosaurus | 1978 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Once considered to be a pachycephalosaur, although it is now usually considered to be a ceratopsian [94] |
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Microraptor | 2000 | Jiufotang Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Known from over three hundred fossils. [95] Several are well-preserved enough to reveal fine details such as feather covering and an iridescent black coloration [96] |
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Migmanychion | 2023 | Longjiang Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Its hand combines features of multiple groups of coelurosaurs |
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Minimocursor | 2023 | Phu Kradung Formation ( Late Jurassic, Tithonian) | ![]() |
The first basal neornithischian known from southeastern Asia |
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Minotaurasaurus | 2009 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
The holotype skull was excavated illegally, which obscured its true provenance until recently |
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Mongolosaurus | 1933 | On Gong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Known from only scant remains but has been confidently assigned to Somphospondyli in recent years [90] |
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Mongolostegus | 2018 | Dzunbain Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Informally assigned to the genus Wuerhosaurus before its formal description |
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Monkonosaurus | 1986 | Loe-ein Formation?/ Lura Formation? ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian?/ Early Cretaceous, Albian?) | ![]() |
Poorly known | |
Monolophosaurus | 1993 | Shishugou Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Possessed a short, rectangular crest running along the midline of the skull |
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Mononykus | 1993 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Proposed to have an anteater-like lifestyle, using its unique forearms to break into termite mounds [97] |
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Mosaiceratops | 2015 | Xiaguan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Combined features of different groups of basal ceratopsians |
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Nankangia | 2013 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
May have specialized in soft foods such as leaves and seeds [98] |
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Nanningosaurus | 2007 | Unnamed formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Potentially a basal lambeosaurine | |
Nanshiungosaurus | 1979 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Originally misidentified as a sauropod on account of its unusual pelvis |
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Nanyangosaurus | 2000 | Xiaguan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Completely lost the first digit of its hands |
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Napaisaurus | 2022 | Xinlong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
May be closely related to contemporary Thai iguanodonts | |
Natovenator | 2022 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possessed a streamlined body and a long, toothed snout, convergently similar to several groups of aquatic vertebrates |
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Nebulasaurus | 2015 | Zhanghe Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Aalenian to Bajocian) | ![]() |
Only known from a single braincase, but it is enough to tell that it was related to Spinophorosaurus |
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Neimongosaurus | 2001 | Iren Dabasu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Could extend its arms considerably forward due to the structure of its shoulder joint [99] |
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Nemegtomaia | 2005 | Barun Goyot Formation, Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
One specimen preserves traces of damage by skin beetles [100] |
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Nemegtonykus | 2019 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
The second alvarezsaurid named from the Nemegt Formation |
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Nemegtosaurus | 1971 | Nemegt Formation, Subashi Formation? ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() ![]() |
Had a long, low skull similar in proportions to those of diplodocoids |
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Ningyuansaurus | 2012 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Preserves small oval-shaped structures in its stomach region which may be seeds | |
Nipponosaurus | 1936 | Yezo Group ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Discovered on the island of Sakhalin, which was owned by Japan in 1936 but later annexed by Russia |
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Oksoko | 2020 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Its third finger was so greatly reduced that it was functionally didactyl |
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Olorotitan | 2003 | Udurchukan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had a broad, hatchet-shaped crest |
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Omeisaurus | 1939 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Members of this genus are characterized by extremely elongated necks |
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Ondogurvel | 2022 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, ( Campanian) | ![]() |
Known from well-preserved remains of the hands and feet |
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Opisthocoelicaudia | 1977 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Walked on its metacarpals due to its complete lack of phalanges |
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Oviraptor | 1924 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Originally mistakenly thought to be an egg-eater |
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Pachysuchus | 1951 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Sinemurian to Pliensbachian) | ![]() |
Considered a phytosaur from its original naming until a redescription in 2012 [101] | |
Panguraptor | 2014 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Sinemurian) | ![]() |
The first definitive coelophysoid known from Asia | |
Papiliovenator | 2021 | Bayan Mandahu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Had a short, subtriangular skull similar to those of Early Cretaceous troodontids |
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Paralitherizinosaurus | 2022 | Yezo Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian | ![]() |
Had stiffened claws that may have been used to pull vegetation to the mouth [102] |
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Parvicursor | 1996 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Originally believed to represent a diminutive adult dinosaur, although it was recently reinterpreted as a juvenile [103] |
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Pedopenna | 2005 | Haifanggou Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Callovian) | ![]() |
Known from a single leg with the impressions of long, symmetrical feathers |
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Peishansaurus | 1953 | Minhe Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Has been compared to thyreophorans and marginocephalians, but it is impossible to determine which assignment is correct | |
Penelopognathus | 2005 | Bayin-Gobi Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Named from a single dentary | |
Phaedrolosaurus | 1973 | Lianmuqin Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Albian) | ![]() |
May have been a dromaeosaurid [104] | |
Philovenator | 2012 | Bayan Mandahu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Closely related to the contemporary Linhevenator [93] but likely represents a separate taxon [105] |
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Phuwiangosaurus | 1994 | Sao Khua Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Hauterivian) | ![]() |
A large member of the Euhelopodidae [90] |
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Phuwiangvenator | 2019 | Sao Khua Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Combines features of both allosauroids and coelurosaurs [106] |
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Pinacosaurus | 1933 | Bayan Mandahu Formation, Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() ![]() |
May have been capable of bird-like vocalizations [107] |
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Plesiohadros | 2014 | Alagteeg Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
The first hadrosauroid known from the Alagteeg Formation | |
Prenocephale | 1974 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had a distinctively conical dome |
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Probactrosaurus | 1966 | Dashuigou Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
The closest relative to the Hadrosauromorpha based on the definition of the group [108] |
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Prodeinodon | 1924 | Öösh Formation, Xinlong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() ![]() |
Potentially a carnosaur [109] | |
Protarchaeopteryx | 1997 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Usually thought to be a basal oviraptorosaur but one study suggests a basal position within Pennaraptora [14] |
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Protoceratops | 1923 | Bayan Mandahu Formation, Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() ![]() |
Its remains are so abundant that it has been nicknamed the "sheep of the Cretaceous" |
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Protognathosaurus | 1991 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Originally named Protognathus, but that is preoccupied by an extinct beetle [110] | |
Psittacosaurus | 1923 | Andakhuduk Formation, Bayin-Gobi Formation, Ejinhoro Formation, Ilek Formation, Jiufotang Formation, Khok Kruat Formation, Öösh Formation, Qingshan Formation, Tugulu Group, Xinminbao Group, Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Known from hundreds of specimens, many of them well-preserved. Lived in a broad range |
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Pukyongosaurus | 2001 | Hasandong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
One of its caudal vertebrae has bite marks caused by theropod teeth |
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Qianlong | 2023 | Ziliujing Formation ( Early Jurassic, Sinemurian) | ![]() |
Associated with fossils of leathery eggs, the oldest of their kind in the world |
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Qianzhousaurus | 2014 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Has been nicknamed "Pinocchio rex" on account of its elongated snout |
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Qiaowanlong | 2009 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Originally described as a brachiosaurid [111] but has since been reinterpreted as a euhelopodid [112] |
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Qijianglong | 2015 | Suining Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Once believed to date from the Late Jurassic | |
Qingxiusaurus | 2008 | Unnamed formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Known from very limited remains | |
Qinlingosaurus | 1996 | Hongtuling Formation?/ Shanyang Formation? ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Potentially a titanosaur given its age, but this cannot be confirmed |
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Qiupalong | 2011 | Qiupa Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
A referred specimen was found in Canada [113] |
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Qiupanykus | 2018 | Qiupa Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
May have used its robust thumb claws to crack open oviraptorid eggshells [114] | |
Quaesitosaurus | 1983 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Potentially a close relative of Nemegtosaurus |
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Ratchasimasaurus | 2011 | Khok Kruat Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Only known from a single toothless dentary |
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Rhomaleopakhus | 2021 | Kalaza Formation ( Late Jurassic, Tithonian) | ![]() |
Possessed a robust forelimb that may be a locomotory adaptation |
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Rinchenia | 1997 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had a tall, domed crest |
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Ruixinia | 2022 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Its last few caudal vertebrae were fused into a rod-like structure | |
Ruyangosaurus | 2009 | Haoling Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Only known from scant remains but was one of the largest dinosaurs known from Asia |
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Sahaliyania | 2008 | Yuliangze Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possibly a synonym of Amurosaurus [115] |
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Saichania | 1977 | Barun Goyot Formation, Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possessed complicated nasal passages that may have cooled the air it breathed |
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Sanpasaurus | 1944 | Ziliujing Formation ( Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | ![]() |
Historically conflated with the remains of an ornithischian |
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Sanxiasaurus | 2019 | Xintiangou Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bajocian) | ![]() |
The oldest neornithischian known from Asia |
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Saurolophus | 1912 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Type species was found in Canada. The Asian species is distinguished by its larger size and backwards-pointing diagonal crest |
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Sauroplites | 1953 | Zhidan Group ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Preserved lying on its back with parts of its armor in an articulated position | |
Saurornithoides | 1924 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Its hindlimbs were well-developed even as juveniles, suggesting it needed little to no parental care |
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Scansoriopteryx | 2002 | Haifanggou Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Callovian to Kimmeridgian) | ![]() |
Was well-adapted for climbing due to the structure of its hands and feet |
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Segnosaurus | 1979 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() |
One of the first known therizinosaurs. Its relationships were originally obscure |
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Serikornis | 2017 | Tiaojishan Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Callovian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Possessed simple, wispy feathers similar to those of a Silkie chicken |
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Shamosaurus | 1983 | Dzunbain Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
The osteoderms on its head were not separated into obvious tiles as with later ankylosaurs | |
Shanag | 2007 | Öösh Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Barremian) | ![]() |
Shows a mixture of traits of various paravian groups |
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Shantungosaurus | 1973 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
The largest known hadrosaurid |
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Shanxia | 1998 | Huiquanpu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Campanian) | ![]() |
May be synonymous with Tianzhenosaurus [116] and/or Saichania [36] | |
Shanyangosaurus | 1996 | Shanyang Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Indeterminate but its hollow bones are a synapomorphy for Coelurosauria. One study suggests an oviraptorosaurian position [14] | |
