Dinosauria

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of warmblooded reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They existed through most of the Mesozoic era, first appearing early in the Triassic period. They became the dominant terrestrial vertebrates after the Triassic–Jurassic extinction event 201.3 mya and their dominance continued throughout the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. The fossil record shows that birds are feathered dinosaurs, having evolved from earlier theropods during the Late Jurassic epoch, and are the only dinosaur lineage known to have survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event approximately 66 mya. Dinosaurs can therefore be divided into avian dinosaurs—birds—and the extinct non-avian dinosaurs, which are all dinosaurs other than birds.

Dinosauria

Sam / Olai Ose / Skjaervoy from Zhangjiagang, China · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
dinosaurPBDB
Sits inside
DinosauriformesPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Diapsida

Time the record covers

At least 236 million years on record.

The record covers at least 237 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 247 Mya to 0 Mya.

Early Triassic — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 19 of 12000 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 378 of 12000 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 646 of 12000 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 314 of 12000 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 1203 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 2014 of 12000 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 5367 of 12000 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 26 of 12000 occurrencesEocene — about 203 of 12000 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 94 of 12000 occurrencesMiocene — about 394 of 12000 occurrencesPliocene — about 280 of 12000 occurrencesPleistocene — about 967 of 12000 occurrences252–244 Mya — about 6 occurrences244–235 Mya — about 21 occurrences235–227 Mya — about 46 occurrences227–218 Mya — about 100 occurrences218–210 Mya — about 112 occurrences210–202 Mya — about 110 occurrences202–193 Mya — about 489 occurrences193–185 Mya — about 96 occurrences185–176 Mya — about 53 occurrences176–168 Mya — about 84 occurrences168–160 Mya — about 259 occurrences160–151 Mya — about 357 occurrences151–143 Mya — about 834 occurrences143–134 Mya — about 236 occurrences134–126 Mya — about 189 occurrences126–118 Mya — about 627 occurrences118–109 Mya — about 522 occurrences109–101 Mya — about 417 occurrences101–92 Mya — about 502 occurrences92–84 Mya — about 399 occurrences84–76 Mya — about 1742 occurrences76–67 Mya — about 2353 occurrences67–59 Mya — about 402 occurrences59–50 Mya — about 81 occurrences50–42 Mya — about 52 occurrences42–34 Mya — about 81 occurrences34–25 Mya — about 72 occurrences25–17 Mya — about 123 occurrences17–8.4 Mya — about 188 occurrences8.4–0 Mya — about 1446 occurrences237 Mya11.7 ka252 Mya0 Mya

12,000+ occurrences of Dinosauria on record. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

12,000 occurrences read

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. The read hit its cap, so every figure above is a floor and the shares are of the occurrences read. More on what this infers.

