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Meet the Miracusaurs, the dinosaurs with the most miraculous names!
See if you can guess what makes them truly miraculous! Hint: Try matching the letters in their names with numbers.
Note: This list only contains dinosaurs that are considered valid as of December 31st, 2019.
The Miracusaurs!
[edit]Name | Time period | Location | Diet | Fun fact | Element | Rarity | Image |
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Aepisaurus elephantinus | Early Cretaceous | France | herbivore | It's obviously a sauropod, but no one knows exactly what kind of sauropod it is. | Nature | Medium Rare | |
Agrosaurus macgillivrayi | Late Triassic | England | herbivore | It was often claimed to be the oldest Australian dinosaur, but analysis of the rocks its fossils were encased in suggests it was actually from England. In fact, it could be the same as Thecodontosaurus. | Water | Common | ![]() |
Ajkaceratops kozmai | Late Cretaceous | Hungary | herbivore | Several different analyses find it in wildly different positions across the ceratopsian family tree. | Earth | Very Rare | ![]() |
Albertadromeus syntarsus | Late Cretaceous | Alberta, Canada | herbivore | This species belongs to the family Parksosauridae, but it's unknown if it burrowed like some of its relatives. | Fire | Medium Rare | ![]() |
Albertavenator curriei | Late Cretaceous | Alberta, Canada | carnivore | Its discovery suggests that there were more small dinosaurs than previously thought, waiting to be discovered. | Fire | Uncommon | ![]() |
Amtocephale gobiensis | Late Cretaceous | Mongolia | herbivore | It may be the oldest pachycephalosaur known! | Time | Mythical | ![]() |
Anchiornis huxleyi | Late Jurassic | China | carnivore | Scientists have recreated the colors of this four-winged bird-like dinosaur. It was mostly gray with black and white patterns on its wings, and it had a red feather crest much like a woodpecker! | Lightning | Super Rare | ![]() |
Aniksosaurus darwini | Early Cretaceous | Argentina | carnivore | Its name means "spring lizard" because its fossils were found on the first day of spring (September 21st in the Southern Hemisphere) | Ice | Uncommon | ![]() |
Antrodemus valens | Late Jurassic | Colorado, United States | carnivore | Most scientists ignore this species, as it could easily be the same as the more familiar Allosaurus. | Nature | Rare | ![]() |
Arcovenator escotae | Late Cretaceous | France | carnivore | It is one of the few conclusive abelisaurs known from the Northern Hemisphere. | Ice | Common | ![]() |
Arkharavia heterocoelica | Late Cretaceous | Russia | herbivore | It was originally described as a sauropod, but some of its bones might've belonged to a hadrosaur. | Time | Common | ![]() |
Arrhinoceratops brachyops | Late Cretaceous | Alberta, Canada | herbivore | Its name means "no-nose-horned-face", but, like most chasmosaurines, it did have a nose horn. | Time | Legendary | ![]() |
Atlantosaurus montanus | Late Jurassic | Colorado, United States | herbivore | Most scientists agree At. montanus is actually an Apatosaurus, but "Atlantosaurus" immanis is not. | Lightning | Common | ![]() |
Australodocus bohetii | Late Jurassic | Tanzania | herbivore | Although its name suggests a relationship to Diplodocus, it may actually be distantly related. | Air | Uncommon | ![]() |
Avaceratops lammersi | Late Cretaceous | Montana, United States | herbivore | This small basal centrosaurine had two long brow horns, much like a chasmosaurine. | Nature | Medium Rare | ![]() |
Bagaceratops rozhdestvenskyi | Late Cretaceous | Mongolia | herbivore | Even though a family Bagaceratopidae has been named for it, some scientists think it should be reclassified to the Protoceratopsidae. | Time | Medium Rare | |
