List of Asian dinosaurs

This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from Asia, excluding India, which was part of a separate landmass for much of the Mesozoic (See List of Indian and Madagascan Dinosaurs for a list of Dinosaurs from India). This list does not include dinosaurs that live or lived after the Mesozoic era such as birds.

Criteria for inclusion

List of Asian dinosaurs

Valid genera

Name Year Formation Location Notes Images
Abdarainurus 2020 Alagteeg Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian)  Mongolia Inconsistent in phylogenetic placement; could represent an unknown lineage of macronarians
Abrosaurus 1989 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian)  China Had unusually large fenestrae
Achillobator 1999 Bayan Shireh Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian)  Mongolia Its robust build suggests it was not a cursorial animal
Adasaurus 1983 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Its sickle claw was markedly reduced compared to other dromaeosaurids
Aepyornithomimus 2017 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia The first ornithomimosaur named from a dry desert environment
Agilisaurus 1983 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian)  China The holotype specimen was discovered during the construction of the museum where it is now housed
Albalophosaurus 2009 Kuwajima Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Hauterivian)  Japan Only known from fragments of a skull
Albinykus 2011 Javkhlant Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian)  Mongolia Preserved in a sitting position not unlike that of modern birds
Alectrosaurus 1933 Bayan Shireh Formation?, Iren Dabasu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian)  China
 Mongolia?
Had long legs which may be an adaptation to pursuit predation
Alioramus 1976 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Possessed an elongated snout with a row of short crests
Almas 2017 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Preserved alongside eggshells which may have come from a troodontid
Altirhinus 1998 Khuren Dukh Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian)  Mongolia Had a distinctive, elevated nasal bone which supported a large nasal cavity
Alxasaurus 1993 Bayin-Gobi Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian)  China Most of the skeleton is known, which allowed researchers to connect therizinosaurs to other theropods
Ambopteryx 2019 Unnamed formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Preserves stomach contents containing gastroliths and fragments of bone, suggesting an omnivorous diet
Amtocephale 2011 Bayan Shireh Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Santonian)  Mongolia One of the oldest known pachycephalosaurs
Amurosaurus 1991 Udurchukan Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Russia One specimen may have come from an individual with a limp
Analong 2020 Chuanjie Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bajocian)  China Originally described as a specimen of Chuanjiesaurus but assigned a new genus due to several morphological differences
Anchiornis 2009 Tiaojishan Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Analysis of fossilized melanosomes suggest a mostly gray or black body, white and black patterns on its wings, and a red head crest
Anhuilong 2020 Hongqin Formation (Middle Jurassic, Aalenian to Callovian)  China Closely related to Huangshanlong and Omeisaurus, all forming an exclusive clade of mamenchisaurids
Anomalipes 2018 Wangshi Group (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China May have been closely related to Gigantoraptor despite its significantly smaller size
Anserimimus 1988 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Had powerful forelimbs with uniquely straight, flattened claws
Aorun 2013 Shishugou Formation, (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Potentially a basal member of the alvarezsaurian lineage
Aralosaurus 1968 Bostobe Formation, (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian)  Kazakhstan Its crest has been interpreted as being arch-shaped as in kritosaurin hadrosaurs, but this cannot be confirmed
Archaeoceratops 1997 Xinminbao Group (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China Had no horns and only the beginnings of a frill
Archaeornithoides 1992 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Known from only a partial skull with scratches that may have been created by a small mammal
Archaeornithomimus 1972 Bissekty Formation?, Iren Dabasu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian)  China
 Uzbekistan?
Unlike other ornithomimosaurs, its feet were not arctometatarsalian
Arkharavia 2010 Udurchukan Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Russia Described from a series of vertebrae, several of which were found to not belong to this taxon
Arstanosaurus 1982 Bostobe Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian)  Kazakhstan Poorly known
Asiaceratops 1989 Khodzhakul Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)  Uzbekistan Potentially a leptoceratopsid
Asiatosaurus 1924 Öösh Formation, Xinlong Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China
 Mongolia
Two species have been named but both are only known from extremely scant remains
Auroraceratops 2005 Xinminbao Group (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Known from more than eighty specimens, including complete skeletons
Aurornis 2013 Tiaojishan Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China If an avialan as originally described it would be one of the oldest members of the group
Avimimus 1981 Barun Goyot Formation, Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Bonebed remains indicate a gregarious lifestyle; it may have formed age-segregated herds for lekking or flocking purposes
Bactrosaurus 1933 Iren Dabasu Formation, Majiacun Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian?)  China Remains of at least six individuals are known, making up much of the skeleton
Bagaceratops 1975 Barun Goyot Formation, Bayan Mandahu Formation, Djadochta Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China
 Mongolia
May have been a direct descendant of Protoceratops which it physically resembles
Bagaraatan 1996 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Combines traits of several theropod groups, possibly due to being chimaeric
Bainoceratops 2003 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Its supposedly diagnostic features may fall within Protoceratops variation
Banji 2010 Nanxiong Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Vertical striations adorned the sides of its crest
Bannykus 2018 Bayin-Gobi Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)  China Exhibited a transitional hand morphology for an alvarezsaur, having three fingers of roughly equal length with the first being robust
Baotianmansaurus 2009 Gaogou Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian)  China Large but known from only a few bones
Barsboldia 1981 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Possessed elongated neural spines particularly above the hips
Bashanosaurus 2022 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bajocian)  China Its skeleton combines traits of stegosaurs and more basal thyreophorans
Bashunosaurus 2004 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian)  China Although described as a macronarian, this has yet to be rigorously tested
Batyrosaurus 2012 Bostobe Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian)  Kazakhstan Remains originally identified as Arstanosaurus
Bayannurosaurus 2018 Bayin-Gobi Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Known from a well-preserved, almost complete skeleton
Beg 2020 Ulaanoosh Formation (Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian)  Mongolia Its preserved skull has a rugose texture
Beibeilong 2017 Gaogou Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian)  China Similar to but more basal than Gigantoraptor. Known from only a single embryo still in its egg
Beipiaosaurus 1999 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Preserves evidence of downy feathers as well as a secondary coat of simpler "elongated broad filamentous feathers" or EBFFs
Beishanlong 2010 Xinminbao Group (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)  China Lacked the elongated claws of more derived ornithomimosaurs
Bellusaurus 1990 Shishugou Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bajocian)  China Known from a bone bed with the remains of seventeen juvenile specimens
Bienosaurus 2001 Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian)  China Potentially synonymous with Tatisaurus
Bissektipelta 2004 Bissekty Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian)  Uzbekistan Analysis of its braincase suggests poor hearing and eyesight but good olfaction and taste; it has been suggested to be a filter feeder
Bolong 2010 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Originally known from only a skull; an almost complete skeleton was described in 2013
