Body shape
Roll over a silhouette below to see which dinosaur group it represents. Select a silhouette to see dinosaurs from that group.
- Sauropods - very large herbivores that walked mostly on 4 legs
- Ceratopians - medium-sized horned herbivores that walked on 4 legs
- Euornithopods - medium-sized herbivores that usually walked on 2 legs
- Large theropods - large carnivores that walked on 2 legs
- Small theropods - small agile carnivores that walked on 2 legs
- Ankylosaurids - medium-sized 4-legged herbivores, often armoured and with tail spikes
- Ornithomimosaurs - ostrich-shaped herbivores and omnivores
57 small theropod dinosaurs
NAME (GENUS) | Years (million years ago) | ![]() |
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Achillobator | 99 - 84 mya | |
Alvarezsaurus | 89 - 85 mya | |
Archaeopteryx | 147 - ? mya | |
Avimimus | 80 - 75 mya | |
Bambiraptor | 84 - 71 mya | |
Beipiaosaurus | 127 - 121 mya | |
Borogovia | 84 - 65 mya | |
Buitreraptor | 99 - 90 mya | |
Caudipteryx | 125 - 122 mya | |
Chindesaurus | 227 - 210 mya | |
Chirostenotes | 79 - 67 mya | |
Citipati | 81 - 75 mya | |
Coelophysis | 225 - 220 mya | |
Coelurus | 155 - 145 mya | |
Compsognathus | 145 - 140 mya | |
Conchoraptor | 81 - 76 mya | |
Confuciusornis | 127 - 121 mya | |
Deinocheirus | 70 - 65 mya | |
Deinonychus | 120 - 110 mya | |
Deltadromeus | 99 - 94 mya | |
Dilophosaurus | 190 - ? mya | |
Dromaeosaurus | 76 - 74 mya | |
Eoraptor | 228 - ? mya | |
Erlikosaurus | 99 - 89 mya | |
Eustreptospondylus | 165 - ? mya |