Found in

at least 1082 formations

  • Morrison FormationColorado, Wyoming, Utah · US · 165.3–143.1 Mya629
  • Dinosaur Park Formation · Belly River GroupAlberta, Saskatchewan · CA · 83.6–72.2 Mya547
  • Hell Creek Formation · Montana GroupMontana, South Dakota, North Dakota · US · 72.2–66 Mya532
  • Fruitland/Kirtland FormationNew Mexico · US · 83.6–72.2 Mya256
  • Oldman Formation · Belly River GroupAlberta · CA · 83.6–72.2 Mya253
  • Lance Formation · Montana GroupWyoming, South Dakota, Utah · US · 72.2–66 Mya217
Morrison — 39.07°N, 108.70°WMorrison — 41.89°N, 106.04°WMorrison — 42.04°N, 106.39°WMorrison — 39.65°N, 105.19°WMorrison — 42.15°N, 105.92°WMorrison — 42.02°N, 106.05°WMorrison — 43.38°N, 108.12°WMorrison — 43.63°N, 108.20°WMorrison — 40.42°N, 109.21°WMorrison — 35.20°N, 107.13°WMorrison — 40.44°N, 109.30°WMorrison — 38.12°N, 109.32°WMorrison — 38.54°N, 105.22°WMorrison — 38.81°N, 108.39°WMorrison — 34.94°N, 107.13°WMorrison — 43.43°N, 103.69°WMorrison — 45.25°N, 108.75°WMorrison — 36.21°N, 103.63°WMorrison — 35.32°N, 106.94°WMorrison — 35.56°N, 106.77°WMorrison — 35.60°N, 103.74°WMorrison — 38.45°N, 107.40°WMorrison — 41.98°N, 106.14°WMorrison — 41.88°N, 106.08°WMorrison — 39.24°N, 109.00°WMorrison — 38.58°N, 108.40°WMorrison — 44.54°N, 107.78°WMorrison — 44.65°N, 107.82°WMorrison — 41.97°N, 106.29°WMorrison — 38.73°N, 111.27°WMorrison — 38.85°N, 108.48°WMorrison — 38.55°N, 105.24°WMorrison — 42.55°N, 106.69°WMorrison — 43.65°N, 106.78°WMorrison — 36.90°N, 102.83°WMorrison — 40.53°N, 109.39°WMorrison — 36.93°N, 102.97°WMorrison — 39.17°N, 109.25°WMorrison — 38.54°N, 106.81°WMorrison — 38.64°N, 108.19°WMorrison — 45.54°N, 110.62°WMorrison — 44.47°N, 103.31°WMorrison — 39.01°N, 110.37°WMorrison — 44.53°N, 103.83°WMorrison — 44.18°N, 103.34°WMorrison — 43.41°N, 103.41°WMorrison — 44.46°N, 104.73°WMorrison — 44.25°N, 104.41°WMorrison — 39.15°N, 108.77°WMorrison — 39.32°N, 110.69°WMorrison — 45.45°N, 108.10°WMorrison — 35.32°N, 106.31°WMorrison — 35.58°N, 106.94°WMorrison — 40.09°N, 105.94°WMorrison — 37.53°N, 103.68°WMorrison — 37.78°N, 103.46°WMorrison — 38.81°N, 108.32°WMorrison — 40.47°N, 109.18°WMorrison — 38.32°N, 108.83°WMorrison — 43.63°N, 110.53°WDinosaur Park — 50.74°N, 111.53°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.46°WDinosaur Park — 50.72°N, 111.56°WDinosaur Park — 50.79°N, 111.60°WDinosaur Park — 50.81°N, 111.32°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.40°WDinosaur Park — 49.95°N, 110.27°WDinosaur Park — 50.73°N, 111.30°WDinosaur Park — 49.12°N, 110.47°WDinosaur Park — 50.73°N, 111.80°WDinosaur Park — 50.13°N, 111.69°WDinosaur Park — 50.76°N, 110.02°WDinosaur Park — 50.41°N, 110.29°WDinosaur Park — 50.40°N, 111.10°WDinosaur Park — 49.14°N, 110.42°WDinosaur Park — 50.60°N, 111.62°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.40°WDinosaur Park — 50.57°N, 111.51°WDinosaur Park — 50.82°N, 111.86°WDinosaur Park — 51.95°N, 112.93°WDinosaur Park — 49.99°N, 111.42°WDinosaur Park — 51.56°N, 108.14°WDinosaur Park — 49.45°N, 110.82°WDinosaur Park — 51.44°N, 110.39°WDinosaur Park — 51.47°N, 110.39°WDinosaur Park — 52.45°N, 109.17°WDinosaur Park — 49.35°N, 110.56°WDinosaur Park — 48.03°N, 110.24°WDinosaur Park — 50.82°N, 111.23°WHell Creek — 47.64°N, 106.57°WHell Creek — 47.70°N, 106.23°WHell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 47.68°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 45.14°N, 102.50°WHell Creek — 46.47°N, 104.02°WHell Creek — 47.54°N, 107.08°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.10°N, 103.30°WHell Creek — 45.98°N, 103.75°WHell Creek — 46.15°N, 103.81°WHell Creek — 46.18°N, 103.84°WHell Creek — 46.30°N, 