Borealosaurus 2004 Sunjiawan Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian)  China Its caudal vertebrae were distinctively opisthocoelous
Borogovia 1987 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Had a uniquely straight and flattened sickle claw, which may have had a weight-bearing function
Breviceratops 1990 Barun Goyot Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Only known from juvenile remains but can be distinguished from other protoceratopsids
Brohisaurus 2003 Sembar Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)  Pakistan Possibly an early titanosauriform
Byronosaurus 2000 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Two juvenile skulls were found in an oviraptorid nest and claimed to be evidence for nest parasitism in this taxon, but both their identity and taphonomy have been questioned
Caenagnathasia 1994 Bissekty Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian)  Uzbekistan One of the oldest and smallest known caenagnathoids
Caihong 2018 Tiaojishan Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Possessed platelet-shaped melanosomes that produced iridesence as in modern trumpeters
Caudipteryx 1998 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China Two species are known. At least C. zoui did not have secondary feathers attached to the lower arm
Ceratonykus 2009 Barun Goyot Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Several osteological features were described as similar to ornithischians
Changchunsaurus 2005 Quantou Formation (Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian)  China Had wavy enamel on its leaf-shaped teeth that made them more resistant to wear; this feature is also present in hadrosaurs
Changmiania 2020 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China Preserved in a curled-up position as if sleeping in a potential burrow
Changyuraptor 2014 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China The largest microraptorian dromaeosaurid known. Had tail feathers almost a foot long
Chaoyangsaurus 1999 Tuchengzi Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)  China Known by a number of alternate spellings (e.g. Chaoyangosaurus, Chaoyoungosaurus) before its formal description
Charonosaurus 2000 Yuliangze Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China May have had a long, backwards-arcing crest similar to that of Parasaurolophus
Chialingosaurus 1959 Shaximiao Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian)  China Had both large plates and smaller spines, similar to Kentrosaurus
Chiayusaurus 1953 Hasandong Formation, Xinminbao Group (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian)  China
 South Korea
Two species have been named, both from teeth. Those of C. lacustris are apparently indistinguishable to those of Euhelopus or Mamenchisaurus
Chilantaisaurus 1964 Ulansuhai Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian)  China Had a particularly hooked claw on its first finger
Chingkankousaurus 1958 Wangshi Group (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian)  China Known from only a scapula. Possibly a tyrannosauroid
Chinshakiangosaurus 1992 Fengjiahe Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian)  China Had a U-shaped snout that may have supported fleshy cheeks, an adaptation to bulk feeding
Choyrodon 2018 Khuren Dukh Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian)  Mongolia It had an enlarged nose similar to its contemporary, Altirhinus, but it is most likely a separate taxon
Chuandongocoelurus 1984 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian)  China A tetanuran of uncertain relationships
Chuanjiesaurus 2000 Chuanjie Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian)  China One of the more derived mamenchisaurids
Chuanqilong 2014 Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)  China May have been the adult form of the coeval Liaoningosaurus
Chungkingosaurus 1983 Shaximiao Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China May have possessed at least six thagomizer spikes; the rearmost pair was mounted horizontally, directed outwards and backwards
Chuxiongosaurus 2010 Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Pliensbachian)  China Potentially a synonym of Jingshanosaurus
Citipati 2001 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Had a distinctive triangular crest. A referred specimen known as the Zamyn Khondt oviraptorid possessed the familiar rectangular domed crest in most depictions of Oviraptor, but likely does not belong to that genus or Citipati
Conchoraptor 1986 Barun Goyot Formation, Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Named for a hypothesized diet of shellfish, but this cannot be confirmed
Corythoraptor 2017 Nanxiong Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Its crest was vertical and rectangular, not unlike that of a cassowary
Crichtonpelta 2015 Sunjiawan Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)  China Originally named as a second species of Crichtonsaurus
Crichtonsaurus 2002 Sunjiawan Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian)  China Sometimes reconstructed with semicircular osteoderms vaguely similar to the plates of stegosaurs
Daanosaurus 2005 Shaximiao Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian)  China Only known from the remains of a juvenile
Daliansaurus 2017 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China Had an enlarged claw on the fourth toe comparable in size to the sickle claw on its second
Dashanpusaurus 2005 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian)  China One of the basalmost and earliest known macronarians
Datanglong 2014 Xinlong Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian)  China Had a uniquely pneumatized ilium similar to megaraptorans
Datonglong 2016 Huiquanpu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Campanian)  China Precise dating uncertain
Datousaurus 1984 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Callovian to Oxfordian)  China One of the rarer sauropods of the Shaximiao, known from only two skeletons and a large, deep skull
Daurlong 2022 Longjiang Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Preserves remains of an intestinal tract
Daxiatitan 2008 Hekou Group (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China Large and very long-necked
Deinocheirus 1970 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Had a suite of unique features, most notably a hump supported by elongated neural spines
Dilong 2004 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China Preserves evidence of a coating of simple feathers
Dongbeititan 2007 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China A theropod tooth has been found encrusted in one of its ribs
Dongyangopelta 2013 Chaochuan Formation (Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian)  China Coexisted with Zhejiangosaurus but could be distinguished based on subtle osteological features
Dongyangosaurus 2008 Jinhua Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian)  China Its phylogenetic placement is uncertain
Dzharaonyx 2022 Bissekty Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian)  Uzbekistan One of the oldest known parvicursorines
Dzharatitanis 2021 Bissekty Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian)  Uzbekistan Originally described as a rebbachisaurid but later reinterpreted as a titanosaur with possible lognkosaurian affinities
Elmisaurus 1981 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia One of the most complete caenagnathids known
Embasaurus 1931 Neocomian Sands (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian)  Kazakhstan Known from only two vertebrae
Enigmosaurus 1983 Bayan Shireh Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian)  Mongolia Had a large, backwards-pointing pelvis
Eomamenchisaurus 2008 Zhanghe Formation (Middle Jurassic, Aalenian to Callovian)  China One of the oldest and most basal mamenchisaurids
Eosinopteryx 2013 Tiaojishan Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Described as lacking advanced tail feathers and long "hind wings", unlike other paravians, but this may be an artifact of preservation
Epidexipteryx 2008 Haifanggou Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian)  China Supported four long feathers from an abbreviated tail
Equijubus 2003 Xinminbao Group (Early Cretaceous, Albian)  China A grazer that preserves the oldest known evidence of grass-eating
Erketu 2006 Bayan Shireh Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian)  Mongolia May have had the longest neck of any dinosaur relative to its body
Erliansaurus 2002 Iren Dabasu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)  China Had long, curved claws on its fingers
Erlikosaurus 1980 Bayan Shireh Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian)  Mongolia Preserves the most complete skull known from any therizinosaur
Eshanosaurus 2001 Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian)  China Has been suggested to be the oldest known therizinosaur
Euhelopus 1956 Meng-Yin Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Valanginian)  China Originally believed to have lived in a marshy environment
