diff --git a/.eslintrc.cjs b/.eslintrc.cjs index d6c9537..6e8698b 100644 --- a/.eslintrc.cjs +++ b/.eslintrc.cjs @@ -2,17 +2,17 @@ module.exports = { root: true, env: { browser: true, es2020: true }, extends: [ - 'eslint:recommended', - 'plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended', - 'plugin:react-hooks/recommended', + "eslint:recommended", + "plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended", + "plugin:react-hooks/recommended", ], - ignorePatterns: ['dist', '.eslintrc.cjs'], - parser: '@typescript-eslint/parser', - plugins: ['react-refresh'], + ignorePatterns: ["dist", ".eslintrc.cjs"], + parser: "@typescript-eslint/parser", + plugins: ["react-refresh"], rules: { - 'react-refresh/only-export-components': [ - 'warn', + "react-refresh/only-export-components": [ + "warn", { allowConstantExport: true }, ], }, -} +}; diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e1cdc89..11518a0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,15 +1,19 @@ # React + TypeScript + Vite -This template provides a minimal setup to get React working in Vite with HMR and some ESLint rules. +This template provides a minimal setup to get React working in Vite with HMR and +some ESLint rules. Currently, two official plugins are available: -- [@vitejs/plugin-react](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react/blob/main/packages/plugin-react/README.md) uses [Babel](https://babeljs.io/) for Fast Refresh -- [@vitejs/plugin-react-swc](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react-swc) uses [SWC](https://swc.rs/) for Fast Refresh +- [@vitejs/plugin-react](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react/blob/main/packages/plugin-react/README.md) + uses [Babel](https://babeljs.io/) for Fast Refresh +- [@vitejs/plugin-react-swc](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react-swc) + uses [SWC](https://swc.rs/) for Fast Refresh ## Expanding the ESLint configuration -If you are developing a production application, we recommend updating the configuration to enable type aware lint rules: +If you are developing a production application, we recommend updating the +configuration to enable type aware lint rules: - Configure the top-level `parserOptions` property like this: @@ -17,14 +21,19 @@ If you are developing a production application, we recommend updating the config export default { // other rules... parserOptions: { - ecmaVersion: 'latest', - sourceType: 'module', - project: ['./tsconfig.json', './tsconfig.node.json', './tsconfig.app.json'], + ecmaVersion: "latest", + sourceType: "module", + project: ["./tsconfig.json", "./tsconfig.node.json", "./tsconfig.app.json"], tsconfigRootDir: __dirname, }, -} +}; ``` -- Replace `plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended` to `plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended-type-checked` or `plugin:@typescript-eslint/strict-type-checked` +- Replace `plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended` to + `plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended-type-checked` or + `plugin:@typescript-eslint/strict-type-checked` - Optionally add `plugin:@typescript-eslint/stylistic-type-checked` -- Install [eslint-plugin-react](https://github.com/jsx-eslint/eslint-plugin-react) and add `plugin:react/recommended` & `plugin:react/jsx-runtime` to the `extends` list +- Install + [eslint-plugin-react](https://github.com/jsx-eslint/eslint-plugin-react) and + add `plugin:react/recommended` & `plugin:react/jsx-runtime` to the `extends` + list diff --git a/api/data.json b/api/data.json index cc58f7f..197c362 100644 --- a/api/data.json +++ b/api/data.json @@ -1,3022 +1,3022 @@ [ - { - "name": "Aardonyx", - "description": "An early stage in the evolution of sauropods." - }, - { - "name": "Abelisaurus", - "description": "\"Abel's lizard\" has been reconstructed from a single skull." - }, - { - "name": "Abrictosaurus", - "description": "An early relative of Heterodontosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Abrosaurus", - "description": "A close Asian relative of Camarasaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Abydosaurus", - "description": "This sauropod's intact skull was discovered in 2010." - }, - { - "name": "Acanthopholis", - "description": "No, it's not a city in Greece." - }, - { - "name": "Achelousaurus", - "description": "Might this have been a growth stage of Pachyrhinosaurus?" - }, - { - "name": "Achillobator", - "description": "This fierce raptor was discovered in modern-day Mongolia." - }, - { - "name": "Acristavus", - "description": "This early hadrosaur lacked any ornamentation on its skull." - }, - { - "name": "Acrocanthosaurus", - "description": "The largest meat-eating dinosaur of the early Cretaceous period." - }, - { - "name": "Acrotholus", - "description": "North America's earliest bone-headed dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Adamantisaurus", - "description": "This titanosaur was named 50 years after its discovery." - }, - { - "name": "Adasaurus", - "description": "This raptor's hind claws were unusually small." - }, - { - "name": "Adeopapposaurus", - "description": "A close relative of Massospondylus." - }, - { - "name": "Aegyptosaurus", - "description": "Try and guess which country this dinosaur was found in." - }, - { - "name": "Aeolosaurus", - "description": "Could this titanosaur have reared up on its hind legs?" - }, - { - "name": "Aerosteon", - "description": "This air-boned dinosaur may have breathed like a bird." - }, - { - "name": "Afrovenator", - "description": "One of the few carnivores ever