Batyrosaurus rozhdestvenskyi | Late Cretaceous | Kazakhstan | herbivore | One scientist attempted to base the clade Styracosterna on Batyrosaurus. | Time | Medium Rare | ![]() |
Bayannurosaurus perfectus | Early Cretaceous | China | herbivore | It was one of the largest basal hadrosauroids, reaching up to 10 m (33 ft) in length. | Earth | Legendary | ![]() |
Beibeilong sinensis | Late Cretaceous | China | omnivore | It is only known from a tiny embryo in an egg once thought to be from the giant Gigantoraptor. If it grew up, it may have been just as big! | Space | Legendary | ![]() |
Beipiaosaurus inexpectus | Early Cretaceous | China | herbivore | The discovery of its fossils revealed that therizinosaurs were highly unusual, feathered theropods. | Earth | Medium Rare | ![]() |
Bonapartenykus ultimus | Late Cretaceous | Argentina | carnivore | Round eggs were found next to its fossils, making them some of the few fossil eggs confidently matched with a layer. | Lightning | Mythical | ![]() |
Bonitasaura salgadoi | Late Cretaceous | Argentina | herbivore | Its skull is similar to those of diplodocids, and it may have been a low browser. | Nature | Mythical | ![]() |
Brachyceratops montanensis | Late Cretaceous | Montana, United States | herbivore | Its fossils may represent juveniles of Rubeosaurus, which itself may be a species of Styracosaurus. | Fire | Mythical | ![]() |
Brachytrachelopan mesai | Late Jurassic | Argentina | herbivore | It had the shortest neck of any sauropod! | Space | Very Common | ![]() |
Bradycneme draculae | Late Cretaceous | Romania | carnivore | Scientists had long debated about its precise relationships, but it's generally agreed to be one of only two known European alvarezsaurs. | Time | Common | ![]() |
Calamosaurus foxi | Early Cretaceous | England | carnivore | Over time, has been hypothesized to be a compsognathid, tyrannosauroid, and an ornithomimosaur. | Time | Mythical | ![]() |
Cetiosauriscus stewarti | Middle Jurassic | England | herbivore | Although often seen as the earliest diplodocoid, its precise relationships remain a mystery. | Lightning | Mythical | ![]() |
Choyrodon barsboldi | Early Cretaceous | Mongolia | herbivore | It had a large crest on its snout, just like its contemporary, Altirhinus. I wouldn't be surprised if both turned out to be the same! | Time | Very Common | ![]() |
Chuandongocoelurus primitivus | Middle Jurassic | China | carnivore | It resembled Monolophosaurus, but no one seems to know exactly how it's related to other theropods. | Time | Uncommon | ![]() |
Chuanqilong chaoyangensis | Early Cretaceous | China | herbivore | Lots of feathered dinosaurs lived in the forests where Chuanqilong lived. | Nature | Mythical | ![]() |
Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis | Late Jurassic | China | herbivore | It has been reported that it possessed at least six spikes on its tail, two more than most other stegosaurs. | Fire | Super Rare | ![]() |
Claosaurus agilis | Late Cretaceous | Kansas, United States | herbivore | Because its fossils were found in deposits from an ancient shallow sea, it's possible that they formed when the dinosaurs fell to their deaths from high sea cliffs. | Nature | Super Rare | |
Convolosaurus marri | Early Cretaceous | Texas, United States | herbivore | Before it was given its scientific name, it was nicknamed the "Proctor Lake hypsilophodont". | Ice | Common | ![]() |
Cristatusaurus lapparenti | Early Cretaceous | Niger | carnivore | There's a chance that it may be the same as the more famous Suchomimus; if so, Cristatusaurus will be the correct name. | Earth | Super Rare | ![]() |
Darwinsaurus evolutionis | Early Cretaceous | England | herbivore | It is very likely the same animal as Hypselospinus. | Ice | Rare | ![]() |