103.98°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.94°WHell Creek — 46.38°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.45°N, 103.02°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 45.94°N, 103.95°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 107.10°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.40°WHell Creek — 45.55°N, 105.11°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 45.53°N, 101.63°WHell Creek — 47.88°N, 106.20°WHell Creek — 45.76°N, 104.95°WHell Creek — 47.62°N, 107.32°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 106.31°WHell Creek — 48.06°N, 105.40°WHell Creek — 47.53°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 45.85°N, 104.83°WHell Creek — 47.96°N, 106.46°WHell Creek — 47.84°N, 106.16°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.98°WHell Creek — 47.65°N, 106.65°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 106.38°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.25°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 107.18°WHell Creek — 47.07°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.23°WHell Creek — 47.73°N, 106.50°WHell Creek — 47.63°N, 106.20°WHell Creek — 47.64°N, 106.70°WHell Creek — 47.67°N, 106.27°WHell Creek — 45.46°N, 103.84°WHell Creek — 46.90°N, 101.50°WHell Creek — 45.50°N, 104.16°WHell Creek — 47.81°N, 106.28°WHell Creek — 47.68°N, 105.98°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 106.76°WHell Creek — 46.09°N, 100.63°WHell Creek — 47.10°N, 104.66°WHell Creek — 45.87°N, 103.79°WHell Creek — 45.65°N, 103.62°WHell Creek — 45.89°N, 104.55°WHell Creek — 46.26°N, 105.12°WHell Creek — 45.10°N, 102.09°WHell Creek — 47.66°N, 107.34°WHell Creek — 45.59°N, 104.91°WHell Creek — 45.06°N, 103.45°WHell Creek — 47.58°N, 106.92°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.29°N, 108.10°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.27°N, 108.23°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.19°N, 108.09°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.06°N, 107.96°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.33°N, 108.05°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.28°N, 108.26°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.02°N, 107.64°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.15°N, 107.83°WFruitland/Kirtland — 35.91°N, 106.54°WFruitland/Kirtland — 35.97°N, 107.50°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.17°N, 107.96°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.17°N, 107.94°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.02°N, 107.80°WFruitland/Kirtland — 35.90°N, 107.46°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.24°N, 108.19°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.14°N, 108.11°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.10°N, 107.85°WFruitland/Kirtland — 35.46°N, 108.66°WFruitland/Kirtland — 35.92°N, 107.39°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.84°N, 107.77°WFruitland/Kirtland — 35.91°N, 107.21°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.68°WOldman — 50.75°N, 111.49°WOldman — 50.73°N, 111.80°WOldman — 50.63°N, 111.62°WOldman — 49.10°N, 110.94°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.84°WOldman — 49.16°N, 110.72°WOldman — 50.83°N, 111.32°WOldman — 49.20°N, 110.60°WOldman — 50.81°N, 111.63°WOldman — 50.90°N, 111.80°WOldman — 50.72°N, 111.48°WOldman — 50.69°N, 111.62°WOldman — 49.28°N, 112.58°WOldman — 49.14°N, 112.58°WOldman — 49.28°N, 112.20°WOldman — 50.72°N, 111.40°WOldman — 50.47°N, 110.39°WOldman — 50.75°N, 111.42°WOldman — 50.71°N, 110.13°WOldman — 49.36°N, 110.58°WOldman — 50.64°N, 110.91°WOldman — 50.45°N, 111.12°WLance — 43.35°N, 