Herbivorous Dinosaurs

Explore the gentle giants that roamed the prehistoric world.

Amargasaurus

Amargasaurus was a unique sauropod with two parallel rows of long spines running down its neck and b...

Early Cretaceous (129-122 million years ago)

Ankylosaurus

Ankylosaurus was a heavily armored dinosaur, often described as a 'living tank' due to its thick bon...

Late Cretaceous (68-66 million years ago)

Apatosaurus

Apatosaurus, once known as Brontosaurus, was a massive long-necked sauropod that roamed North Americ...

Late Jurassic (152-151 million years ago)

Argentinosaurus

Argentinosaurus was possibly the largest land animal to ever exist, weighing as much as 10 elephants...

Late Cretaceous (97-93 million years ago)

Bajadasaurus

Bajadasaurus pronuspinax, the 'Lizard from Bajada with Forward-Spines', is famous for its bizarre mo...

Early Cretaceous (140 million years ago)

Borealopelta

Known as the 'Sleeping Dragon', Borealopelta markmitchelli is one of the most incredible fossils eve...

Early Cretaceous (110 million years ago)

Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus was a giant sauropod known for its extremely long neck and giraffe-like posture....

Late Jurassic (154-150 million years ago)

Brontosaurus

The 'Thunder Lizard' is back! Once thought to be the same as Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus has been decl...

Late Jurassic (156-146 million years ago)

Camarasaurus

Camarasaurus was the most common sauropod of the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation—a robust, no-nonse...

Late Jurassic (155-145 million years ago)

Chasmosaurus

Chasmosaurus, meaning 'opening lizard,' was a ceratopsian dinosaur famous for its enormous rectangul...

Late Cretaceous (76-73 million years ago)

Coelodonta (Woolly Rhinoceros)

The Woolly Rhinoceros was an Ice Age giant that roamed the frozen steppes alongside mammoths, armed ...

Pleistocene

Corythosaurus

Corythosaurus was a gentle giant of the Cretaceous, a duck-billed dinosaur famous for the magnificen...

Late Cretaceous (77-75 million years ago)

Crichtonsaurus

An armored ankylosaur from China named after Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton, featuring body a...

Late Cretaceous (95-89 million years ago)

Daeodon

Known as the 'Hell Pig,' Daeodon was a terrifying entelodont with bone-crushing jaws that dominated ...

Late Oligocene to Early Miocene (29-19 million years ago)

Deinocheirus

Deinocheirus (meaning 'Terrible Hand') was a mysterious giant for 50 years, known only by its massiv...

Late Cretaceous (70 million years ago)

Diplodocus

Diplodocus was a long-necked dinosaur with a whip-like tail, known for its massive length and relati...

Late Jurassic (154-152 million years ago)

Dracorex

Dracorex hogwartsia, the 'Dragon King of Hogwarts', looks exactly like a fairy-tale dragon. However,...

Late Cretaceous (66 million years ago)

Dreadnoughtus

Dreadnoughtus, meaning 'Fears Nothing', was a colossal titanosaur. It is one of the most complete su...

Late Cretaceous (77 million years ago)

Dryosaurus

Dryosaurus was a fleet-footed herbivore of the Jurassic, relying on its incredible speed and agility...

Late Jurassic (155-145 million years ago)

Edmontosaurus

Edmontosaurus was a massive duck-billed dinosaur that roamed in herds, famous for being the primary ...

Late Cretaceous (73-66 million years ago)

Eoraptor

Eoraptor is one of the earliest known dinosaurs, a small and primitive predator from the dawn of the...

Late Triassic (231-228 million years ago)

Euoplocephalus

Euoplocephalus was a walking tank, heavily armored from head to tail and equipped with a bone-shatte...

Late Cretaceous (76-70 million years ago)

Gallimimus

Gallimimus was one of the fastest dinosaurs, capable of running up to 60 km/h. This ostrich-like omn...

Late Cretaceous

Gigantoraptor

Gigantoraptor is the largest known oviraptorosaur, a colossal bird-like dinosaur that challenges our...