Euronychodon 1991 Bissekty Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian)  Uzbekistan Type species was found in Portugal. The Asian species may represent a form taxon of improperly developed teeth
Ferganasaurus 2003 Balabansai Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian)  Kyrgyzstan Claimed to have two hand claws, but this is disputed
Ferganocephale 2005 Balabansai Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian)  Kyrgyzstan Unusually, its teeth were not serrated
Fukuiraptor 2000 Kitadani Formation, Sebayashi Formation? (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)  Japan Similarly to Megaraptor, it was originally reconstructed as a dromaeosaur with its hand claw on its foot
Fukuisaurus 2003 Kitadani Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  Japan The elements of its skull are so strongly fused that it was unable to chew
Fukuititan 2010 Kitadani Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)  Japan The first sauropod named from Japan
Fukuivenator 2016 Kitadani Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)  Japan Possesses traits of various groups of coelurosaurs, though probably a therizinosaur. May have been a herbivore or omnivore due to its heterodont dentition
Fulengia 1977 Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Toarcian)  China May have been a juvenile Lufengosaurus
Fushanosaurus 2019 Shishugou Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Known from a single femur of immense size
Fusuisaurus 2006 Xinlong Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)  China A referred humerus may support an extremely large size for this taxon
Gallimimus 1972 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Had a relatively long beak with a rounded tip
Gannansaurus 2013 Nanxiong Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Its vertebrae were more similar to those of Euhelopus than to other sauropods
Ganzhousaurus 2013 Nanxiong Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Coexisted with at least seven other oviraptorosaurs, which may have niche-partitioned. It was likely primarily herbivorous
Garudimimus 1981 Bayan Shireh Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian)  Mongolia Was not as well-adapted to running as later ornithomimosaurs
Gasosaurus 1985 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian)  China Discovered as a byproduct of construction work
Gigantoraptor 2007 Iren Dabasu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)  China The largest known oviraptorosaur, comparable in size to Albertosaurus
Gigantspinosaurus 1992 Shaximiao Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Possessed broad, greatly enlarged shoulder spines
Gilmoreosaurus 1979 Bissekty Formation?, Iren Dabasu Formation, Khodzhakul Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)  China
 Uzbekistan?
Several fossils preserve evidence of cancer-induced tumors
Gobihadros 2019 Bayan Shireh Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian)  Mongolia Known from multiple specimens representing different growth stages
Gobiraptor 2019 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Possessed a deep jaw that may be an adaptation to crushing bivalves or seeds
Gobisaurus 2001 Ulansuhai Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian)  China Had no tail club but already possessed the stiff tail of derived ankylosaurids
Gobititan 2003 Xinminbao Group (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Retained the fifth digit of the foot, a basal trait
Gobivenator 2014 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia The most completely known Cretaceous troodontid
Gongbusaurus 1983 Shaximiao Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Only known from a pair of teeth. May be an ankylosaurian
Gongpoquansaurus 2014 Xinminbao Group (Early Cretaceous, Albian)  China Remains originally named as a species of Probactrosaurus
Gongxianosaurus 1998 Ziliujing Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian)  China The only sauropod with ossified distal tarsals, hinting at its basal position
Goyocephale 1982 Unnamed formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Had a sloping head with a flat skull roof
Graciliceratops 2000 Bayan Shireh Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian)  Mongolia Possessed a short frill with large fenestrae
Graciliraptor 2004 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China A close relative of Microraptor with characteristically slender bones
Guanlong 2006 Shishugou Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Two specimens have been discovered, one on top of the other
Halszkaraptor 2017 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Originally interpreted as a semiaquatic fish hunter similar to a merganser but this hypothesis has been criticized
Hamititan 2021 Shengjinkou Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Known from seven caudal vertebrae and associated elements
Haplocheirus 2010 Shishugou Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Possessed three long fingers with short claws. Originally described as a basal alvarezsauroid but similarities have been noted with other coelurosaurs
Harpymimus 1984 Khuren Dukh Formation?/Shinekhudag Formation? (Early Cretaceous, Albian)  Mongolia Mostly toothless but retains a few teeth in the dentary
Haya 2011 Javkhlant Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian)  Mongolia One specimen preserves a large mass of gastroliths
Heishansaurus 1953 Minhe Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)  China May be a junior synonym of Pinacosaurus
Helioceratops 2009 Quantou Formation (Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Aptian to Cenomanian)  China Had a distinctively short lower jaw
Hexing 2012 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Barremian)  China Three or four teeth are known, but they are not well-preserved
Hexinlusaurus 2005 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bajocian)  China Originally named as a species of Yandusaurus
Heyuannia 2002 Barun Goyot Formation, Dalangshan Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China
 Mongolia
Fossilized pigments in referred eggshells suggest they were blue-green
Homalocephale 1974 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Has been suggested to be a juvenile Prenocephale on account of its flat head, but this is no longer thought to be the case
Huabeisaurus 2000 Huiquanpu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Maastrichtian)  China May be closely related to Tangvayosaurus
Hualianceratops 2015 Shishugou Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Had a series of bumps around the edge of the beak
Huanansaurus 2015 Nanxiong Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)  China Possessed a distinctive short trapezoidal crest
Huanghetitan 2006 Haoling Formation, Hekou Group (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)  China Had ribs 3 metres (9.8 ft) long, which supported one of the deepest body cavities of any dinosaur
Huangshanlong 2014 Hongqin Formation (Middle Jurassic, Aalenian to Callovian)  China Known from some bones of the right forelimb
Huaxiagnathus 2004 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China One of the largest known compsognathids
Huayangosaurus 1982 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian)  China Possessed flank osteoderms and a small tail club in addition to plates and spikes
Hudiesaurus 1997 Kalaza Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)  China Had a butterfly-shaped process on its vertebra
Hulsanpes 1982 Barun Goyot Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Closely related to Halszkaraptor but appears to be more cursorial
Ichthyovenator 2012 Grès supérieurs Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  Laos One of its sacral vertebrae was greatly reduced, giving the illusion of a break in its sail or of two separate sails
Incisivosaurus 2002 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China Two specimens of different ontogenetic stages are known, both with differing types of feathers
Irisosaurus 2020 Fengjiahe Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian)  China Closely related to Mussaurus
Isanosaurus 2000 Nam Phong Formation (Late Triassic, Norian to Rhaetian)  Thailand May have actually come from the Late Jurassic
Ischioceratops 2015 Wangshi Group (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)  China Noted for its peculiarly-shaped ischium
Itemirus 1976 Bissekty Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian)  Uzbekistan Originally known from a braincase but abundant new remains were described in 2014
Jaxartosaurus 1937 Dabrazhin Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian)  Kazakhstan Not known from many remains but they are enough to tell that it was a basal lambeosaurine
Jeholosaurus 2000 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China One specimen is preserved in a curled position
Jianchangosaurus 2013 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China Several characters of its teeth and jaws are convergently similar to those of ornithischians