Shaochilong | 2009 | Ulansuhai Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() |
Had a relatively short maxilla, suggesting a unique ecological role |
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Shenzhousaurus | 2003 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Preserves pebbles in its thoracic cavity which may be gastroliths |
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Shidaisaurus | 2009 | Chuanjie Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Aalenian) | ![]() |
Potentially one of the oldest known allosauroids |
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Shishugounykus | 2019 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Its manus combines features of both alvarezsaurians and more basal coelurosaurs |
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Shixinggia | 2005 | Pingling Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Known from a fair amount of postcranial material | |
Shri | 2021 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Before its formal description, it was nicknamed "Ichabodcraniosaurus" because its holotype lacked a skull |
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Shuangmiaosaurus | 2003 | Sunjiawan Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Only known from some parts of a skull | |
Shunosaurus | 1983 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) | ![]() |
Possessed a small tail club topped by two short spikes |
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Shuvuuia | 1998 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Displays several adaptations that may point to a nocturnal, owl-like lifestyle [117] |
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Siamodon | 2011 | Khok Kruat Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
May have been closely related to Probactrosaurus [118] |
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Siamosaurus | 1986 | Khok Kruat Formation, Sao Khua Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Only known from teeth. Some spinosaurid postcrania from the same area may be referrable to this genus [119] |
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Siamotyrannus | 1996 | Sao Khua Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Barremian) | ![]() |
Has been recovered in a variety of positions within Avetheropoda |
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Siamraptor | 2019 | Khok Kruat Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
The oldest carcharodontosaurian known from Southeast Asia |
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Sibirotitan | 2017 | Ilek Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Its sacral ribs are star-shaped in dorsal view |
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Siluosaurus | 1997 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | ![]() |
Possessed the smallest known teeth of any ornithopod | |
Silutitan | 2021 | Shengjinkou Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Known from six cervical vertebrae associated with a pterosaur jaw |
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Similicaudipteryx | 2008 | Jiufotang Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Had a short tail ending with a dagger-shaped pygostyle |
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Sinankylosaurus | 2020 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Only known from an ilium. Described as an ankylosaur but a recent study doubts this interpretation [120] | |
Sinocalliopteryx | 2007 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Stomach contents indicate a possible preference for volant prey such as dromaeosaurids and early birds [121] |
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Sinocephale | 2021 | Ulansuhai Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Originally named as a species of Troodon when that genus was thought to be a pachycephalosaur | |
Sinoceratops | 2010 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possessed forward-curving hornlets and a series of low knobs on the top of the frill |
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Sinocoelurus | 1942 | Kuangyuan Series ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian | ![]() |
One study considered it to be a potential plesiosaur [122] |
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Sinornithoides | 1993 | Ejinhoro Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Preserved in a roosting position, its head tucked underneath its left wing |
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Sinornithomimus | 2003 | Ulansuhai Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Formed age-segregated herds as evidenced by a concentration of juvenile skeletons [123] |
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Sinornithosaurus | 1999 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
One specimen has disloged teeth, leading to suggestions it was venomous [124] |
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Sinosauropteryx | 1996 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
The first non-avian dinosaur found with direct evidence of feathers. Analysis of melanosomes suggest it had orange-brown and white countershading with a striped tail and a "bandit mask" around its eyes [125] |
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Sinosaurus | 1940 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Sinemurian) | ![]() |
Had a pair of midline crests similar to Dilophosaurus |
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Sinotyrannus | 2009 | Jiufotang Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
One of the earliest known large tyrannosauroids. Closely related to smaller forms such as Proceratosaurus and Guanlong |
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Sinovenator | 2002 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Some specimens are preserved three-dimensionally |
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Sinraptor | 1993 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
May have used its teeth like blades to inflict deep wounds in prey |
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Sinusonasus | 2004 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian) | ![]() |
Had distinctive sinusoid nasal bones |
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Sirindhorna | 2015 | Khok Kruat Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Its fossils were discovered by corn farmers while digging a reservoir |
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Sonidosaurus | 2006 | Iren Dabasu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Campanian) | ![]() |
One of the smallest known titanosaurs |
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Stegosaurides | 1953 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian to Albian) | ![]() |
A thyreophoran of uncertain phylogenetic position | |
Suzhousaurus | 2007 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
One of the largest Early Cretaceous therizinosaurs |
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Szechuanosaurus | 1942 | Kuangyuan Series ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian) | ![]() |
Only known from teeth and possibly a very fragmentary skeleton |
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Talarurus | 1952 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Its tail club has been compared to a wicker basket |
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Tambatitanis | 2014 | Sasayama Group ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Possessed disproportionately large chevrons |
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Tangvayosaurus | 1999 | Grès supérieurs Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Closely related to Phuwiangosaurus |
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Tanius | 1929 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Today known from only a few bones; more fossils were once present but were not collected |
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Taohelong | 2013 | Hekou Group ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Possessed a sacral shield similar to that of Polacanthus | |
Tarbosaurus | 1955 | Nemegt Formation, Subashi Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() ![]() |
An apex predator that hunted large prey. Very similar to Tyrannosaurus |
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Tarchia | 1977 | Barun Goyot Formation, Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
One specimen preserves injuries to its ribs and tail, possibly from a fight with a member of its own kind [126] |
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Tatisaurus | 1965 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Sinemurian) | ![]() |
Potentially a basal thyreophoran |
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Tengrisaurus | 2017 | Murtoi Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Closely related to South American titanosaurs | |
Therizinosaurus | 1954 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possessed extremely elongated and stiffened hand claws |
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Tianchisaurus | 1993 | Toutunhe Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) | ![]() |
Its description uses the spellings Tianchisaurus and Tianchiasaurus interchangeably, but the former is correct [127] | |
Tianyulong | 2009 | Tiaojishan Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Preserves impressions of long bristles down its back, tail and neck |
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Tianyuraptor | 2009 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Combines features of both northern and southern dromaeosaurids. Had unusual proportions |
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Tianzhenosaurus | 1998 | Huiquanpu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Campanian) | ![]() |
May be synonymous with Saichania [36] |
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Tienshanosaurus | 1937 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Large but basal for a mamenchisaurid [74] |
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Timurlengia | 2016 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Its inner ear was specialized for detecting low-frequency sounds [128] |
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Tochisaurus | 1991 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Known from only a single metatarsus |
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Tonganosaurus | 2010 | Yimen Formation ( Early Jurassic, Pliensbachian) | ![]() |
Potentially the oldest known mamenchisaurid | |
Tongtianlong | 2016 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
The pose of the holotype suggests it died while trying to free itself from mud |
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Tsaagan | 2006 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Very similar to Velociraptor but differs in some features of the skull [129] |
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Tsagantegia | 1993 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Had a long, shovel-shaped snout which may indicate a browsing lifestyle [130] |
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Tsintaosaurus | 1958 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Originally mistakenly believed to have possessed a unicorn horn-like crest |
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Tugulusaurus | 1973 | Lianmuqin Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | ![]() |
Potentially an early, Xiyunykus-grade alvarezsaurian [131] | |
Tuojiangosaurus | 1977 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) | ![]() |
Possessed two rows of tall, pointed plates, thickened in the center as if they were modified spikes |
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Turanoceratops | 1989 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Had a pair of brow horns like ceratopsids but was likely not a member of that family |
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Tylocephale | 1974 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Only known from a partial skull but it is enough to tell that it had a remarkably tall dome |
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Tyrannomimus | 2023 | Kitadani Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Its ilium is remarkably similar to that of the supposed tyrannosauroid Aviatyrannis |
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Udanoceratops | 1992 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
The largest known leptoceratopsid |
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Ultrasaurus | 1983 | Gugyedong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Described as very large but this may be due to misidentification of a bone | |
Ulughbegsaurus | 2021 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Known from only a maxilla. Originally described as a late-surviving carnosaur but may in fact be a large-bodied dromaeosaurid [132] | |
Urbacodon | 2007 | Bissekty Formation, Dzharakuduk Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() |
The holotype preserves a gap separating the eight rear teeth from the rest of its teeth | |
Vayuraptor | 2019 | Sao Khua Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Potentially ancestral to megaraptorans [133] or an early member of the group [134] | |
Velociraptor | 1924 | Bayan Mandahu Formation, Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() ![]() |
One potential specimen preserves quill knobs [135] |
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Wakinosaurus | 1992 | Sengoku Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Barremian) | ![]() |
May be a close relative of Acrocanthosaurus [109] | |
Wannanosaurus | 1977 | Xiaoyan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Basal for a pachycephalosaur as indicated by its flat skull with large openings |
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Wuerhosaurus | 1973 | Ejinhoro Formation, Tugulu Group ( Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian) | ![]() |
One of the last and largest known stegosaurs. Preserved with low rectangular plates but these may be broken |
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Wulagasaurus | 2008 | Yuliangze Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
A rare hadrosaurid known from far less remains than the contemporary Sahaliyania |
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Wulatelong | 2013 | Bayan Mandahu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Known from a partial skeleton including some parts of the skull |
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Wulong | 2020 | Jiufotang Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Analysis of preserved melanosomes suggests it was mostly gray with iridescent wings [136] |
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Xianshanosaurus | 2009 | Haoling Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
May have been closely related to Daxiatitan [90] |
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Xiaosaurus | 1983 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bajocian to Callovian) | ![]() |
An ornithischian of uncertain affinities | |
Xiaotingia | 2011 | Tiaojishan Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Bathonian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Well-preserved but inconsistent in phylogenetic placement. Some studies suggest a position as an early avialan [137] |
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Xingtianosaurus | 2019 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Retained the large third finger that was lost in other caudipterids |
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Xingxiulong | 2017 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian) | ![]() |
Possessed a robust scapula which increased forelimb mobility for feeding |
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Xinjiangovenator | 2005 | Lianmuqin Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Albian) | ![]() |
Remains originally identified as Phaedrolosaurus |
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Xinjiangtitan | 2013 | Qiketai Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Callovian) | ![]() |
Had an extremely long neck |
