TYRANNOSAUR
  • Meaning: King Lizard
  • Type: Carnivore
  • Lived: 83.6 million to 66 million years ago
  • Period: Late Cretaceous
  • Location: North America (Montana, Wyoming)
  • Length: Up to 40 feet 
  • Height: 12-20 ft
  • Weight: 11,000 – 15,500 lbs
  • Speed: 17 mph
  • Meaning: Swift Seizer
  • Type: Carnivore
  • Lived: 75 million to 71 million years ago
  • Period: Cretaceous Period
  • Location: Mongolia and China
  • Length: 6 ft
  • Height: 2 ft
  • Weight: 100 lbs
  • Speed: 25 mph
  • Meaning: Three-horned face
  • Type: Herbivore
  • Lived: 83.5 million to 66 million years ago
  • Period: Late Cretaceous
  • Location: North America (North Dakota, Wyoming, Saskatchewan Canada)
  • Length: 26-30 ft
  • Height: 9.5 to 10 ft
  • Weight: 13,000 – 26,000 lbs
  • Speed: 20 mph
  • Meaning: Roof Lizard
  • Type: Herbivore
  • Lived: 150.8 million to 155.7 million years ago
  • Period: Late Jurassic
  • Location: Europe and North America
  • Length: 26 to 30 feet
  • Height: 9 to 13 ft
  • Weight: 11,000 lbs
  • Speed: 3.7 to 4.3 mph
  • Meaning: Wing, Toothless
  • Type: Carnivore
  • Lived: 89.8 million to 70.6 million years ago
  • Period: Late Cretaceous
  • Location: North America (Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota)
  • Length: 6 feet 
  • Wingspan: 26-30 ft 
  • Weight: 35 lbs
  • Speed: 56 - 67 mph
  • NOTE: Pteranodon was a pterosaur, meaning “flying reptile,” and isn't a dinosaur.
  • Meaning: Near Crested Lizard
  • Type: Herbivore
  • Lived: 76.5 million to 73 million years ago
  • Period: Late Cretaceous
  • Location: North America (Alberta Canada, Utah, New Mexico)
  • Length: 33 to 36 ft
  • Height: 16 ft
  • Weight: 6,000 to 8,000 lbs
  • Speed: 25 mph
  • Meaning: Hollow form
  • Type: Carnivore
  • Lived: 83.6 million to 66 million Lived: 204 million to 201.6 million years ago
  • Period: Triassic Period
  • Location: Africa and North America
  • Length: 10 ft
  • Height: 6.6 ft
  • Weight: 40-50 lbs
  • Speed: 15 mph
  • Meaning: Fused Lizard
  • Type: Herbivore
  • Lived: 83.5 million to 66 million years ago
  • Period: Late Cretaceous
  • Location: North America (Montana, Colorado Alberta Canada)
  • Length: 20 – 26 ft 
  • Weight: 11,000 – 18,000 lbs
  • Height: 5.6 ft
  • Speed: 6 mph
  • Meaning: Fused Lizard
  • Type: Herbivore
  • Lived: 157.3 million to 145 million years ago 
  • Period: Late Jurassic 
  • Location: North America (Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado) 
  • Length: 69 to 75 ft
  • Height: 28 ft
  • Weight: 36,000 - 49,000 lbs
  • Speed: 12-19 mph
  • Meaning: Different Lizard
  • Type: Carnivore
  • Period: Late Jurassic
  • Lived: 155 million to 145 million years ago
  • Location: North America (Wyoming, Colorado)
  • Length: 38 ft
  • Height: 16.5 ft
  • Weight: 4,000 lbs
  • Speed: 19-34 mph
  • Meaning: Spined Reptile
  • Type: Carnivore
  • Lived: 112.03 million to 72.1 million years ago
  • Period: Late Cretaceous
  • Location: North Africa
  • Length: 46 to 59 ft
  • Height: 18 ft
  • Weight: 24,000 to 38,000 lbs
  • Speed: 17 mph