Late Cretaceous (85 million years ago)

Gigantspinosaurus

Gigantspinosaurus was a remarkable stegosaur from Late Jurassic China, famous for possessing the lar...

Late Jurassic (160-155 million years ago)

Hadrosaurus

Hadrosaurus foulkii was the first nearly complete dinosaur skeleton ever found in North America and ...

Late Cretaceous (80-78 million years ago)

Homalocephale

Homalocephale, the 'flat-headed' dinosaur, was a unique pachycephalosaur known for its wide hips and...

Late Cretaceous (70 million years ago)

Iguanodon

Iguanodon is a scientific pioneer—the second dinosaur ever named. It is famous for the large, sharp ...

Early Cretaceous (126-125 million years ago)

Jakapil

Jakapil kaniukura, meaning 'Shield Bearer', is a bizarre little dinosaur. It was an armored, bipedal...

Late Cretaceous (95 million years ago)

Kentrosaurus

Kentrosaurus was a heavily armored relative of Stegosaurus, covered in long, defensive spikes....

Late Jurassic (152 million years ago)

Lambeosaurus

Lambeosaurus was a massive duck-billed dinosaur distinguished by its unique hatchet-shaped hollow cr...

Late Cretaceous (75 million years ago)

Lystrosaurus

Lystrosaurus was the ultimate survivor. This pig-like dicynodont survived the worst mass extinction ...

Early Triassic (250 million years ago)

Maiasaura

Maiasaura, the 'Good Mother Lizard', revolutionized paleontology by proving that dinosaurs were cari...

Late Cretaceous (77 million years ago)

Mamenchisaurus

Mamenchisaurus is famous for having the longest neck relative to body size of any dinosaur, with a n...

Late Jurassic (160-145 million years ago)

Mammuthus

The Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is the icon of the Ice Age. Covered in thick fur and arme...

Pleistocene (5 million - 4,000 years ago)

Megatherium

Megatherium was a giant ground sloth the size of an elephant, one of the largest land mammals to eve...

Pliocene to Pleistocene (5 million - 10,000 years ago)

Microceratus

Microceratus, formerly known as Microceratops, is one of the smallest ceratopsians. This tiny herbiv...

Late Cretaceous (90 million years ago)

Minmi

Minmi is one of the most complete dinosaurs from Australia. This small armored tank had a unique 'ba...

Early Cretaceous (120-112 million years ago)

Muttaburrasaurus

Muttaburrasaurus is one of the most complete dinosaurs ever found in Australia—a large ornithopod wi...

Early Cretaceous (103-95 million years ago)

Nasutoceratops

A distinctive ceratopsian known for its bull-like horns and large nose, Nasutoceratops roamed the sw...

Late Cretaceous

Nigersaurus

Nigersaurus, the 'Mesozoic Cow', is famous for its bizarre wide mouth containing over 500 teeth, des...

Early Cretaceous (115-105 million years ago)

Nodosaurus

Nodosaurus was the original armored dinosaur that gave its name to the entire nodosauridae family, f...

Late Cretaceous (98-96 million years ago)

Olorotitan

Olorotitan, the 'Giant Swan,' was a spectacular lambeosaurine hadrosaur with an elaborate hatchet-sh...

Late Cretaceous (70-66 million years ago)

Ornithomimus

Ornithomimus was a fleet-footed, ostrich-like dinosaur that combined blazing speed with a surprising...

Late Cretaceous (76-66 million years ago)

Ouranosaurus

An unusual iguanodontian from Africa, Ouranosaurus is famous for the tall neural spines forming a sa...

Early Cretaceous

Oviraptor

Oviraptor, the misunderstood egg thief, was actually a caring parent protecting its own eggs. This f...

Late Cretaceous

Pachycephalosaurus

Pachycephalosaurus was the largest of the bone-headed dinosaurs—a bipedal herbivore crowned with a d...