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Xiongguanlong | 2009 | Xinminbao Group, ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
More robust than other early tyrannosauroids, possibly to support its elongated skull |
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Xixianykus | 2010 | Majiacun Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Coniacian) | ![]() |
One of the smallest known non-avian dinosaurs |
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Xixiasaurus | 2010 | Majiacun Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Coniacian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Distinguished from other troodontids by its possession of exactly twenty-two teeth in each maxilla |
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Xixiposaurus | 2010 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Toarcian) | ![]() |
Poorly known | |
Xiyunykus | 2018 | Tugulu Group ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Had an unspecialized hand morphology for an alvarezsaur, having three fingers of roughly equal length and construction |
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Xuanhanosaurus | 1984 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Bathonian) | ![]() |
Originally mistakenly believed to have been capable of quadrupedal locomotion |
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Xuanhuaceratops | 2006 | Houcheng Formation ( Late Jurassic, Tithonian) | ![]() |
Possessed a large premaxillary tooth right behind its beak |
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Xunmenglong | 2019 | Huajiying Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian) | ![]() |
The holotype was originally presented as part of a chimera involving three different animals [138] |
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Xuwulong | 2011 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
The tip of its dentary was V-shaped when viewed from the side |
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Yamaceratops | 2006 | Javkhlant Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() |
Possessed a short, stubby frill |
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Yamatosaurus | 2021 | Kita-Ama Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Basal yet survived late enough to be contemporaneous with more advanced hadrosaurids |
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Yandusaurus | 1979 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian) | ![]() |
Some fossils were destroyed by a composter before they could be studied [139] |
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Yangchuanosaurus | 1978 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Bathonian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
The largest theropod known from the Shaximiao |
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Yi | 2015 | Tiaojishan Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Callovian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Possessed a "styliform element" jutting out from its wrist that supported a bat-like membranous wing |
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Yimenosaurus | 1990 | Fengjiahe Formation ( Early Jurassic, Pliensbachian) | ![]() |
Much of its skeleton is known, including the entirety of the skull |
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Yingshanosaurus | 1994 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian) | ![]() |
Possessed greatly enlarged shoulder spines |
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Yinlong | 2006 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Its skull displays features of ceratopsians, pachycephalosaurs, and heterodontosaurids |
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Yixianosaurus | 2003 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Inconsistent in phylogenetic placement. Had extremely elongated manual elements |
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Yizhousaurus | 2018 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Sinemurian) | ![]() |
Its skull was very similar to those of sauropods, despite being more primitive |
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Yongjinglong | 2014 | Hekou Group ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Possessed an extremely long, broad scapula |
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Yuanmousaurus | 2006 | Zhanghe Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Aalenian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Shares features of its vertebrae with Patagosaurus |
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Yueosaurus | 2012 | Liangtoutang Formation ( Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Probably closely related to Jeholosaurus [140] |
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Yulong | 2013 | Qiupa Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Known from multiple specimens, most of which are juveniles |
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Yunganglong | 2013 | Zhumapu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Discovered 50 kilometres (31 mi) away from a World Heritage Site |
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Yunmenglong | 2013 | Haoling Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | ![]() |
May have been exceptionally large | |
Yunnanosaurus | 1942 | Fengjiahe Formation, Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Sinemurian to Pliensbachian) | ![]() |
Its teeth were self-sharpening similar to those of sauropods, likely through convergent evolution [141] |
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Yunyangosaurus | 2020 | Xintiangou Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Aalenian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Potentially an early megalosauroid | |
Yutyrannus | 2012 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
The largest known dinosaur that preserves direct evidence of feathers |
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Yuxisaurus | 2022 | Fengjiahe Formation ( Early Jurassic, Sinemurian to Toarcian) | ![]() |
Had more than one hundred osteoderms |
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Yuzhoulong | 2022 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian) | ![]() |
One of the oldest known macronarians |
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Zanabazar | 2009 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Originally named as a species of Saurornithoides. A large troodontid |
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Zaraapelta | 2014 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had an intricate pattern of osteoderms on its skull | |
Zhanghenglong | 2014 | Majiacun Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() |
Reconstructed by its describers with a straight, rectangular back, although no complete neural spines are known [142] |
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Zhejiangosaurus | 2007 | Chaochuan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Has no diagnostic features [36] |
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Zhenyuanlong | 2015 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Possessed large wings with long feathers, but was most likely flightless |
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Zhongjianosaurus | 2017 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Distinguishable by its characteristically elongated legs. Described as a microraptorian [143] but it has been noted that some features of its skeleton are similar to avialans [39] |
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Zhuchengceratops | 2010 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had a particularly deep mandible |
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Zhuchengtitan | 2017 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
The proportions of its humerus suggest a close relationship with Opisthocoelicaudia [144] |
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Zhuchengtyrannus | 2011 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Closely related to Tarbosaurus and Tyrannosaurus |
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Zigongosaurus | 1976 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Bathonian to Tithonian) | ![]() |
May be a species of Mamenchisaurus [145] | |
Zizhongosaurus | 1983 | Ziliujing Formation ( Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | ![]() |
Poorly known but was most likely basal for a sauropod | |
Zuolong | 2010 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian | ![]() |
Known from both cranial and postcranial remains |
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Zuoyunlong | 2017 | Zhumapu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() |
May have been close to the separation between North American and Asian hadrosauroids [146] |
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This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from Asia, excluding India, which was part of a separate landmass for much of the Mesozoic (See List of Indian and Madagascan Dinosaurs for a list of Dinosaurs from India). This list does not include dinosaurs that live or lived after the Mesozoic era such as birds.
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Abdarainurus | 2020 | Alagteeg Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Inconsistent in phylogenetic placement; could represent an unknown lineage of macronarians [1] |
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Abrosaurus | 1989 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Had unusually large fenestrae |
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Achillobator | 1999 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Its robust build suggests it was not a cursorial animal [2] |
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Adasaurus | 1983 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Its sickle claw was markedly reduced compared to other dromaeosaurids |
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Aepyornithomimus | 2017 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
The first ornithomimosaur named from a dry desert environment |
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Agilisaurus | 1990 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
The holotype specimen was discovered during the construction of the museum where it is now housed |
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Albalophosaurus | 2009 | Kuwajima Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Hauterivian) | ![]() |
Only known from fragments of a skull |
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Albinykus | 2011 | Javkhlant Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() |
Preserved in a sitting position not unlike that of modern birds |
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Alectrosaurus | 1933 | Iren Dabasu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Had long legs which may be an adaptation to pursuit predation [3] |
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Alioramus | 1976 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possessed an elongated snout with a row of short crests |
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Almas | 2017 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Preserved alongside eggshells which may have come from a troodontid [4] |
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Altirhinus | 1998 | Khuren Dukh Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | ![]() |
Had a distinctive, elevated nasal bone which supported a large nasal cavity |
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Alxasaurus | 1993 | Bayin-Gobi Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Most of the skeleton is known, which allowed researchers to connect therizinosaurs to other theropods |
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Ambopteryx | 2019 | Unnamed formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Preserves stomach contents containing gastroliths and fragments of bone, suggesting an omnivorous diet |
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Amtocephale | 2011 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Santonian) | ![]() |
One of the oldest known pachycephalosaurs |
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Amurosaurus | 1991 | Udurchukan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
One specimen may have come from an individual with a limp [5] |
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Analong | 2020 | Chuanjie Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bajocian) | ![]() |
Originally described as a specimen of Chuanjiesaurus but assigned a new genus due to several morphological differences | |
Anchiornis | 2009 | Tiaojishan Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Analysis of fossilized melanosomes suggest a mostly gray or black body, white and black patterns on its wings, and a red head crest [6] |
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Anhuilong | 2020 | Hongqin Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Aalenian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Closely related to Huangshanlong and Omeisaurus, all forming an exclusive clade of mamenchisaurids |
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Anomalipes | 2018 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
May have been closely related to Gigantoraptor despite its significantly smaller size [7] |
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Anserimimus | 1988 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had powerful forelimbs with uniquely straight, flattened claws |
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Aorun | 2013 | Shishugou Formation, ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Potentially a basal member of the alvarezsaurian lineage [8] |
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Aralosaurus | 1968 | Bostobe Formation, ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Its crest has been interpreted as being arch-shaped as in kritosaurin hadrosaurs, but this cannot be confirmed |
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Archaeoceratops | 1997 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Had no horns and only the beginnings of a frill |
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Archaeornithoides | 1992 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Known from only a partial skull with scratches that may have been created by a small mammal [9] |
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Archaeornithomimus | 1972 | Bissekty Formation?, Iren Dabasu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() ![]() |
Unlike other ornithomimosaurs, its feet were not arctometatarsalian |
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Arkharavia | 2010 | Udurchukan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Described from a series of vertebrae, several of which were found to not belong to this taxon [10] |
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Arstanosaurus | 1982 | Bostobe Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Poorly known | |
Asiaceratops | 1989 | Khodzhakul Formation, Xinminbao Group? ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() ![]() |
Potentially a leptoceratopsid [11] | |
Asiatosaurus | 1924 | Öösh Formation, Xinlong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | ![]() ![]() |
Two species have been named but both are only known from extremely scant remains |
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Auroraceratops | 2005 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Known from more than eighty specimens, including complete skeletons |
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Aurornis | 2013 | Tiaojishan Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
If an avialan as originally described it would be one of the oldest members of the group |
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Avimimus | 1981 | Barun Goyot Formation, Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Bonebed remains indicate a gregarious lifestyle; it may have formed age-segregated herds for lekking or flocking purposes [12] |
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Bactrosaurus | 1933 | Iren Dabasu Formation, Majiacun Formation? ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian?) | ![]() |
