What are Some Different Types of Dinosaur?

Dinosaurs are a group of animals that lived from about 235 million to 65 million years ago and can stand upright on their hind limbs. They have dominated the global terrestrial ecosystem for more than 160 million years. Most dinosaurs have become extinct, but the offspring of dinosaurs, birds, have survived and reproduced.

Dinosaurs were initially listed as a reptile, but now they are independent. According to the structure of the bone plate, it can be divided into
Many paleontologists believe that dinosaurs form a single animal group, the dinosaur class (Dinosauria). The biggest difference between them and reptiles is their standing posture and travel style. The dinosaur has a completely upright posture with its limbs built on it

Dinosaur heads

[Class Dinosauria (Owen), 1841]

Dinosaurs

[Order Saurischia Seeley, 1888]

Theropod theropod

Suborder Theropoda Marsh, 1881

Dinosaurs

Infraorder Coelurosauria Huene, 1914
Family Podokesauridae Huene, 1914
Lukousaurus yini Young, 1848
Family Coeluridae Marsh, 1881
Broken Chinese Bone Dragon Sinocoelurus fragilis Young, 1942
Chuandongocoelurus primitivus He, 1984
Family Ornithomimidae Marsh, 1890
Archaeornithomimus asiatiicus (Gilmore, 1933), Russell, 1972
Family Oviraptoridae Barshold, 1976
Oviraptor philoceratop Osborn, 1924
Family Dromaeosauridae Mattew et Brown, 1922
Eric Agile Dragon Phaerolosaurus ilikensis Dong, 1973
Tugulusaurus faciles Dong, 1973
EloMongolian galloping dragon Velociraptor mongoliensis Osborn, 1924
Broken Toothosaurus [2]

Dinosaurs Carnivora

Infraorder Carnosauria von Huene, 1920
Megalodontosaurus
Family Megalosauridae Huxley, 1870
Sinosaurus triassicus Young, 1948
Chinese Dilophosaurus sinensis Hu, 1992
Gasosaurus constructus Dong et Tang, 1985
Xuanhanosaurus qilixiaensis Dong, 1984
Family Allosauridae Marsh, 1879
Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis Dong et. Al., 1978
Giant Yongchuanosaurus Yangchuanosaurus magus Dong et. Al., 1983
Szechuanosaurus campi Young, 1942
Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Dong, 1973
Chilantaisaurus tashikouensis Hu, 1964
Chiantaisaurus maortuensis Hu, 1964
ChiChilantaisaurus zhejiangensis Dong, 1979
Chingkankousaurus fragilis Young, 1958
Guangxi Protoinodon Kwangshiensis Hou et. Al., 1975
Family Shanshanosauridae Dong, 1977
Flame Mountain Shanshanosaurus huoyanshanensis Dong, 1977
Family Tyrannosauridae Osborn, 1905
Albertosaurus periculosus Riabinin, 1930
LectAurosaurus olseni Gilmore, 1933
? Proverb ? Tyrannosaurus luanchuanensis Dong, 1979
Tyrannosaurus cf. T. rex Hu, 1973
Tarbosaurus sp. Maleev, 1955

Sauropods

Suborder Sauropodomorpha von Huene, 1932

Protosaurian

Infraorder Prosauropoda von Huene, 1920
Family Platesauridae Marsh, 1895
Lufengosaurus huenei Young, 1941
Lufengosaurus magnus Young, 1947
Family Yunnanosauridae Young, 1942
Yunnanosaurus huangi Young, 1942
Yunnanosaurus magnus Young, 1947
Family Anchisauridae Marsh, 1885
Chinese Anchisaurus (Gyposaurus) sinensis Young, 1941
Family Melanrosauridae von Huene, 1929
Chinshakiangosaurus zhongheensis Elaao, 1956

Sauropods

Infraorder Sauropoda Marsh, 1878
Family Camarasauridae Cope, 1877
Subfamily Shunosaurinae Mclntosh, 1990
Kunmingosaurus wudingensis Zhao, 1985
Protognathosaurus oxyodon (Zhang, 188) Olshevsky, 1991
Sanpasaurus yoai Young, 1944
Zizhongosaurus chuanchengensis Dong et al., 1983
Shunosaurus lii Dong, et. Al., 1983
Subfamily Cetiosaurinae Ly dekker, 1888
Datousaurus bashanensis Dong et Tang, 1984
Subfamily Bellusaurinae Dong, 1986
Family Mamenchisauridae Young et Chao, 1972
Subfamily Mamenchisaurinae Dong, 1992
Genus Omeisaurus Young, 1939
Omeisaurus junghsiensis Young, Zherong County, 1939
Omeisaurus fuxiensis Dong et. Al., 1983
Omeisaurus tianfuensis He et. Al., 1984
Miluoquan Emeilong Omeisaurus luoquanensis Li, 1988
Genus Mamenchisaurus Young, 1954
Mamenchisaurus constructus Young, 1954
Manenchisaurus hochuanensis Young et Zhao, 1972
Subfamily Euhelopodinae Romer, 1956
Tienshanosaurus chitaiensis Young, 1937
Klamelisaurus gobiensis Zhao, 1993
Chiayusaurus lacstris Bohlin, 1953
Euhelopus zdanskyi Wiman, 1929
Asiatosaurus kwangshiensis Hou et. Al., 1975
Mongolosaurus hoplodon Gilmore, 1933
Family Diplodocidae Marsh, 1884
Subfamily Titanosaurinae Nopcsa, 1928
Nemegtosaurus pachi Dong, 1977 [3]