to be dug up in northern Africa." - }, - { - "name": "Agathaumas", - "description": "The first ceratopsian dinosaur ever discovered." - }, - { - "name": "Agilisaurus", - "description": "This \"agile lizard\" was one of the earliest ornithopods." - }, - { - "name": "Agujaceratops", - "description": "It was once classified as a species of Chasmosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Agustinia", - "description": "A large, spiny-backed sauropod." - }, - { - "name": "Ajkaceratops", - "description": "The first ceratopsian ever to be discovered in Europe." - }, - { - "name": "Alamosaurus", - "description": "No, it wasn't named after the Alamo, but it should have been." - }, - { - "name": "Alaskacephale", - "description": "Can you guess which state this pachycephalosaur was found in?" - }, - { - "name": "Albalophosaurus", - "description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be discovered in Japan." - }, - { - "name": "Albertaceratops", - "description": "The most basal \"centrosaurine\" yet identified." - }, - { - "name": "Albertadromeus", - "description": "This petite ornithopod was recently discovered in Canada." - }, - { - "name": "Albertonykus", - "description": "A tiny, birdlike, North American dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Albertosaurus", - "description": "This carnivorous dinosaur was a close relative of T. Rex." - }, - { - "name": "Alectrosaurus", - "description": "Few specimens of this \"unmarried lizard\" have been found." - }, - { - "name": "Aletopelta", - "description": "The first ankylosaur known to have lived in Mexico." - }, - { - "name": "Alioramus", - "description": "Everything we know about this tyrannosaur is based on a single skull." - }, - { - "name": "Allosaurus", - "description": "The apex predator of late Jurassic North America." - }, - { - "name": "Altirhinus", - "description": "This \"high-nosed\" plant eater resembled an early hadrosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Alvarezsaurus", - "description": "A bird-like dinosaur of the late Cretaceous." - }, - { - "name": "Alwalkeria", - "description": "This Indian dinosaur was one of the earliest saurischians." - }, - { - "name": "Alxasaurus", - "description": "An early relative of the bizarre Therizinosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Amargasaurus", - "description": "A bizarre, spined sauropod from South America." - }, - { - "name": "Amazonsaurus", - "description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be found in the Amazon basin." - }, - { - "name": "Ammosaurus", - "description": "This may (or may not) have been the same dinosaur as Anchisaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Ampelosaurus", - "description": "One of the best-known of the armored titanosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Amphicoelias", - "description": "Could it have been the biggest dinosaur that ever lived?" - }, - { - "name": "Amurosaurus", - "description": "The most complete hadrosaur to be discovered in Russia." - }, - { - "name": "Anabisetia", - "description": "The best-attested South American ornithopod." - }, - { - "name": "Anatosaurus", - "description": "This dinosaur is now known as either Anatotitan or Edmontosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Anatotitan", - "description": "This hadrosaur's name means \"giant duck\"." - }, - { - "name": "Anchiceratops", - "description": "This dinosaur had a distinctively shaped frill." - }, - { - "name": "Anchiornis", - "description": "A four-winged dino-bird that resembled Microraptor." - }, - { - "name": "Anchisaurus", - "description": "One of the first dinosaurs ever to be dug up in the U.S." - }, - { - "name": "Andesaurus", - "description": "This titanosaur rivaled Argentinosaurus in size." - }, - { - "name": "Angaturama", - "description": "A Brazilian relative of Spinosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Angolatitan", - "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in Angola." - }, - { - "name": "Angulomastacator", - "description": "This dinosaur had a strangely shaped upper jaw." - }, - { - "name": "Animantarx", - "description": "This \"living fortress\" was discovered in an unusual way." - }, - { - "name": "Ankylosaurus", - "description": "This dinosaur was the Cretaceous equivalent of a Sherman tank." - }, - { - "name": "Anodontosaurus", - "description": "This \"toothless lizard\" actually had a full set of choppers." - }, - { - "name": "Anserimimus", - "description": "This \"goose mimic\" didn’t bear much of a resemblance." - }, - { - "name": "Antarctopelta", - "description": "The first dinosaur fossil ever discovered in Antarctica." - }, - { - "name": "Antarctosaurus", - "description": "This titanosaur may or may not have lived in Antarctica." - }, - { - "name": "Antetonitrus", - "description": "Either a very late prosauropod or a very early sauropod." - }, - { - "name": "Anzu", - "description": "This Oviraptor relative was recently discovered in North America." - }, - { - "name": "Aorun", - "description": "A small theropod of late Jurassic Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Apatosaurus", - "description": "The dinosaur formerly known as Brontosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Appalachiosaurus", - "description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be found in Alabama." - }, - { - "name": "Aquilops", - "description": "The earliest ceratopsian ever to be discovered in North America." - }, - { - "name": "Aragosaurus", - "description": "named after the Aragon region of