Remains of at least six individuals are known, making up much of the skeleton |
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Bagaceratops | 1975 | Barun Goyot Formation, Bayan Mandahu Formation, Djadochta Formation? ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() ![]() |
May have been a direct descendant of Protoceratops which it physically resembles [13] |
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Bagaraatan | 1996 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Combines traits of several theropod groups, possibly due to being chimaeric [14] |
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Bainoceratops | 2003 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Its supposedly diagnostic features may fall within Protoceratops variation [15] | |
Banji | 2010 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Vertical striations adorned the sides of its crest |
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Bannykus | 2018 | Bayin-Gobi Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Exhibited a transitional hand morphology for an alvarezsaur, having three fingers of roughly equal length with the first being robust |
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Baotianmansaurus | 2009 | Gaogou Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() |
Large but known from only a few bones |
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Barsboldia | 1981 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possessed elongated neural spines particularly above the hips |
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Bashanosaurus | 2022 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bajocian) | ![]() |
Its skeleton combines traits of stegosaurs and more basal thyreophorans | |
Bashunosaurus | 2004 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Although described as a macronarian, this has yet to be rigorously tested [16] | |
Batyrosaurus | 2012 | Bostobe Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Remains originally identified as Arstanosaurus |
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Bayannurosaurus | 2018 | Bayin-Gobi Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Known from a well-preserved, almost complete skeleton |
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Beg | 2020 | Ulaanoosh Formation ( Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Its preserved skull has a rugose texture |
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Beibeilong | 2017 | Gaogou Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Coniacian) | ![]() |
Similar to but more basal than Gigantoraptor. [17] Known from only a single embryo still in its egg |
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Beipiaosaurus | 1999 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Preserves evidence of downy feathers as well as a secondary coat of simpler "elongated broad filamentous feathers" or EBFFs [18] |
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Beishanlong | 2010 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Lacked the elongated claws of more derived ornithomimosaurs |
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Bellusaurus | 1990 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Known from a bone bed with the remains of seventeen juvenile specimens |
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Bienosaurus | 2001 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Sinemurian) | ![]() |
Potentially synonymous with Tatisaurus [19] |
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Bissektipelta | 2004 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | ![]() |
Analysis of its braincase suggests poor hearing and eyesight but good olfaction and taste; it has been suggested to be a filter feeder [20] | |
Bolong | 2010 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Originally known from only a skull; an almost complete skeleton was described in 2013 [21] |
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Borealosaurus | 2004 | Sunjiawan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() |
Its caudal vertebrae were distinctively opisthocoelous | |
Borogovia | 1987 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had a uniquely straight and flattened sickle claw, which may have had a weight-bearing function |
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Breviceratops | 1990 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Only known from juvenile remains but can be distinguished from other protoceratopsids |
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Brohisaurus | 2003 | Sembar Formation ( Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian) | ![]() |
Possibly an early titanosauriform | |
Byronosaurus | 2000 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Two juvenile skulls were found in an oviraptorid nest and claimed to be evidence for nest parasitism in this taxon, but both their identity and taphonomy have been questioned [4] [22] |
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Caenagnathasia | 1994 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | ![]() |
One of the oldest and smallest known caenagnathoids |
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Caihong | 2018 | Tiaojishan Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Possessed platelet-shaped melanosomes that produced iridesence as in modern trumpeters |
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Caudipteryx | 1998 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Two species are known. At least C. zoui did not have secondary feathers attached to the lower arm |
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Ceratonykus | 2009 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Several osteological features were described as similar to ornithischians [23] |
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Changchunsaurus | 2005 | Quantou Formation ( Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Aptian to Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Had wavy enamel on its leaf-shaped teeth that made them more resistant to wear; this feature is also present in hadrosaurs [24] |
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Changmiania | 2020 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Preserved in a curled-up position as if sleeping in a potential burrow |
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Changyuraptor | 2014 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
The largest microraptorian dromaeosaurid known. Had tail feathers almost a foot long [25] |
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Chaoyangsaurus | 1999 | Tuchengzi Formation ( Late Jurassic, Tithonian) | ![]() |
Known by a number of alternate spellings (e.g. Chaoyangosaurus, Chaoyoungosaurus) before its formal description |
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Charonosaurus | 2000 | Yuliangze Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
May have had a long, backwards-arcing crest similar to that of Parasaurolophus |
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Chialingosaurus | 1959 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) | ![]() |
Had both large plates and smaller spines, similar to Kentrosaurus |
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Chiayusaurus | 1953 | Hasandong Formation, Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | ![]() ![]() |
Two species have been named, both from teeth. Those of C. lacustris are apparently indistinguishable to those of Euhelopus [26] or Mamenchisaurus [27] | |
Chilantaisaurus | 1964 | Ulansuhai Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Had a particularly hooked claw on its first finger |
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Chingkankousaurus | 1958 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Known from only a scapula. Possibly a tyrannosauroid [28] | |
Chinshakiangosaurus | 1992 | Fengjiahe Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian) | ![]() |
Had a U-shaped snout that may have supported fleshy cheeks, an adaptation to bulk feeding | |
Choyrodon | 2018 | Khuren Dukh Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
It had an enlarged nose similar to its contemporary, Altirhinus, but it is most likely a separate taxon [29] |
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Chuandongocoelurus | 1984 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
A tetanuran of uncertain relationships |
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Chuanjiesaurus | 2000 | Chuanjie Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian) | ![]() |
One of the more derived mamenchisaurids [30] |
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Chuanqilong | 2014 | Jiufotang Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
May have been the adult form of the coeval Liaoningosaurus [31] |
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Chungkingosaurus | 1983 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
May have possessed at least six thagomizer spikes; the rearmost pair was mounted horizontally, directed outwards and backwards |
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Chuxiongosaurus | 2010 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Pliensbachian) | ![]() |
Potentially a synonym of Jingshanosaurus [32] | |
Citipati | 2001 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had a distinctive triangular crest. A referred specimen known as the Zamyn Khondt oviraptorid possessed the familiar rectangular domed crest in most depictions of Oviraptor, but likely does not belong to that genus or Citipati [33] |
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Conchoraptor | 1986 | Barun Goyot Formation, Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Named for a hypothesized diet of shellfish, but this cannot be confirmed |
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Corythoraptor | 2017 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Its crest was vertical and rectangular, not unlike that of a cassowary |
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Crichtonpelta | 2015 | Sunjiawan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Originally named as a second species of Crichtonsaurus | |
Crichtonsaurus | 2002 | Sunjiawan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() |
Sometimes reconstructed with semicircular osteoderms vaguely similar to the plates of stegosaurs |
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Daanosaurus | 2005 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian) | ![]() |
Phylogenetic position is uncertain as it is only known from the remains of a juvenile | |
Daliansaurus | 2017 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Had an enlarged claw on the fourth toe comparable in size to the sickle claw on its second |
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Dashanpusaurus | 2005 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Callovian) | ![]() |
One of the basalmost and earliest known macronarians [34] | |
Datanglong | 2014 | Xinlong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | ![]() |
Had a uniquely pneumatized ilium similar to megaraptorans | |
Datonglong | 2016 | Huiquanpu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Precise dating uncertain | |
Datousaurus | 1984 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Bathonian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
One of the rarer sauropods of the Shaximiao, known from only two skeletons and a large, deep skull |
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Daurlong | 2022 | Longjiang Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Preserves remains of an intestinal tract |
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Daxiatitan | 2008 | Hekou Group ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Large and very long-necked |
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Deinocheirus | 1970 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had a suite of unique features, most notably a hump supported by elongated neural spines |
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Dilong | 2004 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Preserves evidence of a coating of simple feathers |
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Dongbeititan | 2007 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
A theropod tooth has been found encrusted in one of its ribs [35] |
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Dongyangopelta | 2013 | Chaochuan Formation ( Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Coexisted with Zhejiangosaurus but could be distinguished based on subtle osteological features [36] | |
Dongyangosaurus | 2008 | Jinhua Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | ![]() |
Its phylogenetic placement is uncertain |
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Dzharaonyx | 2022 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
One of the oldest known parvicursorines | |
Dzharatitanis | 2021 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Originally described as a rebbachisaurid [37] but later reinterpreted as a titanosaur with possible lognkosaurian affinities [38] |
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Elmisaurus | 1981 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
One of the most complete caenagnathids known |
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Embasaurus | 1931 | Neocomian Sands ( Early Cretaceous, Berriasian) | ![]() |
Known from only two vertebrae |
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Enigmosaurus | 1983 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Had a large, backwards-pointing pelvis |
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Eomamenchisaurus | 2008 | Zhanghe Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Aalenian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
One of the oldest mamenchisaurids | |
Eosinopteryx | 2013 | Tiaojishan Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Described as lacking advanced tail feathers and long "hind wings", unlike other paravians, but this may be an artifact of preservation [39] |
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Epidexipteryx | 2008 | Haifanggou Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Callovian) | ![]() |
Supported four long feathers from an abbreviated tail |
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Equijubus | 2003 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
A grazer that preserves the oldest known evidence of grass-eating [40] |
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Erketu | 2006 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
May have had the longest neck of any dinosaur relative to its body |
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Erliansaurus | 2002 | Iren Dabasu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Had long, curved claws on its fingers |
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Erlikosaurus | 1980 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Preserves the most complete skull known from any therizinosaur |
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Eshanosaurus | 2001 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian) | ![]() |
Has been suggested to be the oldest known therizinosaur |
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Euhelopus | 1956 | Meng-Yin Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Valanginian) | ![]() |
Originally believed to have lived in a marshy environment |
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Euronychodon | 1991 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Type species was found in Portugal. The Asian species may represent a form taxon of improperly developed teeth [41] | |
Ferganasaurus | 2003 | Balabansai Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Callovian) | ![]() |
Claimed to have two hand claws, but this is disputed [42] | |
Ferganocephale | 2005 | Balabansai Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Callovian) | ![]() |
Unusually, its teeth were not serrated | |
Fujianvenator | 2023 | Nanyuan Formation ( Late Jurassic, Tithonian) | ![]() |
Possessed proportionally long legs which may be an adaptation to wading |
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Fukuiraptor | 2000 | Kitadani Formation, Sebayashi Formation? ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Similarly to Megaraptor, it was originally reconstructed as a dromaeosaur with its hand claw on its foot |
