Dinosaurs Codexery

A source-cited reference to dinosaurs

Dinosaurs (20)

• Tyrannosaurus rex — The tyrant lizard king of the late Cretaceous.
• Velociraptor — Small but swift feathered predator of the Late Cretaceous.
• Triceratops — A three-horned ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous.
• Stegosaurus — The iconic plated dinosaur of the Late Jurassic
• Spinosaurus — Spinosaurus: the sail-backed giant of Cretaceous North Africa.
• Allosaurus — The 'different lizard' that dominated the late Jurassic as an apex predator.
• Diplodocus — A long-necked, whip-tailed giant of the Late Jurassic.
• Ankylosaurus — The armored dinosaur with a tail club, among the last of the non-avian dinosaurs.
• Pteranodon — The toothless giant of the Cretaceous skies
• Archaeopteryx — The iconic transitional fossil between dinosaurs and birds
• Parasaurolophus — A large, crested hadrosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of North America and possibly Asia.
• Pachycephalosaurus — Large herbivorous dinosaur with a thick domed skull.
• Carnotaurus — The meat-eating bull of the Late Cretaceous
• Giganotosaurus — A giant southern lizard that rivaled Tyrannosaurus in size.
• Deinonychus — The 'terrible claw' that sparked the dinosaur renaissance.
• Compsognathus — The first theropod dinosaur known from a reasonably complete skeleton, once mistaken for a lizard.
• Brontosaurus — The thunder lizard of the Late Jurassic
• Mosasaurus — The type genus of Mosasauridae, a giant marine lizard from the Late Cretaceous.
• Plesiosaurus — Early Jurassic marine reptile with a long neck and small head.
• Dilophosaurus — Two-crested lizard of the Early Jurassic

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