The Dino Directory
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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 |