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Fukuisaurus | 2003 | Kitadani Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
The elements of its skull are so strongly fused that it was unable to chew [43] |
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Fukuititan | 2010 | Kitadani Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
The first sauropod named from Japan |
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Fukuivenator | 2016 | Kitadani Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Possesses traits of various groups of coelurosaurs, though probably a therizinosaur. [44] May have been a herbivore or omnivore due to its heterodont dentition |
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Fulengia | 1977 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Toarcian) | ![]() |
May have been a juvenile Lufengosaurus | |
Fushanosaurus | 2019 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Known from a single femur of immense size | |
Fusuisaurus | 2006 | Xinlong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
A referred humerus may support an extremely large size for this taxon [45] | |
Gallimimus | 1972 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had a relatively long beak with a rounded tip |
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Gannansaurus | 2013 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Its vertebrae were more similar to those of Euhelopus than to other sauropods |
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Ganzhousaurus | 2013 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Coexisted with at least seven other oviraptorosaurs, which may have niche-partitioned. It was likely primarily herbivorous [46] |
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Garudimimus | 1981 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Was not as well-adapted to running as later ornithomimosaurs |
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Gasosaurus | 1985 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Discovered as a byproduct of construction work |
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Gigantoraptor | 2007 | Iren Dabasu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() |
The largest known oviraptorosaur, comparable in size to Albertosaurus |
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Gigantspinosaurus | 1992 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Possessed broad, greatly enlarged shoulder spines |
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Gilmoreosaurus | 1979 | Bissekty Formation?, Iren Dabasu Formation, Khodzhakul Formation? ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() ![]() |
Several fossils preserve evidence of cancer-induced tumors [47] |
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Gobihadros | 2019 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Known from multiple specimens representing different growth stages |
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Gobiraptor | 2019 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possessed a deep jaw that may be an adaptation to crushing bivalves or seeds [48] |
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Gobisaurus | 2001 | Ulansuhai Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Had no tail club but already possessed the stiff tail of derived ankylosaurids [49] |
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Gobititan | 2003 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Retained the fifth digit of the foot, a basal trait | |
Gobivenator | 2014 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
The most completely known Cretaceous troodontid |
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Gongbusaurus | 1983 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Only known from a pair of teeth. May be an ankylosaurian [50] | |
Gongpoquansaurus | 2014 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Remains originally named as a species of Probactrosaurus |
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Gongxianosaurus | 1998 | Ziliujing Formation ( Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | ![]() |
The only sauropod with ossified distal tarsals, hinting at its basal position | |
Goyocephale | 1982 | Unnamed formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Had a sloping head with a flat skull roof |
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Graciliceratops | 2000 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() |
Possessed a short frill with large fenestrae |
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Graciliraptor | 2004 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
A close relative of Microraptor with characteristically slender bones |
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Guanlong | 2006 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Two specimens have been discovered, one on top of the other |
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Halszkaraptor | 2017 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Originally interpreted as a semiaquatic fish hunter similar to a merganser [51] but this hypothesis has been criticized [52] |
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Hamititan | 2021 | Shengjinkou Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Known from seven caudal vertebrae and associated elements |
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Haplocheirus | 2010 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Possessed three long fingers with short claws. Originally described as a basal alvarezsauroid but similarities have been noted with other coelurosaurs [14] [53] |
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Harpymimus | 1984 | Khuren Dukh Formation?/ Shinekhudag Formation? ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Mostly toothless but retains a few teeth in the dentary |
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Haya | 2011 | Javkhlant Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
One specimen preserves a large mass of gastroliths |
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Heishansaurus | 1953 | Minhe Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
May be a junior synonym of Pinacosaurus [54] | |
Helioceratops | 2009 | Quantou Formation ( Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Aptian to Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Had a distinctively short lower jaw |
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Hexing | 2012 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Barremian) | ![]() |
Three or four teeth are known, but they are not well-preserved |
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Hexinlusaurus | 2005 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bajocian) | ![]() |
Originally named as a species of Yandusaurus |
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Heyuannia | 2002 | Barun Goyot Formation, Dalangshan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() ![]() |
Fossilized pigments in referred eggshells suggest they were blue-green [55] |
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Homalocephale | 1974 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Has been suggested to be a juvenile Prenocephale on account of its flat head, [56] but this is no longer thought to be the case [57] |
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Huabeisaurus | 2000 | Huiquanpu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
May be closely related to Tangvayosaurus [58] |
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Hualianceratops | 2015 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Had a series of bumps around the edge of the beak |
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Huanansaurus | 2015 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possessed a distinctive short trapezoidal crest |
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Huanghetitan | 2006 | Haoling Formation, Hekou Group ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Had ribs 3 metres (9.8 ft) long, which supported one of the deepest body cavities of any dinosaur [59] |
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Huangshanlong | 2014 | Hongqin Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Aalenian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Known from some bones of the right forelimb |
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Huaxiagnathus | 2004 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
One of the largest known compsognathids |
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Huayangosaurus | 1982 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Possessed flank osteoderms and a small tail club in addition to plates and spikes |
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Hudiesaurus | 1997 | Kalaza Formation ( Late Jurassic, Tithonian) | ![]() |
Had a butterfly-shaped process on its vertebra |
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Hulsanpes | 1982 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Closely related to Halszkaraptor but appears to be more cursorial [60] |
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Ichthyovenator | 2012 | Grès supérieurs Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
One of its sacral vertebrae was greatly reduced, giving the illusion of a break in its sail or of two separate sails |
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Incisivosaurus | 2002 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Two specimens of different ontogenetic stages are known, both with differing types of feathers [61] |
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Irisosaurus | 2020 | Fengjiahe Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian) | ![]() |
Closely related to Mussaurus [62] |
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Isanosaurus | 2000 | Nam Phong Formation ( Late Triassic, Norian to Rhaetian) | ![]() |
May have actually come from the Late Jurassic [63] |
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Ischioceratops | 2015 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Noted for its peculiarly-shaped ischium |
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Itemirus | 1976 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Originally known from a braincase but abundant new remains were described in 2014 [64] |
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Jaculinykus | 2023 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Was didactyl, with a large first finger and a reduced second finger |
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Jaxartosaurus | 1937 | Dabrazhin Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() |
Not known from many remains but they are enough to tell that it was a basal lambeosaurine [65] |
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Jeholosaurus | 2000 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
One specimen is preserved in a curled position |
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Jianchangosaurus | 2013 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Several characters of its teeth and jaws are convergently similar to those of ornithischians [66] |
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Jiangjunosaurus | 2007 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Had two rows of circular or diamond-shaped plates | |
Jiangshanosaurus | 2001 | Jinhua Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian) | ![]() |
A potential member of the Euhelopodidae [67] |
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Jiangxisaurus | 2013 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Overall similar to Heyuannia but with a thinner, frailer mandible |
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Jiangxititan | 2023 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Described as one of the few known lognkosaurs from mainland Asia |
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Jianianhualong | 2017 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Possessed a subtriangular tail frond made of asymmetrical feathers, although it was most likely flightless |
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Jinbeisaurus | 2019 | Huiquanpu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
A medium-sized tyrannosauroid | |
Jinfengopteryx | 2005 | Huajiying Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
May have been capable of some sort of flight [68] |
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Jingshanosaurus | 1995 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian) | ![]() |
One of the latest-surviving non-sauropod sauropodomorphs |
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Jintasaurus | 2009 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Known from only the rear half of a skull, including a complete braincase |
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Jinyunpelta | 2018 | Liangtoutang Formation ( Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian) | ![]() |
The oldest ankylosaurid known to have a tail club |
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Jinzhousaurus | 2001 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Its holotype is nearly complete, preserved whole on a single slab |
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Jiutaisaurus | 2006 | Quantou Formation ( Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Barremian to Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Named based on eighteen vertebrae | |
Kaijiangosaurus | 1984 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Potentially synonymous with other medium-sized Shaximiao theropods |
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Kamuysaurus | 2019 | Hakobuchi Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Informally referred to as "Mukawaryu" before its formal description |
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Kansaignathus | 2021 | Ialovachsk Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() |
The first non-avian dinosaur described from Tajikistan |
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Kazaklambia | 2013 | Dabrazhin Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() |
Morphologically distinct from other Eurasian lambeosaurines [69] |
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Kelmayisaurus | 1973 | Lianmuqin Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Albian) | ![]() |
One popular book mentions a giant species belonging to this genus, [70] but this referral may be incorrect |
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Kerberosaurus | 2004 | Tsagayan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Potentially a close relative of Edmontosaurus [71] |
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Khaan | 2001 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Two morphotypes of chevrons are known, which may be a sexually dimorphic trait [72] |
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Khulsanurus | 2021 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Contemporary with Parvicursor but can be distinguished by characters of its caudal vertebrae [73] | |
Kileskus | 2010 | Itat Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian) | ![]() |
Uncertain if it possesses the head crest as seen in other proceratosaurids |
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Kinnareemimus | 2009 | Sao Khua Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Barremian) | ![]() |
Potentially one of the oldest ornithomimosaurs |
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Klamelisaurus | 1993 | Shishugou Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Callovian) | ![]() |
Close relatives included several referred species of Mamenchisaurus [74] |
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Kol | 2009 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Had a "hyperarctometatarsus" more strongly pinched than other arctometatarsalian taxa. Described as an alvarezsaurid [75] but has been suggested to be related to Avimimus [76] | |
Koreaceratops | 2011 | Sihwa Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Possessed elongated neural spines on its caudal vertebrae. Its describers suggest that it was used as a swimming organ, [77] but a later study found it to live in a semiarid environment, making this unlikely [78] |