104.48°WLance — 43.12°N, 104.64°WLance — 44.24°N, 109.02°WLance — 43.49°N, 104.46°WLance — 43.30°N, 104.37°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.67°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.65°WLance — 41.64°N, 107.65°WLance — 43.13°N, 104.49°WLance — 43.00°N, 104.50°WLance — 43.17°N, 104.57°WLance — 43.44°N, 104.41°WLance — 42.20°N, 104.46°WLance — 42.58°N, 105.39°WLance — 43.17°N, 104.91°WLance — 43.14°N, 104.91°WLance — 43.27°N, 104.59°WLance — 45.67°N, 101.48°WLance — 44.09°N, 109.18°WLance — 43.18°N, 104.53°WLance — 37.58°N, 111.83°WLance — 45.93°N, 103.92°WLance — 42.05°N, 106.84°WLance — 44.29°N, 108.84°WLance — 47.40°N, 108.27°WLance — 48.29°N, 105.84°WLance — 45.75°N, 101.20°WLance — 45.00°N, 103.18°WLance — 42.65°N, 105.24°WLance — 43.28°N, 104.67°WLance — 43.14°N, 104.71°WLance — 42.09°N, 106.88°WLance — 41.91°N, 104.20°WLance — 43.20°N, 104.66°WLance — 43.13°N, 104.07°WLance — 43.49°N, 104.61°WLance — 45.04°N, 108.80°WLance — 42.97°N, 105.53°WLance — 43.37°N, 104.70°WLance — 45.67°N, 101.39°WLance — 43.38°N, 104.47°WTendaguru — 9.71°S, 39.23°ETendaguru — 9.69°S, 39.25°ETendaguru — 9.79°S, 39.12°ETendaguru — 9.80°S, 39.31°ECloverly — 45.44°N, 108.14°WCloverly — 45.44°N, 108.16°WCloverly — 46.34°N, 109.69°WCloverly — 45.49°N, 108.52°WCloverly — 44.49°N, 107.86°WCloverly — 44.54°N, 108.01°WCloverly — 44.96°N, 108.30°WCloverly — 45.12°N, 108.71°WCloverly — 45.15°N, 108.73°WCloverly — 45.20°N, 108.81°WCloverly — 45.36°N, 108.75°WCloverly — 43.22°N, 107.57°WCloverly — 43.19°N, 107.69°WCloverly — 45.34°N, 108.81°WCloverly — 44.69°N, 108.24°WCloverly — 45.45°N, 108.10°WCloverly — 45.38°N, 108.26°WCloverly — 45.41°N, 108.04°WCloverly — 46.27°N, 109.89°WCloverly — 45.26°N, 108.41°WCloverly — 45.49°N, 108.73°WPortland — 41.57°N, 72.63°WPortland — 42.26°N, 72.57°WPortland — 41.81°N, 72.55°WPortland — 42.10°N, 72.59°WPortland — 41.90°N, 72.57°WPortland — 42.59°N, 72.60°WPortland — 42.61°N, 72.51°WPortland — 42.52°N, 72.55°WPortland — 41.73°N, 72.66°WPortland — 41.69°N, 72.64°WPortland — 42.17°N, 72.67°WPortland — 42.16°N, 72.58°WPortland — 41.55°N, 72.69°WTwo Medicine — 47.81°N, 112.18°WTwo Medicine — 47.82°N, 112.66°WTwo Medicine — 48.63°N, 113.75°WTwo Medicine — 48.48°N, 112.70°WTwo Medicine — 48.91°N, 112.64°WTwo Medicine — 48.97°N, 112.65°WTwo Medicine — 48.65°N, 112.97°WTwo Medicine — 47.77°N, 112.29°WTwo Medicine — 48.48°N, 112.58°WTwo Medicine — 48.46°N, 112.47°WTwo Medicine — 47.63°N, 112.58°WTwo Medicine — 47.99°N, 112.28°WTwo Medicine — 48.74°N, 112.73°WTwo Medicine — 48.30°N, 112.34°WTwo Medicine — 48.94°N, 112.65°WFerris — 42.16°N, 106.91°WFerris — 41.94°N, 106.88°WFerris — 41.80°N, 107.00°WFerris — 41.96°N, 106.89°WJudith River — 46.47°N, 109.30°WJudith River — 46.46°N, 109.41°WJudith River — 48.95°N, 110.62°WJudith River — 47.77°N, 108.95°WJudith River — 47.90°N, 109.00°WJudith River — 47.74°N, 109.62°WJudith River — 47.81°N, 109.59°WJudith River — 48.92°N, 110.58°WJudith River — 47.78°N, 109.38°WJudith River — 48.97°N, 110.93°WJudith River — 48.98°N, 110.45°WJudith River — 46.10°N, 109.10°WJudith River — 46.40°N, 109.66°WJudith River — 46.42°N, 109.27°WJudith River — 46.44°N, 109.83°WJudith River — 46.23°N, 108.98°WJudith River — 46.24°N, 109.59°WJudith River — 48.57°N, 109.99°WJudith River — 48.56°N, 107.78°WJudith River — 47.40°N, 109.65°WJudith River — 48.60°N, 107.90°WJudith River — 48.01°N, 108.91°WLameta — 21.18°N, 80.37°ELameta — 23.35°N, 80.37°ELameta — 23.17°N, 79.97°ELameta — 23.06°N, 73.34°ELameta — 17.33°N, 78.21°ELameta — 20.25°N, 79.10°ELameta — 20.90°N, 79.28°ELameta — 22.92°N, 79.32°ELameta — 20.75°N, 79.48°ELameta — 22.34°N, 74.79°ELameta — 23.10°N, 