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.
| 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[1] | ||
| 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[2] | ||
| 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 | 1990 | 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 | Iren Dabasu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | China | Had long legs which may be an adaptation to pursuit predation[3] | ||
| 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[4] | ||
| 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) | One specimen may have come from an individual with a limp[5] | |||
| 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[6] | ||
| 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[7] | ||
| 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[8] | ||
| 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[9] | ||
| 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) | Described from a series of vertebrae, several of which were found to not belong to this taxon[10] | |||
| Arstanosaurus | 1982 | Bostobe Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | Kazakhstan | Poorly known | ||
| Asiaceratops | 1989 | Khodzhakul Formation, Xinminbao Group? (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | China? Uzbekistan | Potentially a leptoceratopsid[11] | ||
| Asiatosaurus | 1924 | Öösh Formation, Xinlong Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | 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[12] | ||
| 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, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | China Mongolia | May have been a direct descendant of Protoceratops which it physically resembles[13] | ||
| 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[14] | ||
| 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, Bathonian to Callovian) | China | Although described as a macronarian, this has yet to be rigorously tested[15] | ||
| 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 Coniacian) | China | Similar to but more basal than Gigantoraptor.[16] 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[17] | ||
| Beishanlong | 2010 | Xinminbao Group (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | China | Lacked the elongated claws of more derived ornithomimosaurs | ||
| Bellusaurus | 1990 | Shishugou Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | 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[18] | ||
| 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[19] | ||
| Bolong | 2010 | Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | China | Originally known from only a skull; an almost complete skeleton was described in 2013[20] | ||
| 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[21] | ||
| 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[22] | ||
| Changchunsaurus | 2005 | Quantou Formation (Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Aptian 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[23] | ||
| 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[24] | ||
| 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 | Two species have been named, both from teeth. Those of C. lacustris are apparently indistinguishable to those of Euhelopus[25] or Mamenchisaurus[26] | ||
| 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[27] | ||
| 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[28] | ||
| 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[29] | ||
| Chuanqilong | 2014 | Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | China | May have been the adult form of the coeval Liaoningosaurus[30] | ||
| 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[31] | ||
| 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[32] | ||
| 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 | Phylogenetic position is uncertain as it is 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[33] | ||
| 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, Bathonian 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[34] | ||
| 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[35] | ||
| 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[36] but later reinterpreted as a titanosaur with possible lognkosaurian affinities[37] | ||
| 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 to Late Jurassic, Aalenian to Oxfordian) | China | One of the oldest 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[38] | ||
| 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[39] | ||
| 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[40] | ||
| Ferganasaurus | 2003 | Balabansai Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) |  Kyrgyzstan | Claimed to have two hand claws, but this is disputed[41] | ||
| Ferganocephale | 2005 | Balabansai Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) | Kyrgyzstan | Unusually, its teeth were not serrated | ||
| Fujianvenator | 2023 | Nanyuan Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian) | China | Possessed proportionally long legs which may be an adaptation to wading | ||
| 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[42] | ||
| 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.[43] 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[44] | ||
| 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[45] | ||
| 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[46] | ||
| 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[47] | ||
| Gobisaurus | 2001 | Ulansuhai Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian) | China | Had no tail club but already possessed the stiff tail of derived ankylosaurids[48] | ||
| 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[49] | ||
| 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[50] but this hypothesis has been criticized[51] | ||
| 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[52] | ||
| 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[53] | ||
| 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[54] | ||
| Homalocephale | 1974 | Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Mongolia | Has been suggested to be a juvenile Prenocephale on account of its flat head,[55] but this is no longer thought to be the case[56] | ||
| Huabeisaurus | 2000 | Huiquanpu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Maastrichtian) | China | May be closely related to Tangvayosaurus[57] | ||