Dinosaurs

[Order Ornithischia Seeley, 1887]

Ornithopoda

Suborder ornithopoda Marsh, 1871
Family Heterodontosauridae Romer, 1966
Diachongosaurus lufengensis Young, 1982
Family Hypsilophodontidae Dollo, 1882
? Miaolong Xiaosaurus dashanpensis Dong et Tang, 1984
Yandusurus hungheensis He, 1979
Gongbusaurus shiyii Dong et.al., 1983
Gongbusaurus wucalwanensis Dong, 1989
Agilisaurus louderbacki Peng, 1990
Family Iguanodontidae Cope, 1869
Genus Probactrosaurus Rozhdestvensky, 1966
Probactrosaurus gobiensis Rozhdestvensky, 1966
Alxa Probactrosaurus alashanicus Rozhdestvensky, 1966
Family Hadrosauridae Cope, 1869
Subfamily Hadrosaurinae Lambe, 1918
Bactrosaurus johnsoni Glmore, 1933
Heilongjiang Manzhoulong Mandschurosaurus amurensis Riabinin, 1930
Gilmoreosaurus mongoliensis Brett-Surman, 1975
Genus Tanius Wiman, 1929
Tanius sinensis Wiman, 1929
Tanius chingkankoensis Young, 1958
Tanius laiyangensis Zhen, 1976
Microhadrosaurus nanshiungensis Dong, 1979
Giant Shandong Dragon Shantungosaurus giganteus Hu, 1974
Subfamily Saurolophinae Brown, 1914
Jaxartosaurus fuyanensis Wu, 1972
Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus Young, 1958

Stegosaurus

Suborder stegosauria Marsh, 1880
Family Huayangosauridae Galton, 1990
Tatisaurus oehleri Simmons, 1965
Huayangosaurus taibaii Dong, et. Al., 1982
Family stegosauridae Marsh, 1877
Stegosaurides excavatus Bohlin, 1953
Chialingosaurus kuani Young, 1959
Tuojiangosaurus multispinus Dong, et. Al., 1977
Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis Dong, et al., 1983
Wuerhosaurus homheni Dong, 1973
Monokosaurus lawulacus Chao, 1983 [4]

Ankylosaurus

Suborder Ankylosauria Osborn, 1923
Family Ankylosauridae Brown, 1903
Star Tianchiasaurus nedegoapeferima Dong, 1993
Peishansaurus philemys Bohlin, 1953
Kariya Painted Dragon Pinacosaurus grangeri Gilmore, 1933
Sauroplites scutiger Bohlin, 1953
Heishanosaurus pachycephalus Bohlin, 1953

Ceratosaurid

Suborder Ceratopsia Marsh, 1890
Family chaoyangosauridae Zhao, 1983
Chaoyangosaurus liaoxinensis Zhao, 1983
Family Psittacosauridae Osborn, 1924
Psittacosaurus mongoliensis Osborn, 1923
Chinese parrot-billed dragon Psittacosaurus sinensiss Young, 1953
Psittacosaurus osborni Young, 1931
Psittacosaurus gugangensis Zhen, 1981
Xinjiang Psittacosaurus xingiangensis Sereno et. Chao, 1988
Meller camp parrot-billed dragon Psittacosaurus meileyingensis Sereno et. Al., 1988
Family Protoceratopsidae G ranger et Gregory, 1923
Microceratops gobiensis Bohlin, 1953
Microcera tops sulcidens Bohlin, 1953
Protocera tops andrewsi Granger et Gregory, 1923

Dinosaur

Suborder Pachycephalosauria Osmolska et Maryans
Slow dragon
ky, 1976
Family Homalocephalidae Dong, 1978
Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis Dong, 1978
Xiuyan Temple Wannanosaurus yangsiensis Hou, 1977 [5]

Brachiosaurus

Order Segnosauria (Barsbold et Perly, 1980) Dong, 1992
Family Nanshiungosauridae Dong, 1995
Nanshiungosaurus brevisinus Dong, 1979 [6]

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