Jiangjunosaurus 2007 Shishugou Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Had two rows of circular or diamond-shaped plates
Jiangshanosaurus 2001 Jinhua Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Coniacian)  China A potential member of the Euhelopodidae
Jiangxisaurus 2013 Nanxiong Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Overall similar to Heyuannia but with a thinner, frailer mandible
Jiangxititan 2023 Nanxiong Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Known from seven articulated vertebrae from the neck and back; recovered as a derived lognkosaurian titanosaur
Jianianhualong 2017 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Possessed a subtriangular tail frond made of asymmetrical feathers, although it was most likely flightless
Jinbeisaurus 2019 Huiquanpu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Maastrichtian)  China A medium-sized tyrannosauroid
Jinfengopteryx 2005 Huajiying Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China May have been capable of some sort of flight
Jingshanosaurus 1995 Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian)  China One of the latest-surviving non-sauropod sauropodomorphs
Jintasaurus 2009 Xinminbao Group (Early Cretaceous, Albian)  China Known from only the rear half of a skull, including a complete braincase
Jinyunpelta 2018 Liangtoutang Formation (Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian)  China The oldest ankylosaurid known to have a tail club
Jinzhousaurus 2001 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Its holotype is nearly complete, preserved whole on a single slab
Jiutaisaurus 2006 Quantou Formation (Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Barremian to Cenomanian)  China Named based on eighteen vertebrae
Kaijiangosaurus 1984 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian)  China Potentially synonymous with other medium-sized Shaximiao theropods
Kamuysaurus 2019 Hakobuchi Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Japan Informally referred to as "Mukawaryu" before its formal description
Kansaignathus 2021 Ialovachsk Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian)  Tajikistan The first non-avian dinosaur described from Tajikistan
Kazaklambia 2013 Dabrazhin Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian)  Kazakhstan Morphologically distinct from other Eurasian lambeosaurines
Kelmayisaurus 1973 Lianmuqin Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Albian)  China One popular book mentions a giant species belonging to this genus, but this referral may be incorrect
Kerberosaurus 2004 Tsagayan Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Russia Potentially a close relative of Edmontosaurus
Khaan 2001 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Two morphotypes of chevrons are known, which may be a sexually dimorphic trait
Khulsanurus 2021 Barun Goyot Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Contemporary with Parvicursor but can be distinguished by characters of its caudal vertebrae
Kileskus 2010 Itat Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian)  Russia Uncertain if it possesses the head crest as seen in other proceratosaurids
Kinnareemimus 2009 Sao Khua Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Hauterivian)  Thailand Potentially one of the oldest ornithomimosaurs
Klamelisaurus 1993 Shishugou Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian)  China Close relatives included several referred species of Mamenchisaurus
Kol 2009 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Had a "hyperarctometatarsus" more strongly pinched than other arctometatarsalian taxa. Described as an alvarezsaurid but has been suggested to be related to Avimimus
Koreaceratops 2011 Sihwa Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian)  South Korea Possessed elongated neural spines on its caudal vertebrae. Its describers suggest that it was used as a swimming organ, but a later study found it to live in a semiarid environment, making this unlikely
Koreanosaurus 2011 Seonso Conglomerate (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  South Korea Had short but powerful forelimbs suggesting it may have been a quadruped
Koshisaurus 2015 Kitadani Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  Japan Distinguished from other hadrosauroids by the presence of an antorbital fossa
Kulceratops 1995 Khodzhakul Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian)  Uzbekistan Only known from fragments of a jaw and teeth
Kulindadromeus 2014 Ukureyskaya Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian)  Russia An ornithischian that preserves evidence of filaments, suggesting that protofeathers were basal to Dinosauria as a whole
Kundurosaurus 2012 Udurchukan Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Russia May be synonymous with Kerberosaurus
Kuru 2021 Barun Goyot Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Had been informally referred to as "Airakoraptor" prior to its formal description
Laiyangosaurus 2019 Wangshi Group (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Some specimens referred to this edmontosaurin actually belong to kritosaurins and lambeosaurines
Lanzhousaurus 2005 Hekou Group (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China Possessed the largest known teeth of any dinosaur
Leshansaurus 2009 Shaximiao Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian)  China Its braincase is nearly identical to that of Piveteausaurus
Levnesovia 2009 Bissekty Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian)  Uzbekistan One of the smallest known hadrosauroids
Liaoceratops 2002 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China One specimen was found without a skull roof, possibly displaced by a predator to eat its brain
Liaoningosaurus 2001 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China One specimen has been interpreted as possessing fork-like teeth, sharp claws, and stomach contents including fish, which has been claimed to be evidence of a semi-aquatic, turtle-like lifestyle
Liaoningotitan 2018 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China The second sauropod named from the Yixian Formation
Liaoningvenator 2017 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China Uniquely preserved with the head curving forwards, differing from the classic theropod "death pose" and the sleeping position of other troodontids
Limusaurus 2009 Shishugou Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Multiple specimens from different growth stages are known. Juveniles possessed teeth which were lost and replaced with a beak as adults, suggesting a change in diet
Lingwulong 2018 Yanan Formation?/Zhiluo Formation? (Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Aalenian to Oxfordian)  China The first confirmed diplodocoid from Asia. Originally considered Early Jurassic, making it the oldest known neosauropod, but this age has been disputed
Lingyuanosaurus 2019 Jiufotang Formation?/Yixian Formation? (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Aptian)  China Possessed a mix of basal and derived therizinosaurian traits
Linhenykus 2011 Bayan Mandahu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  China Completely monodactyl due to lacking the vestigial second and third fingers of other alvarezsaurids
Linheraptor 2010 Bayan Mandahu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  China Potentially a synonym of Tsaagan
Linhevenator 2011 Bayan Mandahu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  China Had a greatly enlarged sickle claw, comparable in size to those of dromaeosaurids
Liubangosaurus 2010 Xinlong Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)  China Described only as a eusauropod but has since been reinterpreted as a somphospondylian
Luanchuanraptor 2007 Qiupa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China The first Asian dromaeosaurid found outside the Gobi Desert and northeastern China. May have been closely related to Adasaurus
Lufengosaurus 1940 Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Sinemurian)  China The rib of one specimen preserves the oldest known evidence of collagen proteins
Luoyanggia 2009 Haoling Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)  China Originally believed to date from the Late Cretaceous
Machairasaurus 2010 Bayan Mandahu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  China A potential specimen has been found brooding on its eggs
Mahakala 2007 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Possessed basal traits for a dromaeosaurid. May be a close relative of Halszkaraptor
Maleevus 1987 Bayan Shireh Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian)  Mongolia Its only purportedly distinguishing trait is also shared with Pinacosaurus
Mamenchisaurus 1954 Penglaizhen Formation, Shaximiao Formation, Shishugou Formation, Suining Formation (Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, Oxfordian to Aptian)  China Several species have been named, but most may not belong to this genus
Mandschurosaurus 1930 Grès supérieurs Formation?, Yuliangze Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China
 Laos?