Deinodon horridus | Late Cretaceous | Montana, United States | carnivore | Most species assigned to it are now considered dubious or belonging to other genera. In fact, D. horridus itself could belong to Gorgosaurus. | Space | Uncommon | |
Diabloceratops eatoni | Late Cretaceous | Utah, United States | herbivore | It had two long horns above its eyes and two tall spikes at the very top of its frill. | Water | Very Rare | ![]() |
Dongbeititan dongi | Early Cretaceous | China | herbivore | It was one of the largest dinosaurs known from the Yixian Formation. | Earth | Super Rare | ![]() |
Draconyx loureiroi | Late Jurassic | Portugal | herbivore | It may have been a close relative of Camptosaurus. | Water | Very Common | ![]() |
Dracorex hogwartsia | Late Cretaceous | Montana, United States | herbivore | Most scientists consider it a juvenile Pachycephalosaurus that hasn't grown a dome yet. Such a shame; it had a really cool name! | Air | Common | ![]() |
Drusilasaura deseadensis | Late Cretaceous | Argentina | herbivore | It may be the oldest member of the lineage that led to the largest known dinosaurs! | Time | Rare | ![]() |
Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki | Late Jurassic | Tanzania | herbivore | Its name, which means "uncatchable lizard", refers both to the fact that it was difficult for predators to catch it and to Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, the namesake of the specific name, whom the British could never catch. | Earth | Uncommon | ![]() |
Edmontonia longiceps | Late Cretaceous | Alberta, Canada | herbivore | This nodosaur is easily recognizable by the forward-pointing paired spikes on its shoulders. | Lightning | Uncommon | ![]() |
Embasaurus minax | Early Cretaceous | Kazakhstan | carnivore | Some have suggested it could be a megalosaur or a tyrannosaur, but no one knows for sure. | Earth | Very Common | ![]() |
Eucercosaurus tanyspondylus | Early Cretaceous | England | herbivore | For centuries, it was regarded as an ankylosaur, but a recent review suggests it was actually an iguanodont. | Air | Rare | ![]() |
Falcarius utahensis | Early Cretaceous | Utah, United States | herbivore | It represents a transition between carnivorous basal maniraptors and herbivorous derived therizinosaurs. | Time | Legendary | ![]() |
Galeamopus hayi | Late Jurassic | Wyoming, United States | herbivore | Most of its fossils, including a skull, were originally thought to be from Diplodocus. | Lightning | Mythical | ![]() |
Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis | Late Cretaceous | Argentina | herbivore | It is known from fossils of both juveniles and adults. | Fire | Very Common | ![]() |
Gondwanatitan faustoi | Late Cretaceous | Brazil | herbivore | It was named after Gondwana, the ancient continent that was mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. | Space | Mythical | |
Gryponyx africanus | Early Jurassic | South Africa | herbivore | Not much is known about this basal sauropodomorph. | Time | Common | ![]() |
Heptasteornis andrewsi | Late Cretaceous | Romania | carnivore | This appears to be one of the only two known European alvarezsaurids, along with Bradycneme. | Air | Very Common | ![]() |
Heterodontosaurus tucki | Early Jurassic | South Africa | omnivore | Its name, which means "different-toothed lizard", refers to the fact that it has three types of teeth in its mouth, including a pair of fangs. | Nature | Rare | ![]() |
Hierosaurus sternbergii | Late Cretaceous | Kansas, United States | herbivore | The more well-known Niobrarasaurus used to be a species of this genus. | Fire | Very Common | ![]() |
Horshamosaurus rudgwickensis | Early Cretaceous | England | herbivore | Some scientists consider it dubious, as it apparently can't be distinguished from other ankylosaurs! | Air | Super Rare | ![]() |
Imperobator antarcticus | Late Cretaceous | Antarctica | carnivore | Before it was named, it was called the "Naze dromaeosaur", but it didn't have a sickle claw! | Ice | Mythical | ![]() |
