Dinosaur families
32 entries in the Dinosaur Families compendium.
AllosauridaeExtinct family of Late Jurassic carnivorous theropod dinosaurs.AlvarezsauridaeSmall, long-legged dinosaurs once mistaken for early flightless birds.AnchiornithidaeSmall feathered paravians from the Jurassic of China and Germany.BrachiosauridaeLong-necked sauropods that reached high treetops with spoon-shaped teeth.CamarasauridaeSmall to medium sauropods with short skulls and vertical neck motion.CarcharodontosauridaeShark-toothed lizards, among the largest terrestrial predators of the Cretaceous.CeratopsidaeFamily of horned, frilled herbivorous dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous.CeratosauridaeA theropod family defined by shared dental traits and a prominent snout horn.CoeluridaeA historically unnatural group of small carnivorous dinosaurs.CompsognathidaeSmall theropods with bird-like features and disputed classification.DiplodocidaeFamily of sauropod dinosaurs including some of the longest land animals.EuhelopodidaeA disputed family of sauropod dinosaurs from East Asia.GuaibasauridaeFamily of basal sauropodomorphs with uncertain classification.HerrerasauriaEarly carnivorous dinosaurs of uncertain evolutionary position.HypsilophodontidaeA historically used but now largely invalid dinosaur family.LeptoceratopsidaePrimitive, small neoceratopsian dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous.LessemsauridaeEarly sauropodiform clade with flexed forelimbs and large size.MamenchisauridaeLong-necked sauropods from Jurassic Asia.MassospondylidaeEarly massopod dinosaurs spanning multiple continents.MegalosauridaeEarly giant theropods that shaped dinosaur classification.MelanorosauridaeA family of sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic.MetriacanthosauridaeExtinct family of moderately-spined theropod dinosaurs from Laurasia.NanotyrannidaeA clade of tyrannosauroids with only one definite representative, Nanotyrannus.NoasauridaeDiverse theropod family with unusual skull adaptations.NodosauridaeHeavily armored herbivorous dinosaurs lacking tail clubs.OrnithomimidaeFast, ostrich-like theropods with toothless beaks and feathered hides.OviraptoridaeBird-like dinosaurs with toothless beaks from the Late Cretaceous of Asia.PiatnitzkysauridaeExtinct family of megalosauroid or basal allosauroid dinosaurs.PlateosauridaeA family of Late Triassic sauropodomorph dinosaurs from multiple continents.ProceratosauridaeFamily of small, long-armed tyrannosauroid dinosaurs.ProtoceratopsidaeSmall, primitive horned dinosaurs from Late Cretaceous Asia.RebbachisauridaeDiplodocoid sauropods with distinctive teeth and tooth batteries, spanning the Early to early Late Cretaceous.
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