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Koreanosaurus | 2011 | Seonso Conglomerate ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Had short but powerful forelimbs suggesting it may have been a quadruped [79] |
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Koshisaurus | 2015 | Kitadani Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian) | ![]() |
Distinguished from other hadrosauroids by the presence of an antorbital fossa |
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Kulceratops | 1995 | Khodzhakul Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Only known from fragments of a jaw and teeth |
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Kulindadromeus | 2014 | Ukureyskaya Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian) | ![]() |
An ornithischian that preserves evidence of filaments, suggesting that protofeathers were basal to Dinosauria as a whole |
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Kundurosaurus | 2012 | Udurchukan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
May be synonymous with Kerberosaurus [80] |
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Kuru | 2021 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had been informally referred to as "Airakoraptor" prior to its formal description |
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Laiyangosaurus | 2019 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Some specimens referred to this edmontosaurin actually belong to kritosaurins and lambeosaurines [81] |
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Lanzhousaurus | 2005 | Hekou Group ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Possessed the largest known teeth of any dinosaur |
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Leshansaurus | 2009 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) | ![]() |
Its braincase is nearly identical to that of Piveteausaurus [82] |
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Levnesovia | 2009 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
One of the smallest known hadrosauroids [42] | |
Liaoceratops | 2002 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
One specimen was found without a skull roof, possibly displaced by a predator to eat its brain [83] |
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Liaoningosaurus | 2001 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
One specimen has been interpreted as possessing fork-like teeth, sharp claws, and stomach contents including fish, which has been claimed to be evidence of a semi-aquatic, turtle-like lifestyle [84] |
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Liaoningotitan | 2018 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
The second sauropod named from the Yixian Formation | |
Liaoningvenator | 2017 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Uniquely preserved with the head curving forwards, differing from the classic theropod "death pose" and the sleeping position of other troodontids |
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Limusaurus | 2009 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Multiple specimens from different growth stages are known. Juveniles possessed teeth which were lost and replaced with a beak as adults, suggesting a change in diet [85] |
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Lingwulong | 2018 | Yanan Formation?/ Zhiluo Formation? ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Aalenian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
The first confirmed diplodocoid from Asia. Originally considered Early Jurassic, making it the oldest known neosauropod, but this age has been disputed [86] [87] |
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Lingyuanosaurus | 2019 | Jiufotang Formation?/ Yixian Formation? ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Possessed a mix of basal and derived therizinosaurian traits |
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Linhenykus | 2011 | Bayan Mandahu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Completely monodactyl due to lacking the vestigial second and third fingers of other alvarezsaurids |
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Linheraptor | 2010 | Bayan Mandahu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Potentially a synonym of Tsaagan [88] |
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Linhevenator | 2011 | Bayan Mandahu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Had a greatly enlarged sickle claw, comparable in size to those of dromaeosaurids |
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Liubangosaurus | 2010 | Xinlong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Described only as a eusauropod [89] but has since been reinterpreted as a somphospondylian [90] | |
Luanchuanraptor | 2007 | Qiupa Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
The first Asian dromaeosaurid found outside the Gobi Desert and northeastern China. May have been closely related to Adasaurus [14] |
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Lufengosaurus | 1940 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Sinemurian) | ![]() |
The rib of one specimen preserves the oldest known evidence of collagen proteins [91] |
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Luoyanggia | 2009 | Haoling Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Originally believed to date from the Late Cretaceous | |
Machairasaurus | 2010 | Bayan Mandahu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Its hand claws are elongated and blade-like in side view |
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Mahakala | 2007 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Possessed basal traits for a dromaeosaurid. May be a close relative of Halszkaraptor [92] |
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Maleevus | 1987 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Its only purportedly distinguishing trait is also shared with Pinacosaurus [36] | |
Mamenchisaurus | 1954 | Penglaizhen Formation, Shaximiao Formation, Shishugou Formation, Suining Formation ( Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, Oxfordian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Several species have been named, but most may not belong to this genus [74] |
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Mandschurosaurus | 1930 | Grès supérieurs Formation?, Yuliangze Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() ![]() |
One of the first non-avian dinosaurs named from Chinese remains |
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Mei | 2004 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Two specimens are preserved in bird-like sleeping positions [93] |
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Microceratus | 2008 | Ulansuhai Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Originally named Microceratops, although that genus name is preoccupied by a wasp |
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Microhadrosaurus | 1979 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Reportedly an unusually small hadrosaurid | |
Micropachycephalosaurus | 1978 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Once considered to be a pachycephalosaur, although it is now usually considered to be a ceratopsian [94] |
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Microraptor | 2000 | Jiufotang Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Known from over three hundred fossils. [95] Several are well-preserved enough to reveal fine details such as feather covering and an iridescent black coloration [96] |
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Migmanychion | 2023 | Longjiang Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Its hand combines features of multiple groups of coelurosaurs |
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Minimocursor | 2023 | Phu Kradung Formation ( Late Jurassic, Tithonian) | ![]() |
The first basal neornithischian known from southeastern Asia |
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Minotaurasaurus | 2009 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
The holotype skull was excavated illegally, which obscured its true provenance until recently |
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Mongolosaurus | 1933 | On Gong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Known from only scant remains but has been confidently assigned to Somphospondyli in recent years [90] |
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Mongolostegus | 2018 | Dzunbain Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Informally assigned to the genus Wuerhosaurus before its formal description |
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Monkonosaurus | 1986 | Loe-ein Formation?/ Lura Formation? ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian?/ Early Cretaceous, Albian?) | ![]() |
Poorly known | |
Monolophosaurus | 1993 | Shishugou Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Possessed a short, rectangular crest running along the midline of the skull |
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Mononykus | 1993 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Proposed to have an anteater-like lifestyle, using its unique forearms to break into termite mounds [97] |
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Mosaiceratops | 2015 | Xiaguan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Combined features of different groups of basal ceratopsians |
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Nankangia | 2013 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
May have specialized in soft foods such as leaves and seeds [98] |
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Nanningosaurus | 2007 | Unnamed formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Potentially a basal lambeosaurine | |
Nanshiungosaurus | 1979 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Originally misidentified as a sauropod on account of its unusual pelvis |
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Nanyangosaurus | 2000 | Xiaguan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Completely lost the first digit of its hands |
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Napaisaurus | 2022 | Xinlong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
May be closely related to contemporary Thai iguanodonts | |
Natovenator | 2022 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possessed a streamlined body and a long, toothed snout, convergently similar to several groups of aquatic vertebrates |
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Nebulasaurus | 2015 | Zhanghe Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Aalenian to Bajocian) | ![]() |
Only known from a single braincase, but it is enough to tell that it was related to Spinophorosaurus |
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Neimongosaurus | 2001 | Iren Dabasu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Could extend its arms considerably forward due to the structure of its shoulder joint [99] |
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Nemegtomaia | 2005 | Barun Goyot Formation, Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
One specimen preserves traces of damage by skin beetles [100] |
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Nemegtonykus | 2019 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
The second alvarezsaurid named from the Nemegt Formation |
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Nemegtosaurus | 1971 | Nemegt Formation, Subashi Formation? ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() ![]() |
Had a long, low skull similar in proportions to those of diplodocoids |
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Ningyuansaurus | 2012 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Preserves small oval-shaped structures in its stomach region which may be seeds | |
Nipponosaurus | 1936 | Yezo Group ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Discovered on the island of Sakhalin, which was owned by Japan in 1936 but later annexed by Russia |
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Oksoko | 2020 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Its third finger was so greatly reduced that it was functionally didactyl |
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Olorotitan | 2003 | Udurchukan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had a broad, hatchet-shaped crest |
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Omeisaurus | 1939 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Members of this genus are characterized by extremely elongated necks |
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Ondogurvel | 2022 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, ( Campanian) | ![]() |
Known from well-preserved remains of the hands and feet |
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Opisthocoelicaudia | 1977 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Walked on its metacarpals due to its complete lack of phalanges |
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Oviraptor | 1924 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Originally mistakenly thought to be an egg-eater |
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Pachysuchus | 1951 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Sinemurian to Pliensbachian) | ![]() |
Considered a phytosaur from its original naming until a redescription in 2012 [101] | |
Panguraptor | 2014 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Sinemurian) | ![]() |
The first definitive coelophysoid known from Asia | |
Papiliovenator | 2021 | Bayan Mandahu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Had a short, subtriangular skull similar to those of Early Cretaceous troodontids |
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Paralitherizinosaurus | 2022 | Yezo Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian | ![]() |
Had stiffened claws that may have been used to pull vegetation to the mouth [102] |
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Parvicursor | 1996 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Originally believed to represent a diminutive adult dinosaur, although it was recently reinterpreted as a juvenile [103] |
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Pedopenna | 2005 | Haifanggou Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Callovian) | ![]() |
Known from a single leg with the impressions of long, symmetrical feathers |
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Peishansaurus | 1953 | Minhe Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Has been compared to thyreophorans and marginocephalians, but it is impossible to determine which assignment is correct | |
Penelopognathus | 2005 | Bayin-Gobi Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Named from a single dentary | |
Phaedrolosaurus | 1973 | Lianmuqin Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Albian) | ![]() |
May have been a dromaeosaurid [104] | |
Philovenator | 2012 | Bayan Mandahu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Closely related to the contemporary Linhevenator [93] but likely represents a separate taxon [105] |
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Phuwiangosaurus | 1994 | Sao Khua Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Hauterivian) | ![]() |
A large member of the Euhelopodidae [90] |
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Phuwiangvenator | 2019 | Sao Khua Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Combines features of both allosauroids and coelurosaurs [106] |
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Pinacosaurus | 1933 | Bayan Mandahu Formation, Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | ![]() ![]() |
May have been capable of bird-like vocalizations [107] |
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Plesiohadros | 2014 | Alagteeg Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
The first hadrosauroid known from the Alagteeg Formation | |
Prenocephale | 1974 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had a distinctively conical dome |
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Probactrosaurus | 1966 | Dashuigou Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