One of the first non-avian dinosaurs named from Chinese remains
Mei 2004 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Two specimens are preserved in bird-like sleeping positions
Microceratus 2008 Ulansuhai Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian)  China Originally named Microceratops, although that genus name is preoccupied by a wasp
Microhadrosaurus 1979 Nanxiong Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Reportedly an unusually small hadrosaurid
Micropachycephalosaurus 1978 Wangshi Group (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)  China Once considered to be a pachycephalosaur, although it is now usually considered to be a ceratopsian
Microraptor 2000 Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Known from over three hundred fossils. Several are well-preserved enough to reveal fine details such as feather covering and an iridescent black coloration
Migmanychion 2023 Longjiang Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Known from a complete left hand fossil, possibly related to Fukuivenator
Minimocursor 2023 Phu Kradung Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)  Thailand A small neornithischian known from a largely complete juvenile specimen and the remains of larger individuals
Minotaurasaurus 2009 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia The holotype skull was excavated illegally, which obscured its true provenance until recently
Mongolosaurus 1933 On Gong Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)  China Known from only scant remains but has been confidently assigned to Somphospondyli in recent years
Mongolostegus 2018 Dzunbain Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)  Mongolia Informally assigned to the genus Wuerhosaurus before its formal description
Monkonosaurus 1986 Loe-ein Formation?/Lura Formation? (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian?/Early Cretaceous, Albian?)  China Poorly known
Monolophosaurus 1993 Shishugou Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian)  China Possessed a short, rectangular crest running along the midline of the skull
Mononykus 1993 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Proposed to have an anteater-like lifestyle, using its unique forearms to break into termite mounds
Mosaiceratops 2015 Xiaguan Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Campanian)  China Combined features of different groups of basal ceratopsians
Nankangia 2013 Nanxiong Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China May have specialized in soft foods such as leaves and seeds
Nanningosaurus 2007 Unnamed formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Potentially a basal lambeosaurine
Nanshiungosaurus 1979 Nanxiong Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Originally misidentified as a sauropod on account of its unusual pelvis
Nanyangosaurus 2000 Xiaguan Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian to Campanian)  China Completely lost the first digit of its hands
Napaisaurus 2022 Xinlong Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)  China May be closely related to contemporary Thai iguanodonts
Natovenator 2022 Barun Goyot Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Possessed a streamlined body and a long, toothy snout, convergently similar to aquatic vertebrates
Nebulasaurus 2015 Zhanghe Formation (Middle Jurassic, Aalenian to Bajocian)  China Only known from a single braincase, but it is enough to tell that it was related to Spinophorosaurus
Neimongosaurus 2001 Iren Dabasu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)  China Could extend its arms considerably forward due to the structure of its shoulder joint
Nemegtomaia 2005 Barun Goyot Formation, Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)  Mongolia One specimen preserves traces of damage by skin beetles
Nemegtonykus 2019 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)  Mongolia The second alvarezsaurid named from the Nemegt Formation
Nemegtosaurus 1971 Nemegt Formation, Subashi Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China?
 Mongolia
Had a long, low skull similar in proportions to those of diplodocoids
Ningyuansaurus 2012 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Preserves small oval-shaped structures in its stomach region which may be seeds
Nipponosaurus 1936 Yezo Group (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian)  Russia Discovered on the island of Sakhalin, which was owned by Japan in 1936 but later annexed to Russia
Oksoko 2020 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Its third finger was so greatly reduced that it was functionally didactyl
Olorotitan 2003 Udurchukan Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Russia Had a broad, hatchet-shaped crest
Omeisaurus 1939 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian)  China Members of this genus are characterized by extremely elongated necks
Ondogurvel 2022 Barun Goyot Formation (Late Cretaceous, (Campanian)  Mongolia Known from well-preserved remains of the hands and feet
Opisthocoelicaudia 1977 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Walked on its metacarpals due to its complete lack of phalanges
Oviraptor 1924 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Originally mistakenly thought to be an egg-eater
Pachysuchus 1951 Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian to Pliensbachian)  China Considered a phytosaur from its original naming until a redescription in 2012
Panguraptor 2014 Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Sinemurian)  China The first definitive coelophysoid known from Asia
Papiliovenator 2021 Bayan Mandahu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  China Had a short, subtriangular skull similar to those of Early Cretaceous troodontids
Paralitherizinosaurus 2022 Yezo Group (Late Cretaceous, Campanian  Japan Had stiffened claws that may have been used to pull vegetation to the mouth
Parvicursor 1996 Barun Goyot Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Originally believed to represent a diminutive adult dinosaur, although it was recently reinterpreted as a juvenile
Pedopenna 2005 Haifanggou Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian)  China Known from a single leg with the impressions of long, symmetrical feathers
Peishansaurus 1953 Minhe Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian)  China Has been compared to thyreophorans and marginocephalians, but it is impossible to determine which assignment is correct
Penelopognathus 2005 Bayin-Gobi Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian)  China Named from a single dentary
Phaedrolosaurus 1973 Lianmuqin Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Albian)  China May have been a dromaeosaurid
Philovenator 2012 Bayan Mandahu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  China Closely related to the contemporary Linhevenator but likely represents a separate taxon
Phuwiangosaurus 1994 Sao Khua Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Hauterivian)  Thailand A large member of the Euhelopodidae
Phuwiangvenator 2019 Sao Khua Formation) (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  Thailand Combines features of both allosauroids and coelurosaurs
Pinacosaurus 1933 Bayan Mandahu Formation, Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian)  China
 Mongolia
Possessed an enlarged hyoid that may indicate a feeding specialization such as fruit-eating or anteater-like insectivory
Plesiohadros 2014 Alagteeg Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia The first hadrosauroid known from the Alagteeg Formation
Prenocephale 1974 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Had a distinctively conical dome
Probactrosaurus 1966 Dashuigou Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Coniacian)  China The closest relative to the Hadrosauromorpha based on the definition of the group
Prodeinodon 1924 Öösh Formation, Xinlong Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)  China
 Mongolia
Potentially a carnosaur
Protarchaeopteryx 1997 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Usually thought to be a basal oviraptorosaur but one study suggests a basal position within Pennaraptora
Protoceratops 1923 Bayan Mandahu Formation, Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  China
 Mongolia
Its remains are so abundant that it has been nicknamed the "sheep of the Cretaceous"
Protognathosaurus 1991 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian)  China Originally named Protognathus, but that is preoccupied by an extinct beetle