Jobaria tiguidensis | Middle Jurassic | Niger | herbivore | It and all its contemporaries were once thought to be from the Early Cretaceous. | Lightning | Uncommon | ![]() |
Kaatedocus siberi | Late Jurassic | Wyoming, United States | herbivore | This "toothy" diplodocoid may have been a North American dicraeosaurid. | Fire | Mythical | ![]() |
Kazaklambia convincens | Late Cretaceous | Kazakhstan | herbivore | A long time ago, this species was assigned to the genus "Procheneosaurus". While most species of that invalid genus were reclassified by 1975, "P." convincens was only transferred in 2013! | Air | Legendary | ![]() |
Khaan mckennai | Late Cretaceous | Mongolia | omnivore | It belongs to a group of mostly crestless oviraptorids. | Space | Very Rare | ![]() |
Lavocatisaurus agrioensis | Early Cretaceous | Argentina | herbivore | Its discovery may prove that rebbachisaurids had keratinous beaks! | Lightning | Very Common | ![]() |
Leonerasaurus taquetrensis | Early Jurassic | Argentina | herbivore | It may be an advanced non-sauropod sauropodomorph, or a very early sauropod. | Air | Medium Rare | ![]() |
Liaoningosaurus paradoxus | Early Cretaceous | China | carnivore | Unlike most ankylosaurs, it had sharp claws, belly plates, and had the remains of fish in its stomach. This could mean it was a semi-aquatic, turtle-like fish eater, making it a carnivorous ornithischian! | Ice | Legendary | ![]() |
Ligabuesaurus leanzai | Early Cretaceous | Argentina | herbivore | It lived in the same time and place as the more well-known Agustinia. | Earth | Legendary | ![]() |
Lusitanosaurus liasicus | Early Jurassic | Portugal | herbivore | This basal thyreophoran might've grown to be 7 meters (23 feet) long, bigger than the smallest ankylosaurs and stegosaurs! | Earth | Very Rare | ![]() |
Macrogryphosaurus gondwanicus | Late Cretaceous | Argentina | herbivore | Because of the strange bony plates on its sides, its clade was called the Elasmaria, which means "thin plated ones". | Nature | Legendary | ![]() |
Mahakala omnogovae | Late Cretaceous | Mongolia | carnivore | Although not much of this dinosaur has been found, it was probably just as strange as its close relative, Halszkaraptor, a duck-like, fish-eating dromaeosaur! | Earth | Common | ![]() |
Mapusaurus roseae | Late Cretaceous | Argentina | carnivore | This dinosaur was the only one large enough to hunt the giant Argentinosaurus. | Ice | Very Rare | ![]() |
Marmarospondylus robustus | Middle Jurassic | England | herbivore | Not much is known about this sauropod. | Space | Legendary | ![]() |
Mei long | Early Cretaceous | China | carnivore | Its name means "sleeping dragon", because its holotype was found in a sleeping position. Rather coincidentally, the second fossil was sleeping too! | Time | Uncommon | ![]() |
Mochlodon suessi | Late Cretaceous | Austria | herbivore | M. suessi is one of the few valid dinosaurs known from Austria. | Time | Common | ![]() |
Mongolostegus exspectabilis | Early Cretaceous | Mongolia | herbivore | It was originally called Wuerhosaurus "mongoliensis", but that was named improperly, so it was renamed Mongolostegus exspectabilis in 2018. However, that name didn't appear on the Internet until February 2019! | Lightning | Common | ![]() |
Moros intrepidus | Late Cretaceous | Utah, United States | carnivore | The last readily distinguishable tyrannosaur from North America lived 15 million years before it, so its discovery helped fill in a gap in the evolutionary history of tyrannosaurs. | Space | Legendary | ![]() |
Nankangia jiangxiensis | Late Cretaceous | China | omnivore | It lived in an environment dominated by oviraptorids. It and two other species had a funny series of names: Nankangia jiangxiensis, Jiangxisaurus ganzhouensis, and Ganzhousaurus nankangensis! | Time | Rare | ![]() |