The closest relative to the Hadrosauromorpha based on the definition of the group [108] |
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Prodeinodon | 1924 | Öösh Formation, Xinlong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() ![]() |
Potentially a carnosaur [109] | |
Protarchaeopteryx | 1997 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Usually thought to be a basal oviraptorosaur but one study suggests a basal position within Pennaraptora [14] |
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Protoceratops | 1923 | Bayan Mandahu Formation, Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() ![]() |
Its remains are so abundant that it has been nicknamed the "sheep of the Cretaceous" |
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Protognathosaurus | 1991 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Originally named Protognathus, but that is preoccupied by an extinct beetle [110] | |
Psittacosaurus | 1923 | Andakhuduk Formation, Bayin-Gobi Formation, Ejinhoro Formation, Ilek Formation, Jiufotang Formation, Khok Kruat Formation, Öösh Formation, Qingshan Formation, Tugulu Group, Xinminbao Group, Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Known from hundreds of specimens, many of them well-preserved. Lived in a broad range |
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Pukyongosaurus | 2001 | Hasandong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
One of its caudal vertebrae has bite marks caused by theropod teeth |
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Qianlong | 2023 | Ziliujing Formation ( Early Jurassic, Sinemurian) | ![]() |
Associated with fossils of leathery eggs, the oldest of their kind in the world |
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Qianzhousaurus | 2014 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Has been nicknamed "Pinocchio rex" on account of its elongated snout |
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Qiaowanlong | 2009 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Originally described as a brachiosaurid [111] but has since been reinterpreted as a euhelopodid [112] |
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Qijianglong | 2015 | Suining Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Once believed to date from the Late Jurassic | |
Qingxiusaurus | 2008 | Unnamed formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Known from very limited remains | |
Qinlingosaurus | 1996 | Hongtuling Formation?/ Shanyang Formation? ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Potentially a titanosaur given its age, but this cannot be confirmed |
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Qiupalong | 2011 | Qiupa Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
A referred specimen was found in Canada [113] |
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Qiupanykus | 2018 | Qiupa Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
May have used its robust thumb claws to crack open oviraptorid eggshells [114] | |
Quaesitosaurus | 1983 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Potentially a close relative of Nemegtosaurus |
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Ratchasimasaurus | 2011 | Khok Kruat Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Only known from a single toothless dentary |
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Rhomaleopakhus | 2021 | Kalaza Formation ( Late Jurassic, Tithonian) | ![]() |
Possessed a robust forelimb that may be a locomotory adaptation |
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Rinchenia | 1997 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had a tall, domed crest |
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Ruixinia | 2022 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Its last few caudal vertebrae were fused into a rod-like structure | |
Ruyangosaurus | 2009 | Haoling Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Only known from scant remains but was one of the largest dinosaurs known from Asia |
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Sahaliyania | 2008 | Yuliangze Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possibly a synonym of Amurosaurus [115] |
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Saichania | 1977 | Barun Goyot Formation, Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possessed complicated nasal passages that may have cooled the air it breathed |
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Sanpasaurus | 1944 | Ziliujing Formation ( Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | ![]() |
Historically conflated with the remains of an ornithischian |
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Sanxiasaurus | 2019 | Xintiangou Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bajocian) | ![]() |
The oldest neornithischian known from Asia |
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Saurolophus | 1912 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Type species was found in Canada. The Asian species is distinguished by its larger size and backwards-pointing diagonal crest |
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Sauroplites | 1953 | Zhidan Group ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Preserved lying on its back with parts of its armor in an articulated position | |
Saurornithoides | 1924 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Its hindlimbs were well-developed even as juveniles, suggesting it needed little to no parental care |
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Scansoriopteryx | 2002 | Haifanggou Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Callovian to Kimmeridgian) | ![]() |
Was well-adapted for climbing due to the structure of its hands and feet |
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Segnosaurus | 1979 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() |
One of the first known therizinosaurs. Its relationships were originally obscure |
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Serikornis | 2017 | Tiaojishan Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Callovian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Possessed simple, wispy feathers similar to those of a Silkie chicken |
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Shamosaurus | 1983 | Dzunbain Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
The osteoderms on its head were not separated into obvious tiles as with later ankylosaurs | |
Shanag | 2007 | Öösh Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Barremian) | ![]() |
Shows a mixture of traits of various paravian groups |
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Shantungosaurus | 1973 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
The largest known hadrosaurid |
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Shanxia | 1998 | Huiquanpu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Campanian) | ![]() |
May be synonymous with Tianzhenosaurus [116] and/or Saichania [36] | |
Shanyangosaurus | 1996 | Shanyang Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Indeterminate but its hollow bones are a synapomorphy for Coelurosauria. One study suggests an oviraptorosaurian position [14] | |
Shaochilong | 2009 | Ulansuhai Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() |
Had a relatively short maxilla, suggesting a unique ecological role |
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Shenzhousaurus | 2003 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Preserves pebbles in its thoracic cavity which may be gastroliths |
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Shidaisaurus | 2009 | Chuanjie Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Aalenian) | ![]() |
Potentially one of the oldest known allosauroids |
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Shishugounykus | 2019 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Its manus combines features of both alvarezsaurians and more basal coelurosaurs |
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Shixinggia | 2005 | Pingling Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Known from a fair amount of postcranial material | |
Shri | 2021 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Before its formal description, it was nicknamed "Ichabodcraniosaurus" because its holotype lacked a skull |
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Shuangmiaosaurus | 2003 | Sunjiawan Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Only known from some parts of a skull | |
Shunosaurus | 1983 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) | ![]() |
Possessed a small tail club topped by two short spikes |
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Shuvuuia | 1998 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Displays several adaptations that may point to a nocturnal, owl-like lifestyle [117] |
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Siamodon | 2011 | Khok Kruat Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
May have been closely related to Probactrosaurus [118] |
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Siamosaurus | 1986 | Khok Kruat Formation, Sao Khua Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Only known from teeth. Some spinosaurid postcrania from the same area may be referrable to this genus [119] |
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Siamotyrannus | 1996 | Sao Khua Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Barremian) | ![]() |
Has been recovered in a variety of positions within Avetheropoda |
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Siamraptor | 2019 | Khok Kruat Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
The oldest carcharodontosaurian known from Southeast Asia |
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Sibirotitan | 2017 | Ilek Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Its sacral ribs are star-shaped in dorsal view |
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Siluosaurus | 1997 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | ![]() |
Possessed the smallest known teeth of any ornithopod | |
Silutitan | 2021 | Shengjinkou Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Known from six cervical vertebrae associated with a pterosaur jaw |
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Similicaudipteryx | 2008 | Jiufotang Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Had a short tail ending with a dagger-shaped pygostyle |
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Sinankylosaurus | 2020 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Only known from an ilium. Described as an ankylosaur but a recent study doubts this interpretation [120] | |
Sinocalliopteryx | 2007 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Stomach contents indicate a possible preference for volant prey such as dromaeosaurids and early birds [121] |
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Sinocephale | 2021 | Ulansuhai Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Originally named as a species of Troodon when that genus was thought to be a pachycephalosaur | |
Sinoceratops | 2010 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possessed forward-curving hornlets and a series of low knobs on the top of the frill |
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Sinocoelurus | 1942 | Kuangyuan Series ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian | ![]() |
One study considered it to be a potential plesiosaur [122] |
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Sinornithoides | 1993 | Ejinhoro Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Preserved in a roosting position, its head tucked underneath its left wing |
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Sinornithomimus | 2003 | Ulansuhai Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Formed age-segregated herds as evidenced by a concentration of juvenile skeletons [123] |
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Sinornithosaurus | 1999 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
One specimen has disloged teeth, leading to suggestions it was venomous [124] |
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Sinosauropteryx | 1996 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
The first non-avian dinosaur found with direct evidence of feathers. Analysis of melanosomes suggest it had orange-brown and white countershading with a striped tail and a "bandit mask" around its eyes [125] |
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Sinosaurus | 1940 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Sinemurian) | ![]() |
Had a pair of midline crests similar to Dilophosaurus |
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Sinotyrannus | 2009 | Jiufotang Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
One of the earliest known large tyrannosauroids. Closely related to smaller forms such as Proceratosaurus and Guanlong |
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Sinovenator | 2002 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Some specimens are preserved three-dimensionally |
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Sinraptor | 1993 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
May have used its teeth like blades to inflict deep wounds in prey |
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Sinusonasus | 2004 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian) | ![]() |
Had distinctive sinusoid nasal bones |
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Sirindhorna | 2015 | Khok Kruat Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Its fossils were discovered by corn farmers while digging a reservoir |
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Sonidosaurus | 2006 | Iren Dabasu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Campanian) | ![]() |
One of the smallest known titanosaurs |
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Stegosaurides | 1953 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian to Albian) | ![]() |
A thyreophoran of uncertain phylogenetic position | |
Suzhousaurus | 2007 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
One of the largest Early Cretaceous therizinosaurs |
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Szechuanosaurus | 1942 | Kuangyuan Series ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian) | ![]() |
Only known from teeth and possibly a very fragmentary skeleton |
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Talarurus | 1952 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Its tail club has been compared to a wicker basket |
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Tambatitanis | 2014 | Sasayama Group ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Possessed disproportionately large chevrons |
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Tangvayosaurus | 1999 | Grès supérieurs Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Closely related to Phuwiangosaurus |
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Tanius | 1929 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Today known from only a few bones; more fossils were once present but were not collected |
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Taohelong | 2013 | Hekou Group ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Possessed a sacral shield similar to that of Polacanthus | |
Tarbosaurus | 1955 | Nemegt Formation, Subashi Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() ![]() |
An apex predator that hunted large prey. Very similar to Tyrannosaurus |
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Tarchia | 1977 | Barun Goyot Formation, Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
One specimen preserves injuries to its ribs and tail, possibly from a fight with a member of its own kind [126] |
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Tatisaurus | 1965 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Sinemurian) | ![]() |
Potentially a basal thyreophoran |
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Tengrisaurus | 2017 | Murtoi Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Closely related to South American titanosaurs | |
Therizinosaurus | 1954 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Possessed extremely elongated and stiffened hand claws |
