The Dino Directory
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Dino Timeline
The first dinosaurs appeared around 225 million years ago (mya) in a time known as the Mesozoic Era. Scientists divide this era into 3 periods: the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous.
Select a section of the timeline below to see dinosaurs that lived then.
67 Early Cretaceous dinosaurs
| NAME (GENUS) | Years (million years ago) |  |
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| Acrocanthosaurus | 115 - 105 mya | |
| Afrovenator | 132 - 121 mya | |
| Amargasaurus | 132 - 127 mya | |
| Aragosaurus | 132 - 121 mya | |
| Archaeoceratops | 121 - 99 mya | |
| Atlascopcosaurus | 121 - 97 mya | |
| Austrosaurus | 112 - 99 mya | |
| Baryonyx | 125 - ? mya | |
| Becklespinax | 142 - 132 mya | |
| Beipiaosaurus | 127 - 121 mya | |
| Caudipteryx | 125 - 122 mya | |
| Cedarpelta | 142 - 127 mya | |
| Chubutisaurus | 112 - 99 mya | |
| Confuciusornis | 127 - 121 mya | |
| Deinonychus | 120 - 110 mya | |
| Eotyrannus | 127 - 121 mya | |
| Equijubus | 127 - 99 mya | |
| Erketu | unknown | |
| Fukuiraptor | 121 - 99 mya | |
| Fukuisaurus | 121 - 99 mya | |
| Gastonia | 142 - 127 mya | |
| Giganotosaurus | 112 - 90 mya | |
| Gobisaurus | 121 - 99 mya | |
| Harpymimus | 121 - 99 mya | |
| Hylaeosaurus | 150 - 135 mya |