Psittacosaurus 1923 Andakhuduk Formation, Bayin-Gobi Formation, Ejinhoro Formation, Ilek Formation, Jiufotang Formation, Khok Kruat Formation, Öösh Formation, Qingshan Formation, Tugulu Group, Xinminbao Group, Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian)  China
 Mongolia
 Russia
 Thailand
Known from hundreds of specimens, many of them well-preserved. Lived in a broad range
Pukyongosaurus 2001 Hasandong Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)  South Korea One of its caudal vertebrae has bite marks caused by theropod teeth
Qianzhousaurus 2014 Nanxiong Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Has been nicknamed "Pinocchio rex" on account of its elongated snout
Qiaowanlong 2009 Xinminbao Group (Early Cretaceous, Albian)  China Originally described as a brachiosaurid but has since been reinterpreted as a euhelopodid
Qijianglong 2015 Suining Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Once believed to date from the Late Jurassic
Qingxiusaurus 2008 Unnamed formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Known from very limited remains
Qinlingosaurus 1996 Hongtuling Formation?/Shanyang Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Potentially a titanosaur given its age, but this cannot be confirmed
Qiupalong 2011 Qiupa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)  China A referred specimen was found in Canada
Qiupanykus 2018 Qiupa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China May have used its robust thumb claws to crack open oviraptorid eggshells
Quaesitosaurus 1983 Barun Goyot Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian}  Mongolia Potentially a close relative of Nemegtosaurus
Ratchasimasaurus 2011 Khok Kruat Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  Thailand Only known from a single toothless dentary
Rhomaleopakhus 2021 Kalaza Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)  China Possessed a robust forelimb that may be a locomotory adaptation
Rinchenia 1997 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Had a tall, domed crest
Ruixinia 2022 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China Its last few caudal vertebrae were fused
Ruyangosaurus 2009 Haoling Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)  China Only known from scant remains but was one of the largest dinosaurs known from Asia
Sahaliyania 2008 Yuliangze Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Possibly a synonym of Amurosaurus
Saichania 1977 Barun Goyot Formation, Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Possessed complicated nasal passages that may have cooled the air it breathed
Sanpasaurus 1944 Ziliujing Formation (Early Jurassic, Pliensbachian)  China Historically conflated with the remains of an ornithischian
Sanxiasaurus 2019 Xintiangou Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bajocian)  China The oldest neornithischian known from Asia
Saurolophus 1912 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Type species was found in Canada. The Asian species is distinguished by its larger size and backwards-pointing diagonal crest
Sauroplites 1953 Zhidan Group (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)  China Preserved lying on its back with parts of its armor in an articulated position
Saurornithoides 1924 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Its hindlimbs were well-developed even as juveniles, suggesting it needed little to no parental care
Scansoriopteryx 2002 Haifanggou Formation (Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Callovian to Kimmeridgian)  China Was well-adapted for climbing due to the structure of its hands and feet
Segnosaurus 1979 Bayan Shireh Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian)  Mongolia One of the first known therizinosaurs. Its relationships were originally obscure
Serikornis 2017 Tiaojishan Formation (Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Callovian to Oxfordian)  China Possessed simple, wispy feathers similar to those of a Silkie chicken
Shamosaurus 1983 Dzunbain Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)  Mongolia The osteoderms on its head were not separated into obvious tiles as with later ankylosaurs
Shanag 2007 Öösh Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Barremian)  Mongolia Shows a mixture of traits of various paravian groups
Shantungosaurus 1973 Wangshi Group (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  China The largest known hadrosaurid
Shanxia 1998 Huiquanpu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Campanian)  China May be synonymous with Tianzhenosaurus and/or Saichania
Shanyangosaurus 1996 Shanyang Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Indeterminate but its hollow bones are a synapomorphy for Coelurosauria. One study suggests an oviraptorosaurian position
Shaochilong 2009 Ulansuhai Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian)  China Had a relatively short maxilla, suggesting a unique ecological role
Shenzhousaurus 2003 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Preserves pebbles in its thoracic cavity which may be gastroliths
Shidaisaurus 2009 Chuanjie Formation (Middle Jurassic, Aalenian)  China Potentially one of the oldest known allosauroids
Shishugounykus 2019 Shishugou Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Its manus combines features of both alvarezsaurians and more basal coelurosaurs
Shixinggia 2005 Pingling Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Known from a fair amount of postcranial material
Shri 2021 Barun Goyot Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Before its formal description, it was nicknamed "Ichabodcraniosaurus" because its holotype lacked a skull
Shuangmiaosaurus 2003 Sunjiawan Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian)  China Only known from some parts of a skull
Shunosaurus 1983 Shaximiao Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian)  China Possessed a small tail club topped by two short spikes
Shuvuuia 1998 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Displays several adaptations that may point to a nocturnal, owl-like lifestyle
Siamodon 2011 Khok Kruat Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  Thailand May have been closely related to Probactrosaurus
Siamosaurus 1986 Khok Kruat Formation, Sao Khua Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)  Thailand Only known from teeth. Some spinosaurid postcrania from the same area may be referrable to this genus
Siamotyrannus 1996 Sao Khua Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Barremian)  Thailand Has been recovered in a variety of positions within Avetheropoda
Siamraptor 2019 Khok Kruat Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  Thailand The oldest carcharodontosaurian known from Southeast Asia
Sibirotitan 2017 Ilek Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  Russia Its sacral ribs are star-shaped in dorsal view
Siluosaurus 1997 Xinminbao Group (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian)  China Possessed the smallest known teeth of any ornithopod
Silutitan 2021 Shengjinkou Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Known from six cervical vertebrae associated with a pterosaur jaw
Similicaudipteryx 2008 Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)  China Had a short tail ending with a dagger-shaped pygostyle
Sinankylosaurus 2020 Wangshi Group (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  China Only known from an ilium. Described as an ankylosaur but a recent study doubts this interpretation
Sinocalliopteryx 2007 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)  China Stomach contents indicate a possible preference for volant prey such as dromaeosaurids and early birds
Sinocephale 2021 Ulansuhai Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian)  China Originally named as a species of Troodon when that genus was thought to be a pachycephalosaur
Sinoceratops 2010 Wangshi Group (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)  China Possessed forward-curving hornlets and a series of low knobs on the top of the frill
Sinocoelurus 1942 Kuangyuan Series (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian  China One study considered it to be a potential plesiosaur
Sinornithoides 1993 Ejinhoro Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)  China Preserved in a roosting position, its head tucked underneath its left wing
Sinornithomimus 2003 Ulansuhai Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian)  China Formed age-segregated herds as evidenced by a concentration of juvenile skeletons
Sinornithosaurus 1999 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)  China One specimen has disloged teeth, leading to suggestions it was venomous
