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- 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