Types of Dinosaurs

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There were many different kinds of dinosaurs.

• The smallest types were about the same size as a chicken, and the largest were over 100 feet (30 meters) long.
  
  
• Different dinosaurs ate different diets. Some types of dinosaurs ate only meat ("carnivores"), some ate only plants ("herbivores"), and some ate both plants and meats ("omnivores").
  
  
• Just like modern animals, the different types of dinosaurs were related. Biologists use the terms "order", "family", "genus" and "species" to classify dinosaurs and to indicate how closely different types of animals are related.
  
  A dinosaur which is the same species as another dinosaur is of the exact same type, whereas two dinosaurs which are of the same genus are closely related but of different types, and two dinosaurs of the same family are a bit more distantly related and so on.

The chart below shows some of the different types of dinosaurs (divided into herbivores, carnivores and omnivores). In most cases, the chart shows a genus or family of dinosaur, although in some cases a single species may be indicated.

Please click on any listing for more detail of that particular type of dinosaur: 

   

Carnivornes (Meat-Eaters)

Herbivores (Plant-Eaters)

Omnivores (Ate Meat and Plants)

Acrocanthosaurus Adasaurus Afrovenator Albertosaurus Alectrosaurus Alioramus Allosaurus Anchiornis Aucasaurus Bambiraptor Baryonyx Buitreraptor Carcharodontosaurus Carnotaurus Ceratosaurus Coelophysis Coelurus Compsognathus Cryolophosaurus Deinonychus Dilong Dilophosaurus Dromaeosaurus Eotyrannus Epidexipteryx Giganotosaurus Gorgosaurus Guanlong Herrerasaurus Majungasaurus Megalosaurus Microraptor Rajasaurus Rugops Saltopus Scipionyx Sinornithoides Sinosauropteryx Spinosaurus Staurikosaurus Suchomimus Tarbosaurus Torvosaurus Troodon Tyrannosaurus rex Utahraptor Velociraptor Xiongguanlong Yangchuanosaurus

Achelousaurus Agujaceratops Alamosaurus Altirhinus Alxasaurus Ampelosaurus Anchiceratops Animantarx Ankylosaurus Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus) Argentinosaurus Avaceratops Brachiosaurus Camarasaurus Camptosaurus Centrosaurus Chasmosaurus Corythosaurus Diabloceratops Diplodocus Edmontonia Edmontosaurus Eotriceratops Euoplocephalus (Scolosaurus) Gastonia Gigantspinosaurus Giraffatitan Heterodontosaurus Hypsilophodon Iguanodon Kentrosaurus Kritosaurus Lambeosaurus Lesothosaurus Magyarosaurus Maiasaura Mamenchisaurus Massospondylus Melanorosaurus Minmi Monoclonius Muttaburrasaurus Nanyangosaurus Nemegtosaurus Nigersaurus Nipponosaurus Ouranosaurus Pachycephalosaurus Pachyrhinosaurus Panoplosaurus Paralititan Parasaurolophus Pentaceratops Pinacosaurus Plateosaurus Prenocephale Protoceratops Psittacosaurus Riojasaurus Saichania Saltasaurus Saurolophus Scutellosaurus Seismosaurus Stegoceras Stegosaurus Styracosaurus Supersaurus (Ultrasauros) Talarurus Tarchia Torosaurus Trachodon Triceratops Tuojiangosaurus Ultrasaurus Unaysaurus Zalmoxes Zuniceratops

Abrictosaurus Avimimus Caudipteryx Chirostenotes Dromiceiomimus Gallimimus Nomingia Ornithomimus Oviraptor Pelecanimimus Protarchaeopteryx Sinovenator Struthiomimus