| 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 3m (10feet) long, which supported one of the deepest body cavities of any dinosaur[58] | ||
| Huangshanlong | 2014 | Hongqin Formation (Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Aalenian to Oxfordian) | 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[59] | ||
| Ichthyovenator | 2012 | Grès supérieurs Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | 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[60] | ||
| Irisosaurus | 2020 | Fengjiahe Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian) | China | Closely related to Mussaurus[61] | ||
| Isanosaurus | 2000 | Nam Phong Formation (Late Triassic, Norian to Rhaetian) |  Thailand | May have actually come from the Late Jurassic[62] | ||
| 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[63] | ||
| Jaculinykus | 2023 | Barun Goyot Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Mongolia | Was didactyl, with a large first finger and a reduced second finger | ||
| 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[64] | ||
| 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[65] | ||
| 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[66] | ||
| 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 | Described as one of the few known lognkosaurs from mainland Asia | ||
| 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[67] | ||
| 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[68] | ||
| Kelmayisaurus | 1973 | Lianmuqin Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Albian) | China | One popular book mentions a giant species belonging to this genus,[69] but this referral may be incorrect | ||
| Kerberosaurus | 2004 | Tsagayan Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Potentially a close relative of Edmontosaurus[70] | |||
| Khaan | 2001 | Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Mongolia | Two morphotypes of chevrons are known, which may be a sexually dimorphic trait[71] | ||
| Khulsanurus | 2021 | Barun Goyot Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Mongolia | Contemporary with Parvicursor but can be distinguished by characters of its caudal vertebrae[72] | ||
| Kileskus | 2010 | Itat Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian) | Uncertain if it possesses the head crest as seen in other proceratosaurids | |||
| Kinnareemimus | 2009 | Sao Khua Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Barremian) | Thailand | Potentially one of the oldest ornithomimosaurs | ||
| Klamelisaurus | 1993 | Shishugou Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) | China | Close relatives included several referred species of Mamenchisaurus[73] | ||
| Kol | 2009 | Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Mongolia | Had a "hyperarctometatarsus" more strongly pinched than other arctometatarsalian taxa. Described as an alvarezsaurid[74] but has been suggested to be related to Avimimus[75] | ||
| Koreaceratops | 2011 | Sihwa Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian) | Possessed elongated neural spines on its caudal vertebrae. Its describers suggest that it was used as a swimming organ,[76] but a later study found it to live in a semiarid environment, making this unlikely[77] | |||
| Koreanosaurus | 2011 | Seonso Conglomerate (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Had short but powerful forelimbs suggesting it may have been a quadruped[78] | |||
| Koshisaurus | 2015 | Kitadani Formation (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian) | 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) | An ornithischian that preserves evidence of filaments, suggesting that protofeathers were basal to Dinosauria as a whole | |||
| Kundurosaurus | 2012 | Udurchukan Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | May be synonymous with Kerberosaurus[79] | |||
| 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[80] | ||
| 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[81] | ||
| 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[82] | ||
| Liaoningosaurus | 2001 | Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to 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[83] | ||
| 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[84] | ||
| 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[85] [86] | ||
| 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 to Maastrichtian) | 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[87] | ||
| 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[88] but has since been reinterpreted as a somphospondylian[89] | ||
| 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[90] | ||
| Lufengosaurus | 1940 | Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Sinemurian) | China | The rib of one specimen preserves the oldest known evidence of collagen proteins[91] | ||
| 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 | Its hand claws are elongated and blade-like in side view | ||
| Mahakala | 2007 | Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Mongolia | Possessed basal traits for a dromaeosaurid. May be a close relative of Halszkaraptor[92] | ||
| 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 ? | 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[93] | ||
| 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[94] | ||
| Microraptor | 2000 | Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | China | Known from over three hundred fossils.[95] Several are well-preserved enough to reveal fine details such as feather covering and an iridescent black coloration[96] | ||
| Migmanychion | 2023 | Longjiang Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | China | Its hand combines features of multiple groups of coelurosaurs | ||
| Minimocursor | 2023 | Phu Kradung Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian) | Thailand | The first basal neornithischian known from southeastern Asia | ||
| 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[97] | ||
| 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[98] | ||
| 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, toothed snout, convergently similar to several groups of 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[99] | ||