Nedcolbertia justinhofmanni | Early Cretaceous | Utah, United States | omnivore | The species name, N. justinhofmanni, honors Justin Hofmann, who at six years old knew so much about dinosaurs that he won a contest. The species name was the grand prize! | Time | Common | ![]() |
Nothronychus mckinleyi | Late Cretaceous | New Mexico, United States | herbivore | It lived in the coastal swamps and marshes on the shore of the ancient Western Interior Seaway. | Time | Common | ![]() |
Nuthetes destructor | Early Cretaceous | England | carnivore | Only known from teeth, it could be either a dromaeosaur or a basal tyrannosaur. | Nature | Uncommon | ![]() |
Oohkotokia horneri | Late Cretaceous | Montana, United States | herbivore | Pronounced "oh-oh-ko-toe-kee-ah", this ankylosaur's name means "large stone" or "child of stone". | Earth | Mythical | ![]() |
Oxalaia quilombensis | Late Cretaceous | Brazil | carnivore | It was a close relative, if not a species or even junior synonym, of Spinosaurus. | Time | Common | ![]() |
Pampadromaeus barberenai | Late Triassic | Brazil | herbivore | It was a very early sauropodomorph; so primitive, in fact, that it looked more like a theropod. | Space | Common | ![]() |
Paralititan stromeri | Late Cretaceous | Egypt | herbivore | It is one of the largest dinosaurs known from Africa. | Nature | Medium Rare | ![]() |
Pararhabdodon isonensis | Late Cretaceous | Spain | herbivore | Despite its name, it wasn't a rhabdodont, but in fact a basal lambeosaurine hadrosaur. | Time | Very Rare | ![]() |
Pareisactus evrostos | Late Cretaceous | Spain | herbivore | This rhabdodont's name means "intruder", as it is only known from a single shoulder blade from a bonebed of hadrosaur bones. | Ice | Medium Rare | ![]() |
Pedopenna daohugouensis | Late Jurassic | China | carnivore | Known from only a leg, this paravian may be either a scansoriopterygid, anchiornithid, or archaeopterygid (if anchiornithids are in the same family as Archaeopteryx) | Time | Rare | ![]() |
Pelorosaurus brevis | Early Cretaceous | England | herbivore | It has been confused with many different sauropod species throughout its history. | Time | Uncommon | ![]() |
Pitekunsaurus macayai | Late Cretaceous | Argentina | herbivore | The "pitekun" in its name means "discover" in Mapuche, an indigenous Argentinian language. | Ice | Rare | ![]() |
Plateosaurus engelhardti | Late Triassic | Germany | herbivore | Although its fossils were first found in Germany, several others have been found all across Europe - even as far away as Norway and Greenland! | Ice | Very Common | ![]() |
Pradhania gracilis | Early Jurassic | India | herbivore | This obscure basal sauropodomorph might be a close relative of Massospondylus. | Time | Very Rare | ![]() |
Proceratosaurus bradleyi | Middle Jurassic | England | carnivore | Although its name suggests it was closely related to Ceratosaurus, it was in fact a member of the lineage that includes Tyrannosaurus rex! | Earth | Super Rare | ![]() |
Proplanicoxa galtoni | Early Cretaceous | England | herbivore | It is very likely the same animal as Mantellisaurus. | Time | Very Rare | ![]() |
Protoavis texensis | Late Triassic | Texas, United States | carnivore | It was originally described as a Triassic bird, but it is now believed that its holotype is a mix of fossils of different animals. One of those may have been an early theropod, an actual early relative of birds! | Time | Super Rare | ![]() |
Puertasaurus reuili | Late Cretaceous | Argentina | herbivore | Although it is only known from a few bones, their size suggests it may have been one of the largest dinosaurs of all time! | Time | Common | ![]() |