Sinosauropteryx 1996 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China The first non-avian dinosaur found with direct evidence of feathers. Analysis of melanosomes suggest it had orange-brown and white countershading with a striped tail and a "bandit mask" around its eyes
Sinosaurus 1940 Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Sinemurian)  China Had a pair of midline crests similar to Dilophosaurus
Sinotyrannus 2009 Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China One of the earliest known large tyrannosauroids. Closely related to smaller forms such as Proceratosaurus and Guanlong
Sinovenator 2002 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China Some specimens are preserved three-dimensionally
Sinraptor 1993 Shishugou Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China May have used its teeth like blades to inflict deep wounds in prey
Sinusonasus 2004 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian)  China Had distinctive sinusoid nasal bones
Sirindhorna 2015 Khok Kruat Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  Thailand Its fossils were discovered by corn farmers while digging a reservoir
Sonidosaurus 2006 Iren Dabasu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Campanian)  China One of the smallest known titanosaurs
Stegosaurides 1953 Xinminbao Group (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian to Albian)  China A thyreophoran of uncertain phylogenetic position
Suzhousaurus 2007 Xinminbao Group (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)  China One of the largest Early Cretaceous therizinosaurs
Szechuanosaurus 1942 Shaximiao Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian)  China Only known from teeth and possibly a very fragmentary skeleton
Talarurus 1952 Bayan Shireh Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian)  Mongolia Its tail club has been compared to a wicker basket
Tambatitanis 2014 Sasayama Group (Early Cretaceous, Albian)  Japan Possessed disproportionately large chevrons
Tangvayosaurus 1999 Grès supérieurs Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)  Laos Closely related to Phuwiangosaurus
Tanius 1929 Wangshi Group (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)  China Today known from only a few bones; more fossils were once present but were not collected
Taohelong 2013 Hekou Group (Early Cretaceous, Albian)  China Possessed a sacral shield similar to that of Polacanthus
Tarbosaurus 1955 Nemegt Formation, Subashi Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China
 Mongolia
An apex predator that hunted large prey. Very similar to Tyrannosaurus
Tarchia 1977 Barun Goyot Formation, Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)  Mongolia One specimen preserves injuries to its ribs and tail, possibly from a fight with a member of its own kind
Tatisaurus 1965 Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian)  China Potentially a basal thyreophoran
Tengrisaurus 2017 Murtoi Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)  Russia Closely related to South American titanosaurs
Therizinosaurus 1954 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Possessed extremely elongated and stiffened hand claws
Tianchisaurus 1993 Toutunhe Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian)  China Its description uses the spellings Tianchisaurus and Tianchiasaurus interchangeably, but the former is correct
Tianyulong 2009 Tiaojishan Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Preserves impressions of long bristles down its back, tail and neck
Tianyuraptor 2009 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)  China Combines features of both northern and southern dromaeosaurids. Had unusual proportions
Tianzhenosaurus 1998 Huiquanpu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Campanian)  China May be synonymous with Saichania
Tienshanosaurus 1937 Shishugou Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Large but basal for a mamenchisaurid
Timurlengia 2016 Bissekty Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian)  Uzbekistan Its inner ear was specialized for detecting low-frequency sounds
Tochisaurus 1991 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Known from only a single metatarsus
Tonganosaurus 2010 Yimen Formation (Early Jurassic, Pliensbachian)  China Potentially the oldest known mamenchisaurid
Tongtianlong 2016 Nanxiong Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China The pose of the holotype suggests it died while trying to free itself from mud
Tsaagan 2006 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Very similar to Velociraptor but differs in some features of the skull
Tsagantegia 1993 Bayan Shireh Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian)  Mongolia Had a long, shovel-shaped snout which may indicate a browsing lifestyle
Tsintaosaurus 1958 Wangshi Group (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  China Originally mistakenly believed to have possessed a unicorn horn-like crest
Tugulusaurus 1973 Lianmuqin Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian)  China Potentially an early, Xiyunykus-grade alvarezsaurian
Tuojiangosaurus 1977 Shaximiao Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian)  China Possessed two rows of tall, pointed plates, thickened in the center as if they were modified spikes
Turanoceratops 1989 Bissekty Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian)  Uzbekistan Had a pair of brow horns like ceratopsids but was likely not a member of that family
Tylocephale 1974 Barun Goyot Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Only known from a partial skull but it is enough to tell that it had a remarkably tall dome
Tyrannomimus 2023 Kitadani Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  Japan A deinocheirid whose bones share some morphological similarities with tyrannosauroids
Udanoceratops 1992 Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia The largest known leptoceratopsid
Ultrasaurus 1983 Gugyedong Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)  South Korea Described as very large but this may be due to misidentification of a bone
Ulughbegsaurus 2021 Bissekty Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian)  Uzbekistan Known from only a maxilla. Originally described as a late-surviving carnosaur but may in fact be a large-bodied dromaeosaurid
Urbacodon 2007 Bissekty Formation, Dzharakuduk Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian)  Uzbekistan The holotype preserves a gap separating the eight rear teeth from the rest of its teeth
Vayuraptor 2019 Sao Khua Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  Thailand Potentially ancestral to megaraptorans or an early member of the group
Velociraptor 1924 Bayan Mandahu Formation, Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  China
 Mongolia
One ulna preserves quill knobs
Wakinosaurus 1992 Sengoku Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Barremian)  Japan May be a close relative of Acrocanthosaurus
Wannanosaurus 1977 Xiaoyan Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Basal for a pachycephalosaur as indicated by its flat skull with large openings
Wuerhosaurus 1973 Ejinhoro Formation, Tugulu Group (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian)  China One of the last and largest known stegosaurs. Preserved with low rectangular plates but these may be broken
Wulagasaurus 2008 Yuliangze Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China A rare hadrosaurid known from far less remains than the contemporary Sahaliyania
Wulatelong 2013 Bayan Mandahu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  China Known from a partial skeleton including some parts of the skull
Wulong 2020 Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Possessed an extremely long tail tipped by two long feathers, likely grey and iridescent colouration
Xianshanosaurus 2009 Haoling Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian)  China May have been closely related to Daxiatitan
Xiaosaurus 1983 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bajocian to Callovian)  China An ornithischian of uncertain affinities
Xiaotingia 2011 Tiaojishan Formation (Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Bathonian to Oxfordian)  China Well-preserved but inconsistent in phylogenetic placement. Some studies suggest a position as an early avialan
Xingtianosaurus 2019 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)  China Retained the large third finger that was lost in other caudipterids
