Abrictosaurus

Abrictosaurus The Abrictosaurus was a small herbivore at around 4 feet long.

Abrosaurus

The Abrosaurus is known from only one very well preserved skull.

Acrocanthosaurus

The longest known Acrocanthusaurus to be found was 11.5 meters in length.

Allosaurus

There has been over 20 different Allosaurus fossil finding and many are in very good shape.

Anchisaurus

The Anchisaurus was one of the first dinosaurs discovered in North America.

Archaeopteryx

Archaeopteryx is the earliest and most primitive bird known.

Barosaurus

Barosaurus have been found in the Morrison Formation. In the same location there was also findings of Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, Camarasaurus, Brachiosaurus, Haplocanthosaurus, Allosaurus

Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus were so big that they are thought to have two hearts to be able to pump blood way up their necks.

Brachytrachelopan

There is only one known Brachytrachelopan fossil finding which was discovered in Argentina, South America.

Brontosaurus

Brontosaurus was first discovered in 1879 by Othniel Charles Marsh.

Camarasaurus

The Camarasaurus measured to roughly 48ft in length and 15ft in height.

Camptosaurus

Camptosaurus was first described by O.C marsh in 1879, but called the dinosaur a Camptonotus. The name was changed to Camptosaurus in 1885 because the first name was taken for an insect.

Ceratosaurus

The Ceratosaurus was about twelve feet high and over thirty feet long.

Coelurus

Coelophysis was three meters long and it had only three functional digits, the fourth embedded in the flesh of the hand.

Compsognathus

In 1901 10 egg fossils were found that were thought to belong to the Compsognathus species. It wasn't until 1993 that researchers determined that they were most likely from a Sinosauropteryx.

Dilophosaurus

Dilophosaurus is probably the dinosaur that most commonly is mistaken for certain features of it due to Jurassic Park.

Diplodocus

The Diplodocus was one of the largest dinosaurs ever to be discovered. Its average size was 88ft in length.

Europasaurus

It has been suggested that the ancestor of Europasaurus would have dwarfed rapidly after immigrating to a paleo-island because of lack of food.

Fruitadens

The Fruitadens is the smallest known dinosaur of the Ornithischian group to exist today.

Giraffatitan

The Giraffatitan is also known as the Brachiosaurus which means "arm lizard", from the Greek brachion ("arm") and sauros ("lizard").

Guanlong

the wording "Guanlong" means Crowned Dragon because of the two crests on its head.

Haplocanthosaurus

There has never been a skull fossil of a Haplocanthosaurus ever discovered. The descreption of the dinosaur was based by the body parts that were found.

Heterodontosaurus

Heterodontosaurus fossils have been found in Africa.

Huayangosaurus

The Huayangosaurus was one of the earlier plated dinosaurs which was very primitive with a broad skull and teeth in the front of its mouth.

Juravenator

The Juravenator means Jura Mountains hunter in Greek.

Kentrosaurus

The Kentrosaurus used its spines on its back to regulate its body temperature.

Laosaurus

The Laosaurus was first described by O.C. Marsh in 1878.

Lesothosaurus

The Lesothosaurus is one of the most early ornithischians (bird-hipped dinosaur).

Lexovisaurus

The Lexovisaurus was a dinosaur specie that was much like a Stegosaurus. It has round pointed spines like a Stegosaurus.

Limusaurus

The Limusaurus is a great example to show that its possible that dinosaurs did not evolve into birds.

Massospondylus

Most of the Massospondylus fossils were discovered in the Country of Africa in Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Megalosaurus

The first Megalosaurus fossil was discovered in 1676 in England.

Miragaia longicollum

The Miragaia Longicollum was named this just recently.

Monolophosaurus

Before the Monolophosaurus got its name the news press though that it was a Jiangjunmiaosaurus.

Nanosaurus

Nanosaurus actually means "dwarf Lizard" and was described in 1877 but their is minimal information about this dinosaur because there has not been many finding.

Omeisaurus

Omeisaurus was found in the China region. It had unusual features than other in its group such as nostrils located close to the end of its nose.

Scutellosaurus

Scutellosaurus was a herbivore that was found in Arizona. Only two partial fossil body structures have been found.

Segisaurus

The Segisaurus is known from only a few partial fossils discovered. It was closely related to the Procompsognathus.

Stegosaurus

The Stegosaurus Head fossil size was very small. There was also a large open area inside the region of the spinal cord. Some scientists believe that they had a second brain that shared responsibilities and functions of the brain.

Supersaurus

A almost complete Fossil of the Supersaurus has been found and was nicknamed "Jimbo". It currently is located at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center.

Zigongosaurus

The Zigongosaurus was named by Hou, Chao, and Chu in 1976.

Jurassic Period Dinosaurs

Click on any of the pictures or names above to learn specifically about that particular dinosaur of this period. The Jurassic life is the time period of 203 to 135 million years ago. Evolution has begun to develop excessively. Not only for dinosaurs either. Flying creatures called Pterosaurs started to soar in the air. The dinosaurs of the Jurassic era were very large but there were a share of smaller ones as well. This is the most popular period thanks to Universal studio's top hit movie "Jurassic Park" which brought a whole new perception on how people see dinosaurs, but was somewhat of a bad influence for education because of the mass made up facts that were presented with dinosaurs within the movie.

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