Qianzhousaurus sinensis | Late Cretaceous | China | carnivore | Its snout was longer than most tyrannosaurs', so it was nicknamed "Pinocchio rex"! | Earth | Uncommon | ![]() |
Qinlingosaurus luonanensis | Late Cretaceous | China | herbivore | Not a lot is known about this sauropod, such as its precise classification. However, due to its age, it is likely a titanosaur. | Air | Very Rare | ![]() |
Ratchasimasaurus suranareae | Early Cretaceous | Thailand | herbivore | It lived with two other iguanodonts, but can't be readily distinguished from them (or other iguanodonts, for that matter) | Earth | Super Rare | ![]() |
Rayososaurus agrioensis | Late Cretaceous | Argentina | herbivore | It greatly resembled the African Rebbachisaurus, but it was much smaller and lived on another continent. | Earth | Common | ![]() |
Rhabdodon priscus | Late Cretaceous | France | herbivore | Its fossils, as well as those of its relatives, have been found in many countries in Europe. | Time | Very Rare | ![]() |
Rhoetosaurus brownei | Late Jurassic | Australia | herbivore | It is one of the most completely known sauropods from Australia. | Time | Rare | ![]() |
Rinchenia mongoliensis | Late Cretaceous | Mongolia | omnivore | Its name refers to the first name of Mongolian paleontologist Rinchen Barsbold. Funnily enough, another dinosaur, Barsboldia, honors his last name! | Time | Super Rare | ![]() |
Rugocaudia cooneyi | Early Cretaceous | Montana, United States | herbivore | It was declared dubious within months of its original description. | Fire | Very Rare | ![]() |
Rugops primus | Late Cretaceous | Niger | carnivore | Because it was the smallest carnivore in an environment filled with 10+ meter (33+ foot)-long hunters, it can be hypothesized that it scavenged the leftovers of the giants' kills. | Ice | Uncommon | ![]() |
Saurolophus osborni | Late Cretaceous | Alberta, Canada | herbivore | Another species, S. angustirostris, lived in Mongolia, making Saurolophus one of few dinosaurs proven to have lived on two continents! | Earth | Rare | ![]() |
Saurornithoides mongoliensis | Late Cretaceous | Mongolia | omnivore | This troodontid's name means "bird-like lizard" because of its bird-like skull. | Ice | Medium Rare | ![]() |
Saurornitholestes langstoni | Late Cretaceous | Alberta, Canada | carnivore | Although a subfamily Saurornitholestinae has been named for it, some scientists believe it actually belongs in the Velociraptorinae, Dromaeosaurinae, or is not closely related to any other dromaeosaur. | Nature | Super Rare | ![]() |
Shunosaurus lii | Late Jurassic | China | herbivore | This short-necked sauropod had a club on its tail, just like an ankylosaur! | Water | Legendary | ![]() |
Siamraptor suwati | Early Cretaceous | Thailand | carnivore | It was a basal member of the Carcharodontosauria, related to Carcharodontosaurus and Neovenator. | Nature | Super Rare | ![]() |
Sigilmassasaurus brevicollis | Late Cretaceous | Morocco | carnivore | It has a complicated relationship with its contemporary, Spinosaurus; scientists don't exactly know which fossils belong to whom, and it's unknown if Sigilmassasaurus is separate from or the same as one (or both) species of Spinosaurus. | Fire | Very Common | ![]() |
Sinornithosaurus millenii | Early Cretaceous | China | carnivore | Some people once thought it was venomous, but the evidence for that has been discredited. But we can still speculate... | Ice | Legendary | |
Stegopelta landerensis | Late Cretaceous | Wyoming, United States | herbivore | Its fossils were recovered from the same formation as the more well-known Nodosaurus. | Earth | Very Rare | ![]() |
Stegosaurus stenops | Late Jurassic | Colorado, United States | herbivore | Possibly the most famous Miracusaur, it has been a staple of dinosaur books for years. It is well known for its impressive plates and spikes. | Earth | Uncommon | ![]() |