Xingxiulong 2017 Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian  China Possessed a robust scapula which increased forelimb mobility for feeding
Xinjiangovenator 2005 Lianmuqin Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Albian)  China Remains originally identified as Phaedrolosaurus
Xinjiangtitan 2013 Qiketai Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian)  China Had an extremely long neck
Xiongguanlong 2009 Xinminbao Group, (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China More robust than other early tyrannosauroids, possibly to support its elongated skull
Xixianykus 2010 Majiacun Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Coniacian)  China One of the smallest known non-avian dinosaurs
Xixiasaurus 2010 Majiacun Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian to Campanian)  China Distinguished from other troodontids by its possession of exactly twenty-two teeth in each maxilla
Xixiposaurus 2010 Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Pliensbachian)  China Poorly known
Xiyunykus 2018 Tugulu Group (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)  China Had an unspecialized hand morphology for an alvarezsaur, having three fingers of roughly equal length and construction
Xuanhanosaurus 1984 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Bathonian to Callovian to Oxfordian)  China Originally mistakenly believed to have been capable of quadrupedal locomotion
Xuanhuaceratops 2006 Houcheng Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)  China Possessed a large premaxillary tooth right behind its beak
Xunmenglong 2019 Huajiying Formation (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian)  China The holotype was originally presented as part of a chimera involving three different animals
Xuwulong 2011 Xinminbao Group (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)  China The tip of its dentary was V-shaped when viewed from the side
Yamaceratops 2006 Javkhlant Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian)  Mongolia Possessed a short, stubby frill
Yamatosaurus 2021 Kita-Ama Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Japan Basal yet survived late enough to be contemporaneous with more advanced hadrosaurids
Yandusaurus 1979 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian)  China Some fossils were destroyed by a composter before they could be studied
Yangchuanosaurus 1978 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Bathonian to Oxfordian)  China The largest theropod known from the Shaximiao
Yi 2015 Tiaojishan Formation (Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Callovian to Oxfordian)  China Possessed a "styliform element" jutting out from its wrist that supported a bat-like membranous wing
Yimenosaurus 1990 Fengjiahe Formation (Early Jurassic, Pliensbachian)  China Much of its skeleton is known, including the entirety of the skull
Yingshanosaurus 1994 Shaximiao Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)  China Possessed greatly enlarged shoulder spines
Yinlong 2006 Shishugou Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)  China Its skull displays features of ceratopsians, pachycephalosaurs, and heterodontosaurids
Yixianosaurus 2003 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Inconsistent in phylogenetic placement. Had extremely elongated manual elements
Yizhousaurus 2018 Fengjiahe Formation (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian)  China Its skull was very similar to those of sauropods, despite being more primitive
Yongjinglong 2014 Hekou Group (Early Cretaceous, Albian)  China Possessed an extremely long, broad scapula
Yuanmousaurus 2006 Zhanghe Formation (Middle Jurassic, Aalenian to Callovian)  China Shares features of its vertebrae with Patagosaurus
Yueosaurus 2012 Liangtoutang Formation (Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian)  China Probably closely related to Jeholosaurus
Yulong 2013 Qiupa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Known from multiple specimens, most of which are juveniles
Yunganglong 2013 Zhumapu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)  China Discovered 50 kilometres (31 mi) away from a World Heritage Site
Yunmenglong 2013 Haoling Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian)  China May have been exceptionally large
Yunnanosaurus 1942 Fengjiahe Formation, Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian to Pliensbachian)  China Its teeth were self-sharpening similar to those of sauropods, likely through convergent evolution
Yunyangosaurus 2020 Xintiangou Formation (Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Aalenian to Oxfordian)  China Potentially an early megalosauroid
Yutyrannus 2012 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China The largest known dinosaur that preserves direct evidence of feathers
Yuxisaurus 2022 Fengjiahe Formation (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian to Toarcian)  China Had more than one hundred osteoderms
Yuzhoulong 2022 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian)  China One of the oldest known macronarians
Zanabazar 2009 Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  Mongolia Originally named as a species of Saurornithoides. A large troodontid
Zaraapelta 2014 Barun Goyot Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  Mongolia Had an intricate pattern of osteoderms on its skull
Zhanghenglong 2014 Majiacun Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian)  China Reconstructed by its describers with a straight, rectangular back, although no complete neural spines are known
Zhejiangosaurus 2007 Chaochuan Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)  China Has no diagnostic features
Zhenyuanlong 2015 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)  China Possessed large wings with long feathers, but was most likely flightless
Zhongjianosaurus 2017 Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)  China Distinguishable by its characteristically elongated legs. Described as a microraptorian but it has been noted that some features of its skeleton are similar to avialans
Zhuchengceratops 2010 Wangshi Group (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)  China Had a particularly deep mandible
Zhuchengtitan 2017 Wangshi Group (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  China The proportions of its humerus suggest a close relationship with Opisthocoelicaudia
Zhuchengtyrannus 2011 Wangshi Group (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)  China Closely related to Tarbosaurus and Tyrannosaurus
Zigongosaurus 1976 Shaximiao Formation (Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Bathonian to Tithonian)  China May be a species of Mamenchisaurus
Zizhongosaurus 1983 Ziliujing Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian)  China Poorly known but was most likely basal for a sauropod
Zuolong 2010 Shishugou Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian  China One of the oldest coelurosaurs known from both cranial and postcranial remains
Zuoyunlong 2017 Zhumapu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)  China May have been close to the separation between North American and Asian hadrosauroids

Invalid and potentially valid genera

Amtosaurus
Chienkosaurus
EK troodontid
Epidendrosaurus
"Eugongbusaurus"
"Fujianvenator"
"Gadolosaurus"
Gobiceratops
Gyposaurus
Lukousaurus
Magnirostris
Nomingia
"Nurosaurus"
Raptorex
"Ronaldoraptor"
"Sinopliosaurus" fusuiensis
Zhongyuansaurus

Timeline

This is a timeline of selected dinosaurs from the list above. Time is measured in Ma, megaannum, along the x-axis.

MesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceousPakisaurusSaurornithoidesOlorotitanCharonosaurusWulagasaurusVitakridrindaRuyangosaurusQingxiusaurusTherizinosaurusSaurolophusNemegtosaurusGallimimusDeinocheirusBreviceratopsBorogoviaAvimimusAlioramusAdasaurusTarbosaurusTylocephaleHulsanpesConchoraptorPlatyceratopsVelociraptorTsaaganShuvuuiaOviraptorKhaanCitipati (dinosaur)PukyongosaurusProtoceratopsDongyangosaurusQuaesitosaurusNipponosaurusBissektipeltaCaenagnathasiaAralosaurusBactrosaurusUrbacodonEnigmosaurusZhejiangosaurusXiongguanlongBeishanlongMicroraptorYixianosaurusLiaoningosaurusEquijubusAuroraceratopsArchaeoceratopsBeipiaosaurusSinosauropteryxSinovenatorMei (dinosaur)IncisivosaurusDilong (dinosaur)JinzhousaurusPsittacosaurusFukuiraptorDongbeititanWuerhosaurusScansoriopteryxPedopennaEpidexipteryxTuojiangosaurusMamenchisaurusYinlongGuanlongChialingosaurusHuayangosaurusYandusaurusAbrosaurusLukousaurusLufengosaurusIsanosaurusMesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceous

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