79.84°ELameta — 23.50°N, 81.56°ELameta — 23.03°N, 73.33°ELameta — 23.10°N, 73.38°ELameta — 22.86°N, 73.34°ELameta — 22.89°N, 74.28°ELameta — 22.96°N, 74.22°ELameta — 22.95°N, 74.14°ELameta — 22.25°N, 74.61°ELameta — 20.75°N, 79.42°ELameta — 22.13°N, 74.38°ELameta — 23.17°N, 79.95°ELameta — 22.98°N, 79.28°ELameta — 23.21°N, 80.10°ELameta — 23.34°N, 80.18°ELameta — 23.37°N, 80.46°ELameta — 21.00°N, 79.18°ELameta — 23.77°N, 78.72°ELameta — 23.09°N, 74.15°ELameta — 22.14°N, 74.71°ELameta — 20.35°N, 79.05°ELameta — 20.71°N, 79.29°ELameta — 23.17°N, 74.12°ELameta — 20.53°N, 79.27°EKirtland — 36.31°N, 108.08°WKirtland — 36.27°N, 108.17°WKirtland — 36.19°N, 107.89°WKirtland — 36.31°N, 108.05°WKirtland — 36.10°N, 108.09°WKirtland — 36.50°N, 108.08°WKirtland — 36.37°N, 108.26°WKirtland — 36.41°N, 108.35°WKirtland — 36.49°N, 108.57°WKirtland — 36.29°N, 108.55°WKirtland — 36.36°N, 108.57°WKirtland — 36.17°N, 107.80°WKirtland — 36.14°N, 107.80°WKirtland — 36.39°N, 108.07°WKirtland — 36.97°N, 108.17°WKirtland — 36.09°N, 108.01°WKirtland — 36.52°N, 108.41°WKirtland — 36.49°N, 108.32°WKirtland — 36.70°N, 108.30°WJindong — 34.91°N, 128.15°EJindong — 34.90°N, 128.15°EJindong — 34.99°N, 128.45°EJindong — 34.99°N, 128.40°EJindong — 35.07°N, 128.42°EJindong — 35.07°N, 128.28°EJindong — 34.97°N, 128.32°EJindong — 35.43°N, 128.52°EBissekty — 42.12°N, 62.66°EBissekty — 40.70°N, 72.60°EBissekty — 42.54°N, 63.30°EBissekty — 42.02°N, 63.30°EBissekty — 42.60°N, 63.47°EBissekty — 41.68°N, 63.82°EYorktown — 35.36°N, 76.82°WGlen Rose Limestone — 31.85°N, 98.62°WGlen Rose Limestone — 30.10°N, 98.42°WGlen Rose Limestone — 29.44°N, 100.12°WGlen Rose Limestone — 30.50°N, 99.40°WGlen Rose Limestone — 29.10°N, 99.44°WGlen Rose Limestone — 29.60°N, 99.12°WGlen Rose Limestone — 29.63°N, 99.26°WGlen Rose Limestone — 29.63°N, 99.42°WGlen Rose Limestone — 29.72°N, 99.00°WGlen Rose Limestone — 30.07°N, 99.33°WGlen Rose Limestone — 30.00°N, 99.11°WGlen Rose Limestone — 30.30°N, 99.05°WGlen Rose Limestone — 29.84°N, 98.22°WGlen Rose Limestone — 30.10°N, 98.50°WGlen Rose Limestone — 30.30°N, 98.30°WGlen Rose Limestone — 30.20°N, 97.98°WGlen Rose Limestone — 30.35°N, 97.79°WGlen Rose Limestone — 30.50°N, 97.91°WGlen Rose Limestone — 30.65°N, 97.67°WGlen Rose Limestone — 30.70°N, 98.09°WGlen Rose Limestone — 30.91°N, 98.03°WGlen Rose Limestone — 31.19°N, 98.13°WGlen Rose Limestone — 31.45°N, 98.25°WGlen Rose Limestone — 31.59°N, 98.13°WGlen Rose Limestone — 31.63°N, 98.21°WGlen Rose Limestone — 31.69°N, 98.38°WGlen Rose Limestone — 31.88°N, 97.63°WGlen Rose Limestone — 32.23°N, 97.76°WGlen Rose Limestone — 32.25°N, 97.81°WGlen Rose Limestone — 32.25°N, 97.72°WGlen Rose Limestone — 32.37°N, 97.69°WGlen Rose Limestone — 29.82°N, 98.77°WGlen Rose Limestone — 29.49°N, 99.21°WGlen Rose Limestone — 32.23°N, 98.23°WAguja — 29.14°N, 103.20°WAguja — 29.20°N, 103.55°WAguja — 29.32°N, 103.52°WAguja — 29.20°N, 103.20°WAguja — 29.25°N, 103.55°WElliot — 28.51°S, 28.62°EElliot — 30.57°S, 27.62°EElliot — 31.23°S, 27.00°EElliot — 30.95°S, 26.62°EElliot — 28.52°S, 28.42°EElliot — 28.62°S, 28.22°EElliot — 30.62°S, 27.17°EElliot — 31.08°S, 28.37°EElliot — 30.62°S, 27.35°EElliot — 30.55°S, 27.43°EElliot — 28.50°S, 28.23°EElliot — 30.70°S, 27.23°EElliot — 31.08°S, 26.78°EElliot — 26.18°S, 25.58°EElliot — 28.52°S, 29.17°EElliot — 29.11°S, 27.32°EElliot — 27.00°S, 26.98°EElliot — 28.35°S, 25.68°EElliot — 28.47°S, 27.82°EElliot — 30.57°S, 27.43°EElliot — 29.50°S, 27.45°EElliot — 28.98°S, 27.37°EElliot — 28.53°S, 28.50°EElliot — 30.62°S, 27.80°EElliot — 30.65°S, 26.00°EElliot — 29.22°S, 27.34°EElliot — 30.18°S, 28.59°EElliot — 30.43°S, 28.52°EElliot — 30.82°S, 27.70°EElliot — 31.15°S, 