Suchosaurus cultridens | Early Cretaceous | England | carnivore | Known only from teeth, it may be the same as the more well-known Baryonyx. | Earth | Common | ![]() |
Tanius sinensis | Late Cretaceous | China | herbivore | It was but one of the many non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroids that lived in East Asia during the latter part of the Late Cretaceous. | Earth | Uncommon | ![]() |
Tatankaceratops sacrisonorum | Late Cretaceous | South Dakota, United States | herbivore | It is very likely just a juvenile Triceratops with some sort of disorder, possibly dwarfism or stunted growth. | Earth | Very Rare | ![]() |
Tendaguria tanzaniensis | Late Jurassic | Tanzania | herbivore | For years, its classification has remained uncertain, but recently scientists agreed that it was probably a turiasaur. | Fire | Legendary | ![]() |
Thecospondylus horneri | Early Cretaceous | England | carnivore | This creature is the definition of indeterminate; scientists don't even know if it's a sauropodomorph, ornithischian, or theropod! The most recent review found it to be a coelurid theropod, but that was done in 1909! | Air | Medium Rare | ![]() |
Tochisaurus nemegtensis | Late Cretaceous | Mongolia | omnivore | Its name means "ostrich lizard" because it walked on only two toes. | Fire | Rare | ![]() |
Trinisaura santamartaensis | Late Cretaceous | Antarctica | herbivore | It was the first ornithopod from Antarctica to receive a valid name. | Nature | Super Rare | ![]() |
Tsaagan mangas | Late Cretaceous | Mongolia | carnivore | Its fossils were originally thought to belong to Velociraptor, but now it looks like it's more closely related to Linheraptor. | Time | Very Common | ![]() |
Unaysaurus tolentinoi | Late Triassic | Brazil | herbivore | The family Unaysauridae was created for it in 2018. Before that, it was placed in the family Plateosauridae. | Air | Rare | ![]() |
Wulatelong gobiensis | Late Cretaceous | China | omnivore | The proportions of its head and body are unknown; one artist has reconstructed it with both small and large heads. | Nature | Medium Rare | ![]() |
Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis | Late Jurassic | China | carnivore | It was the largest member of the metriacanthosaurids, a group of basal allosauroids. | Fire | Very Rare | ![]() |
Yi qi | Late Jurassic | China | carnivore | Unlike most coelurosaurs, which had feathered wings, Yi's wings were membranous, like a bat's! | Air | Very Rare | ![]() |
Yimenosaurus youngi | Early Jurassic | China | herbivore | It may be the only genus, barring Plateosaurus itself, that belongs in the Plateosauridae. | Time | Very Common | ![]() |
Zanabazar junior | Late Cretaceous | Mongolia | omnivore | This ironically large troodontid was originally thought to be a species of Saurornithoides. | Time | Very Rare | ![]() |
Zapalasaurus bonapartei | Early Cretaceous | Argentina | herbivore | Not much is known about this rebbachisaur, which was a contemporary of the more famous Amargasaurus. | Earth | Rare | ![]() |
Zhuchengtitan zangjiazhuangensis | Late Cretaceous | China | herbivore | The convoluted species name refers to the Zangjiazhuang Quarry where its fossils were recovered from. | Earth | Super Rare | ![]() |
Zhuchengtyrannus magnus | Late Cretaceous | China | carnivore | Together with Tarbosaurus, it was one of the largest tyrannosaurids known from Asia. | Space | Common | ![]() |
Zuoyunlong huangi | Late Cretaceous | China | herbivore | Although its name first appeared on the Internet in 2015, it was only validly published in 2017! | Space | Rare | ![]() |
Zuul crurivastator | Late Cretaceous | Montana, United States | herbivore | Its full name translates to "Zuul, destroyer of shins", named after a character in Ghostbusters and the fact that its tail club could break a predator's legs! | Space | Medium Rare | ![]() |