Early Cretaceous
22 dinosaurs from this period.
Iguanodon
One of the first dinosaurs ever named (1825). Originally reconstructed as a lumbering quad...
10m · 4tDeinonychus
The dinosaur that revolutionized paleontology. John Ostrom described it in 1969, arguing i...
3.4m · 73kgAmargasaurus
A small sauropod with a dramatic double row of tall spines on its neck and back. The spine...
10m · 3tMicroraptor
A tiny four-winged dinosaur. Had long flight feathers on both its arms and legs, making it...
0.8m · 1kgBaryonyx
Discovered in 1983 in a Surrey clay pit. Had a crocodile-like snout and 96 cone-shaped tee...
10m · 2tUtahraptor
The largest known dromaeosaurid — essentially a giant Velociraptor the size of a grizzly b...
5.5m · 500kgKronosaurus
One of the largest pliosaurs, with a skull 2.5 meters long. Had massive, conical teeth des...
10m · 11tSuchomimus
A spinosaurid with a crocodile-like snout and over 100 conical teeth for catching fish. Ha...
11m · 3tAcrocanthosaurus
A giant predator with a ridge of tall spines running along its back and tail, tallest over...
11.5m · 5tConcavenator
A predator with a striking hump above its hips raised by two tower like vertebrae. Possibl...
6m · 600kgDilong
An early tyrannosauroid preserved with simple protofeathers. Proves tyrannosaurs descended...
2m · 25kgHypsilophodon
A small sprinter once thought to climb trees like a kangaroo. Anatomy proves it was a grou...
2m · 50kgIrritator
A spinosaurid named out of pure frustration after dealers glued fake bones onto its snout ...
8m · 2tLeaellynasaura
A small dinosaur that lived within the Antarctic Circle when Australia sat far to the sout...
1m · 10kgNigersaurus
A sauropod with a wide vacuum shaped muzzle packed with over 500 tiny teeth in some 50 col...
9m · 3tPatagotitan
Discovered when a rancher spotted a giant thigh bone jutting from a hill in 2014. Estimate...
37m · 57tPolacanthus
An armored English dinosaur protected by a solid shield of fused bone over the hips. Rows ...
4.5m · 1tPsittacosaurus
A parrot beaked early ceratopsian and one of the most completely known dinosaurs, with hun...
2m · 20kgSinornithosaurus
A feathered dromaeosaur preserving true branching feathers in tufts of varied shape. Sits ...
1.2m · 2kgSinosauropteryx
The first non bird dinosaur ever found with feathers, announced in 1996, launching a scien...
1m · 1kgTenontosaurus
A long tailed plant eater whose tail, stiffened by bony tendons, made up half its body len...
7m · 1tYutyrannus
The largest feathered animal known to science, with filaments up to 20 cm preserved across...
9m · 1t