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Tianchisaurus | 1993 | Toutunhe Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) | ![]() |
Its description uses the spellings Tianchisaurus and Tianchiasaurus interchangeably, but the former is correct [127] | |
Tianyulong | 2009 | Tiaojishan Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Preserves impressions of long bristles down its back, tail and neck |
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Tianyuraptor | 2009 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Combines features of both northern and southern dromaeosaurids. Had unusual proportions |
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Tianzhenosaurus | 1998 | Huiquanpu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Campanian) | ![]() |
May be synonymous with Saichania [36] |
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Tienshanosaurus | 1937 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Large but basal for a mamenchisaurid [74] |
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Timurlengia | 2016 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Its inner ear was specialized for detecting low-frequency sounds [128] |
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Tochisaurus | 1991 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Known from only a single metatarsus |
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Tonganosaurus | 2010 | Yimen Formation ( Early Jurassic, Pliensbachian) | ![]() |
Potentially the oldest known mamenchisaurid | |
Tongtianlong | 2016 | Nanxiong Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
The pose of the holotype suggests it died while trying to free itself from mud |
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Tsaagan | 2006 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Very similar to Velociraptor but differs in some features of the skull [129] |
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Tsagantegia | 1993 | Bayan Shireh Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | ![]() |
Had a long, shovel-shaped snout which may indicate a browsing lifestyle [130] |
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Tsintaosaurus | 1958 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Originally mistakenly believed to have possessed a unicorn horn-like crest |
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Tugulusaurus | 1973 | Lianmuqin Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | ![]() |
Potentially an early, Xiyunykus-grade alvarezsaurian [131] | |
Tuojiangosaurus | 1977 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) | ![]() |
Possessed two rows of tall, pointed plates, thickened in the center as if they were modified spikes |
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Turanoceratops | 1989 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Had a pair of brow horns like ceratopsids but was likely not a member of that family |
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Tylocephale | 1974 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Only known from a partial skull but it is enough to tell that it had a remarkably tall dome |
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Tyrannomimus | 2023 | Kitadani Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Its ilium is remarkably similar to that of the supposed tyrannosauroid Aviatyrannis |
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Udanoceratops | 1992 | Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
The largest known leptoceratopsid |
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Ultrasaurus | 1983 | Gugyedong Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
Described as very large but this may be due to misidentification of a bone | |
Ulughbegsaurus | 2021 | Bissekty Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | ![]() |
Known from only a maxilla. Originally described as a late-surviving carnosaur but may in fact be a large-bodied dromaeosaurid [132] | |
Urbacodon | 2007 | Bissekty Formation, Dzharakuduk Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | ![]() |
The holotype preserves a gap separating the eight rear teeth from the rest of its teeth | |
Vayuraptor | 2019 | Sao Khua Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Potentially ancestral to megaraptorans [133] or an early member of the group [134] | |
Velociraptor | 1924 | Bayan Mandahu Formation, Djadochta Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() ![]() |
One potential specimen preserves quill knobs [135] |
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Wakinosaurus | 1992 | Sengoku Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Barremian) | ![]() |
May be a close relative of Acrocanthosaurus [109] | |
Wannanosaurus | 1977 | Xiaoyan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Basal for a pachycephalosaur as indicated by its flat skull with large openings |
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Wuerhosaurus | 1973 | Ejinhoro Formation, Tugulu Group ( Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian) | ![]() |
One of the last and largest known stegosaurs. Preserved with low rectangular plates but these may be broken |
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Wulagasaurus | 2008 | Yuliangze Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
A rare hadrosaurid known from far less remains than the contemporary Sahaliyania |
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Wulatelong | 2013 | Bayan Mandahu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Known from a partial skeleton including some parts of the skull |
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Wulong | 2020 | Jiufotang Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Analysis of preserved melanosomes suggests it was mostly gray with iridescent wings [136] |
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Xianshanosaurus | 2009 | Haoling Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
May have been closely related to Daxiatitan [90] |
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Xiaosaurus | 1983 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bajocian to Callovian) | ![]() |
An ornithischian of uncertain affinities | |
Xiaotingia | 2011 | Tiaojishan Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Bathonian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Well-preserved but inconsistent in phylogenetic placement. Some studies suggest a position as an early avialan [137] |
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Xingtianosaurus | 2019 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | ![]() |
Retained the large third finger that was lost in other caudipterids |
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Xingxiulong | 2017 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian) | ![]() |
Possessed a robust scapula which increased forelimb mobility for feeding |
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Xinjiangovenator | 2005 | Lianmuqin Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Albian) | ![]() |
Remains originally identified as Phaedrolosaurus |
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Xinjiangtitan | 2013 | Qiketai Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Callovian) | ![]() |
Had an extremely long neck |
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Xiongguanlong | 2009 | Xinminbao Group, ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
More robust than other early tyrannosauroids, possibly to support its elongated skull |
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Xixianykus | 2010 | Majiacun Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Coniacian) | ![]() |
One of the smallest known non-avian dinosaurs |
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Xixiasaurus | 2010 | Majiacun Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Coniacian to Campanian) | ![]() |
Distinguished from other troodontids by its possession of exactly twenty-two teeth in each maxilla |
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Xixiposaurus | 2010 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Toarcian) | ![]() |
Poorly known | |
Xiyunykus | 2018 | Tugulu Group ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Had an unspecialized hand morphology for an alvarezsaur, having three fingers of roughly equal length and construction |
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Xuanhanosaurus | 1984 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Bathonian) | ![]() |
Originally mistakenly believed to have been capable of quadrupedal locomotion |
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Xuanhuaceratops | 2006 | Houcheng Formation ( Late Jurassic, Tithonian) | ![]() |
Possessed a large premaxillary tooth right behind its beak |
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Xunmenglong | 2019 | Huajiying Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian) | ![]() |
The holotype was originally presented as part of a chimera involving three different animals [138] |
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Xuwulong | 2011 | Xinminbao Group ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | ![]() |
The tip of its dentary was V-shaped when viewed from the side |
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Yamaceratops | 2006 | Javkhlant Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() |
Possessed a short, stubby frill |
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Yamatosaurus | 2021 | Kita-Ama Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Basal yet survived late enough to be contemporaneous with more advanced hadrosaurids |
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Yandusaurus | 1979 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian) | ![]() |
Some fossils were destroyed by a composter before they could be studied [139] |
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Yangchuanosaurus | 1978 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Bathonian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
The largest theropod known from the Shaximiao |
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Yi | 2015 | Tiaojishan Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Callovian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Possessed a "styliform element" jutting out from its wrist that supported a bat-like membranous wing |
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Yimenosaurus | 1990 | Fengjiahe Formation ( Early Jurassic, Pliensbachian) | ![]() |
Much of its skeleton is known, including the entirety of the skull |
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Yingshanosaurus | 1994 | Shaximiao Formation ( Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian) | ![]() |
Possessed greatly enlarged shoulder spines |
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Yinlong | 2006 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Its skull displays features of ceratopsians, pachycephalosaurs, and heterodontosaurids |
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Yixianosaurus | 2003 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Inconsistent in phylogenetic placement. Had extremely elongated manual elements |
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Yizhousaurus | 2018 | Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Sinemurian) | ![]() |
Its skull was very similar to those of sauropods, despite being more primitive |
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Yongjinglong | 2014 | Hekou Group ( Early Cretaceous, Albian) | ![]() |
Possessed an extremely long, broad scapula |
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Yuanmousaurus | 2006 | Zhanghe Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Aalenian to Callovian) | ![]() |
Shares features of its vertebrae with Patagosaurus |
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Yueosaurus | 2012 | Liangtoutang Formation ( Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Probably closely related to Jeholosaurus [140] |
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Yulong | 2013 | Qiupa Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Known from multiple specimens, most of which are juveniles |
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Yunganglong | 2013 | Zhumapu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Discovered 50 kilometres (31 mi) away from a World Heritage Site |
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Yunmenglong | 2013 | Haoling Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | ![]() |
May have been exceptionally large | |
Yunnanosaurus | 1942 | Fengjiahe Formation, Lufeng Formation ( Early Jurassic, Sinemurian to Pliensbachian) | ![]() |
Its teeth were self-sharpening similar to those of sauropods, likely through convergent evolution [141] |
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Yunyangosaurus | 2020 | Xintiangou Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Aalenian to Oxfordian) | ![]() |
Potentially an early megalosauroid | |
Yutyrannus | 2012 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
The largest known dinosaur that preserves direct evidence of feathers |
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Yuxisaurus | 2022 | Fengjiahe Formation ( Early Jurassic, Sinemurian to Toarcian) | ![]() |
Had more than one hundred osteoderms |
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Yuzhoulong | 2022 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic, Bathonian) | ![]() |
One of the oldest known macronarians |
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Zanabazar | 2009 | Nemegt Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Originally named as a species of Saurornithoides. A large troodontid |
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Zaraapelta | 2014 | Barun Goyot Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had an intricate pattern of osteoderms on its skull | |
Zhanghenglong | 2014 | Majiacun Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Santonian) | ![]() |
Reconstructed by its describers with a straight, rectangular back, although no complete neural spines are known [142] |
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Zhejiangosaurus | 2007 | Chaochuan Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() |
Has no diagnostic features [36] |
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Zhenyuanlong | 2015 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | ![]() |
Possessed large wings with long feathers, but was most likely flightless |
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Zhongjianosaurus | 2017 | Yixian Formation ( Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | ![]() |
Distinguishable by its characteristically elongated legs. Described as a microraptorian [143] but it has been noted that some features of its skeleton are similar to avialans [39] |
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Zhuchengceratops | 2010 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | ![]() |
Had a particularly deep mandible |
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Zhuchengtitan | 2017 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
The proportions of its humerus suggest a close relationship with Opisthocoelicaudia [144] |
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Zhuchengtyrannus | 2011 | Wangshi Group ( Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | ![]() |
Closely related to Tarbosaurus and Tyrannosaurus |
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Zigongosaurus | 1976 | Shaximiao Formation ( Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Bathonian to Tithonian) | ![]() |
May be a species of Mamenchisaurus [145] | |
Zizhongosaurus | 1983 | Ziliujing Formation ( Early Jurassic, Toarcian) | ![]() |
Poorly known but was most likely basal for a sauropod | |
Zuolong | 2010 | Shishugou Formation ( Late Jurassic, Oxfordian | ![]() |
Known from both cranial and postcranial remains |
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Zuoyunlong | 2017 | Zhumapu Formation ( Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | ![]() |
May have been close to the separation between North American and Asian hadrosauroids [146] |
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This is a timeline of selected dinosaurs from the list above. Time is measured in
Ma,
megaannum, along the x-axis.
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