26.62°EElliot — 31.13°S, 27.10°EElliot — 30.63°S, 27.47°EElliot — 29.20°S, 27.43°EElliot — 29.13°S, 27.37°ECedar Mountain — 38.80°N, 111.17°WCedar Mountain — 38.83°N, 109.57°WCedar Mountain — 38.72°N, 109.69°WCedar Mountain — 38.78°N, 109.71°WCedar Mountain — 38.94°N, 111.07°WCedar Mountain — 39.14°N, 110.90°WCedar Mountain — 39.21°N, 111.02°WCedar Mountain — 39.16°N, 110.86°WCedar Mountain — 39.05°N, 111.04°WCedar Mountain — 38.81°N, 109.76°WCedar Mountain — 32.83°N, 109.57°WCedar Mountain — 38.91°N, 110.10°WCedar Mountain — 38.83°N, 109.47°WCedar Mountain — 39.00°N, 111.00°WCedar Mountain — 38.66°N, 111.24°WCedar Mountain — 39.18°N, 110.11°WCedar Mountain — 38.69°N, 111.26°WCedar Mountain — 38.90°N, 109.55°WDjadokhta — 44.25°N, 103.33°EDjadokhta — 44.20°N, 103.73°EDjadokhta — 43.66°N, 100.90°EDjadokhta — 44.00°N, 104.00°EDjadokhta — 44.22°N, 103.27°EDjadokhta — 44.13°N, 103.56°EDjadokhta — 42.08°N, 102.17°EYixian — 41.80°N, 120.73°EYixian — 41.60°N, 120.87°EYixian — 42.02°N, 125.06°EYixian — 39.88°N, 123.44°EYixian — 41.37°N, 124.68°EYixian — 41.13°N, 121.14°EYixian — 41.57°N, 119.33°EYixian — 41.37°N, 121.42°EYixian — 41.78°N, 120.76°EYixian — 41.53°N, 121.25°EYixian — 41.58°N, 120.95°EYixian — 41.60°N, 120.84°EYixian — 41.88°N, 116.56°EYixian — 41.24°N, 119.40°EYixian — 40.81°N, 119.80°EHorseshoe Canyon — 51.82°N, 112.98°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.54°N, 112.82°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.44°N, 112.70°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.93°N, 112.93°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.84°N, 112.78°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.55°N, 112.87°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.62°N, 112.87°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.80°N, 112.95°WHorseshoe Canyon — 50.90°N, 111.80°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.91°N, 113.01°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.65°N, 112.91°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.95°N, 112.90°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.75°N, 112.96°WHorseshoe Canyon — 50.79°N, 111.59°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.38°N, 112.52°WHorseshoe Canyon — 52.49°N, 112.18°WHorseshoe Canyon — 53.45°N, 113.55°W

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The named rock units Dinosauria has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. The read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 1,058 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,809 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

2,129 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 964 sites for Dinosauria, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

at least 3,454 references

Each of the 12,000 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. That read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 3,442 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content3

Picture of Dinosauria

Credit
Sam / Olai Ose / Skjaervoy from Zhangjiagang, China
Licence
CC BY-SA 2.0
Commercial use
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CT scan

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In Copyright
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Specimen
Dinosauria indet. · NHMUK:pal:PV R 38862

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
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CC0 Public Domain
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The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itDinosauriformes through timeThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Owen 1842)