Argyrosaurus
Argyrosaurus was a large long-necked plant-eating dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of South America. It belonged to the titanosaurs, the group of sauropods that became especially important during the later part of dinosaur history. Although Argyrosaurus is not known from a complete skeleton, it rem...
Aeolosaurus
Aeolosaurus was a long-necked plant-eating dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of South America. It belonged to the titanosaurs, the sauropod group that became especially important during the later part of dinosaur history. Although Aeolosaurus is not as famous as gigantic titanosaurs such as Argentin...
Adamantisaurus
Adamantisaurus was a long-necked plant-eating sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. It belonged to the titanosaurs, the group of sauropods that became especially important during the later part of dinosaur history. Although Adamantisaurus is not known from a complete skeleton, it remains sign...
Amargasaurus
Amargasaurus was a long-necked plant-eating dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of South America. It is one of the most unusual sauropods ever discovered because of the extraordinary paired spines along its neck and upper back. While many sauropods are known mainly for giant size, Amargasaurus stands...
Mussaurus
Mussaurus was an early plant-eating sauropodomorph from what is now Argentina. It became famous because the first fossils belonged to tiny hatchlings and juveniles, making scientists think of it as a very small dinosaur. Later discoveries showed that adult Mussaurus was much larger and had the long...
Notohypsilophodon
Notohypsilophodon was a small herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of South America. It is one of the more unusual small dinosaurs from Patagonia because South American dinosaur faunas are often remembered mainly for giant sauropods and large predators. In contrast, Notohypsilophodon repres...
Laplatasaurus
Laplatasaurus was a long-necked plant-eating dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of South America. It belonged to the titanosaurs, a major group of sauropods that became especially important during the final part of dinosaur history. Although Laplatasaurus is not as famous as giants such as Argentinos...
Neuquensaurus
Neuquensaurus was a long-necked plant-eating dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of South America. It belonged to the titanosaurs, a major sauropod group that became especially successful during the later part of dinosaur history. Unlike the giant record-holding sauropods, Neuquensaurus was more moder...
Cathartesaurus
Cathartesaurus was a long-necked plant-eating sauropod from the Cretaceous of South America. It was not one of the most massive sauropods ever discovered, but it is important because it belonged to the rebbachisaurids, a group of more lightly built diplodocoid sauropods that survived later than many...
Tuojiangosaurus
Tuojiangosaurus was a plated herbivorous dinosaur from Jurassic China. It belonged to the stegosaur group, known for body armor made of upright plates and a spiked tail. Although it is sometimes compared with the more famous Stegosaurus from North America, Tuojiangosaurus had its own distinct look,...
Maiasaura
Maiasaura was a large duck-billed dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America. It is best known for the remarkable fossil evidence connected with nests, eggs, hatchlings, and growing juveniles. Because of these discoveries, Maiasaura became one of the most famous dinosaurs in discussions abou...
Olorotitan
Olorotitan was a large duck-billed dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Asia. It is best known for the tall, elegant crest on top of its head, which gave it a very distinctive profile compared with other hadrosaurs. As a lambeosaurine, it belonged to the group of crested duck-billed dinosaurs that l...
Pentaceratops
Pentaceratops was a large horned dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of what is now the southwestern United States. It is best known for its enormous skull, deep frill, strong beak, and long facial horns. Among ceratopsians, Pentaceratops stands out as one of the most impressive skull-bearing animals...
Sauroposeidon
Sauroposeidon was a giant long-necked plant-eating dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of North America. It is famous for its extraordinary neck vertebrae, which suggest that it was one of the tallest dinosaurs ever discovered. Although it is sometimes mentioned alongside the biggest sauropods of all...
Styracosaurus
Was Styracosaurus a dinosaur?Yes. Styracosaurus was a true dinosaur, specifically a horned ceratopsian from the Late Cretaceous of North America.How big was Styracosaurus?Styracosaurus was about 5.5 to 5.8 meters long and likely weighed around 2.5 to 3 tonnes, although these figures are still estima...
Shunosaurus
Shunosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod dinosaur from Jurassic China. It was not one of the largest sauropods, but it is one of the most unusual because it appears to have carried a bony tail club. That feature makes it stand out from many other long-necked dinosaurs. Shunosaurus also had a relative...
Omeisaurus
Omeisaurus was a large long-necked plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Jurassic. It is one of the most famous sauropods from Asia and is especially well known for its very long neck, heavy body, and classic “high-browsing” silhouette. Although it is sometimes overshado...
Pachycephalosaurus
Pachycephalosaurus was one of the most unusual plant-eating dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous. It is famous for its thick, rounded skull dome, which made it look very different from horned dinosaurs, duck-billed dinosaurs, or armored dinosaurs living at the same time. Although it is often shown charg...
Argentinosaurus
Argentinosaurus was a gigantic long-necked plant-eating dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of South America. It is usually classified as a titanosaur, a group of sauropods that included some of the largest land animals ever to live. Although its fossil remains are incomplete, Argentinosaurus has beco...