Late Cretaceous (70-66 million years ago)

Pachyrhinosaurus

Pachyrhinosaurus, the 'Thick-Nosed Lizard', traded horns for a massive bony boss on its nose, making...

Late Cretaceous (70 million years ago)

Paraceratherium

The largest land mammal that ever lived, a hornless rhinoceros relative that towered over the Oligoc...

Oligocene (34-23 million years ago)

Parasaurolophus

Parasaurolophus is famous for its long, tube-like crest on its head, which it used for communication...

Late Cretaceous (76-73 million years ago)

Patagotitan

Patagotitan is a contender for the largest land animal of all time. This colossal titanosaur shook t...

Late Cretaceous (101 million years ago)

Plateosaurus

Plateosaurus, the 'Broad Lizard', was one of the very first large dinosaurs. A precursor to the gian...

Late Triassic (214-204 million years ago)

Pentaceratops

Pentaceratops bore one of the largest skulls of any land animal in Earth's history—a massive, elabor...

Late Cretaceous (76-73 million years ago)

Polacanthus

Polacanthus was a heavily armored and spiky dinosaur from the Isle of Wight, featuring rows of large...

Early Cretaceous (130-125 million years ago)

Protoceratops

Protoceratops, the 'First Horned Face', was a sheep-sized dinosaur famous for its large neck frill a...

Late Cretaceous (75-71 million years ago)

Psittacosaurus

Psittacosaurus, the 'Parrot Lizard', is one of the most well-understood dinosaurs ever found. It was...

Early Cretaceous (126-101 million years ago)

Sauropelta

Sauropelta, meaning 'lizard shield,' was one of the largest and best-known nodosaurs, equipped with ...

Early Cretaceous (115-108 million years ago)

Sauroposeidon

Sauroposeidon was one of the tallest and most massive dinosaurs ever discovered—a towering brachiosa...

Early Cretaceous (112-110 million years ago)

Sinoceratops

Sinoceratops is famous for being the first large ceratopsian discovered in China. It gained worldwid...

Late Cretaceous (73 million years ago)

Stegosaurus

Stegosaurus is famous for the double row of armor plates along its back and its spiked tail....

Late Jurassic (155-150 million years ago)

Struthiomimus

Struthiomimus, the 'Ostrich Mimic', was one of the fastest dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous. With it...

Late Cretaceous (76-66 million years ago)

Stygimoloch

Stygimoloch, often appearing as 'Stiggy' in movies, is a small pachycephalosaur known for its crown ...

Late Cretaceous (66 million years ago)

Styracosaurus

Styracosaurus was a spectacular horned dinosaur with a crown of long spikes radiating from its frill...

Late Cretaceous

Supersaurus

Supersaurus was one of the longest dinosaurs ever discovered—a colossal sauropod that stretched over...

Late Jurassic (153-145 million years ago)

Tapejara

Tapejara wellnhoferi is unmistakable due to its massive, sail-like head crest. This Brazilian pteros...

Early Cretaceous (110 million years ago)

Therizinosaurus

Therizinosaurus, the 'Scythe Lizard,' is famous for having the longest claws of any animal in histor...

Late Cretaceous (70 million years ago)

Torosaurus

Torosaurus possessed the largest skull of any known land animal, with a magnificent frill stretching...

Late Cretaceous (68-66 million years ago)

Triceratops

Triceratops is one of the most recognizable dinosaurs, famous for its three horns and massive bony f...

Late Cretaceous (68-66 million years ago)

Troodon

Troodon is famous for being the 'smartest dinosaur' due to its large brain size. A small, agile hunt...

Late Cretaceous (77-76 million years ago)

Tsintaosaurus

Tsintaosaurus, the 'Unicorn Dinosaur,' was a lambeosaurine hadrosaur famous for its unusual forward-...

Late Cretaceous (76-70 million years ago)

Zuul

Named after the 'Gatekeeper of Gozer' from Ghostbusters, Zuul crurivastator is one of the most compl...

Late Cretaceous (75 million years ago)