| Nemegtomaia | 2005 | Barun Goyot Formation, Nemegt Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) | Mongolia | One specimen preserves traces of damage by skin beetles[100] | ||
| 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) | Discovered on the island of Sakhalin, which was owned by Japan in 1936 but later annexed by 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) | 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[101] | ||
| 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[102] | ||
| 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[103] | ||
| 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[104] | ||
| Philovenator | 2012 | Bayan Mandahu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | China | Closely related to the contemporary Linhevenator but likely represents a separate taxon[105] | ||
| 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[106] | ||
| Pinacosaurus | 1933 | Bayan Mandahu Formation, Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian) | China Mongolia | May have been capable of bird-like vocalizations[107] | ||
| 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 (Early Cretaceous, Albian) | China | The closest relative to the Hadrosauromorpha based on the definition of the group[108] | ||
| Prodeinodon | 1924 | Öösh Formation, Xinlong Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | China Mongolia | Potentially a carnosaur[109] | ||
| 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[110] | ||
| 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 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) | One of its caudal vertebrae has bite marks caused by theropod teeth | |||
| Qianlong | 2023 | Ziliujing Formation (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian) | China | Associated with fossils of leathery eggs, the oldest of their kind in the world | ||
| 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[111] but has since been reinterpreted as a euhelopodid[112] | ||
| 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[113] | ||
| Qiupanykus | 2018 | Qiupa Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | China | May have used its robust thumb claws to crack open oviraptorid eggshells[114] | ||
| 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 into a rod-like structure | ||
| 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[115] | ||
| 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, Toarcian) | 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[116] 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[117] | ||
| Siamodon | 2011 | Khok Kruat Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | Thailand | May have been closely related to Probactrosaurus[118] | ||
| 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[119] | ||
| 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) | 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[120] | ||
| 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[121] | ||
| 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[122] | ||
| 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[123] | ||
| Sinornithosaurus | 1999 | Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | China | One specimen has disloged teeth, leading to suggestions it was venomous[124] | ||
| Sinosauropteryx | 1996 | Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | 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[125] | ||
| 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 | Kuangyuan Series (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) | 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[126] | ||
| Tatisaurus | 1965 | Lufeng Formation (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian) | China | Potentially a basal thyreophoran | ||
| Tengrisaurus | 2017 | Murtoi Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian) | 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[127] | ||
| 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[128] | ||
| 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[129] | ||
| Tsagantegia | 1993 | Bayan Shireh Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Santonian) | Mongolia | Had a long, shovel-shaped snout which may indicate a browsing lifestyle[130] | ||
| 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[131] | ||
| 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 | Its ilium is remarkably similar to that of the supposed tyrannosauroid Aviatyrannis | ||
| Udanoceratops | 1992 | Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Mongolia | The largest known leptoceratopsid | ||
| Ultrasaurus | 1983 | Gugyedong Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | 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[132] | ||
| 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[133] or an early member of the group[134] | ||
| Velociraptor | 1924 | Bayan Mandahu Formation, Djadochta Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | China Mongolia | One potential specimen preserves quill knobs[135] | ||
| 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 | Analysis of preserved melanosomes suggests it was mostly gray with iridescent wings[136] | ||
| Xianshanosaurus | 2009 | Haoling Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to 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[137] | ||
| 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 Toarcian) | 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) | 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[138] | ||
| 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[139] | ||
| 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 | Lufeng 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[140] | ||
| 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 50km (30miles) 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[141] | ||
| 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 to Maastrichtian) | 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[142] | ||
| 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[143] 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[144] | ||
| 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[145] | ||
| 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 | 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[146] |
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