Spain." - }, - { - "name": "Aralosaurus", - "description": "Not much is known about this central Asian duck-billed dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Archaeoceratops", - "description": "Possibly the smallest ceratopsian that ever lived." - }, - { - "name": "Archaeopteryx", - "description": "This ancient dino-bird was about the size of a modern pigeon." - }, - { - "name": "Archaeornithomimus", - "description": "A likely ancestor of Ornithomimus." - }, - { - "name": "Arcovenator", - "description": "This fierce abelisaur was recently discovered in France." - }, - { - "name": "Arcusaurus", - "description": "This prosauropod was recently discovered in South Africa." - }, - { - "name": "Argentinosaurus", - "description": "Possibly the largest dinosaur that ever lived." - }, - { - "name": "Argyrosaurus", - "description": "A plus-sized titanosaur from South America." - }, - { - "name": "Aristosuchus", - "description": "This \"noble crocodile\" was actually a dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Arrhinoceratops", - "description": "This ceratopsian was named for its \"missing\" nose horn." - }, - { - "name": "Astrodon", - "description": "The official state dinosaur of Maryland." - }, - { - "name": "Asylosaurus", - "description": "This \"unharmed lizard\" escaped destruction in World War II." - }, - { - "name": "Atlasaurus", - "description": "This sauropod had unusually long legs." - }, - { - "name": "Atlascopcosaurus", - "description": "named after a manufacturer of digging equipment." - }, - { - "name": "Atrociraptor", - "description": "This \"cruel thief\" wasn't as atrocious as its name implies." - }, - { - "name": "Aublysodon", - "description": "This tyrannosaur was named after a single tooth." - }, - { - "name": "Aucasaurus", - "description": "This predator was a close relative of Carnotaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Auroraceratops", - "description": "A close relative of Archaeoceratops." - }, - { - "name": "Australodocus", - "description": "This sauropod was found in modern-day Tanzania." - }, - { - "name": "Australovenator", - "description": "A recently discovered carnivore from Australia." - }, - { - "name": "Austroraptor", - "description": "The largest raptor from South America." - }, - { - "name": "Austrosaurus", - "description": "This titanosaur was discovered near a train station." - }, - { - "name": "Avaceratops", - "description": "This ceratopsian is represented by a single juvenile." - }, - { - "name": "Aviatyrannis", - "description": "This \"grandmother tyrant\" was one of the first tyrannosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Avimimus", - "description": "A particularly bird-like cousin of Oviraptor." - }, - { - "name": "Bactrosaurus", - "description": "One of the earliest of the duck-billed dinosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Bagaceratops", - "description": "A small ceratopsian from central Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Bagaraatan", - "description": "No one is quite sure how to classify this theropod." - }, - { - "name": "Bahariasaurus", - "description": "This obscure carnivore may have been the size of T. Rex." - }, - { - "name": "Balaur", - "description": "This \"stocky dragon\" was recently discovered in Romania." - }, - { - "name": "Bambiraptor", - "description": "Yes, this tiny raptor was named after you-know-who." - }, - { - "name": "Barapasaurus", - "description": "Probably the first of the giant sauropods." - }, - { - "name": "Barilium", - "description": "Yet another iguanodontid ornithopod of the British Isles." - }, - { - "name": "Barosaurus", - "description": "An enormous plant-eater with a tiny head." - }, - { - "name": "Barsboldia", - "description": "This hadrosaur was named after Rinchen Barsbold." - }, - { - "name": "Baryonyx", - "description": "You wouldn't want to clip this dinosaur's claws." - }, - { - "name": "Batyrosaurus", - "description": "One of the most basal hadrosaurs yet identified." - }, - { - "name": "Becklespinax", - "description": "A strangely named theropod of the early Cretaceous period." - }, - { - "name": "Beipiaosaurus", - "description": "The only known feathered therizinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Beishanlong", - "description": "This bird mimic weighed over half a ton." - }, - { - "name": "Bellusaurus", - "description": "A herd of this sauropod drowned in a flash flood." - }, - { - "name": "Berberosaurus", - "description": "This \"Berber lizard\" has proven difficult to classify." - }, - { - "name": "Bicentenaria", - "description": "This dinosaur was named for Argentina's 200th anniversary." - }, - { - "name": "Bistahieversor", - "description": "This tyrannosaur had more teeth than T. Rex." - }, - { - "name": "Bonapartenykus", - "description": "This feathered dinosaur was found in close proximity to its eggs." - }, - { - "name": "Bonitasaura", - "description": "This titanosaur wasn't as beautiful as its name implies." - }, - { - "name": "Borogovia", - "description": "This theropod was named after a Lewis Carroll poem." - }, - { - "name": "Bothriospondylus", - "description": "A case study in dinosaur confusion." - }, - { - "name": "Brachiosaurus", - "description": "This dinosaur was a giant, gentle, long-necked plant-eater." - }, - { - "name": "Brachyceratops", - "description": "A little-known ceratopsian from North America." - }, - { - "name": "Brachylophosaurus", - "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur's beak looked more like a parrot's." - }, - { - "name": "Brachytrachelopan", - "description": "This sauropod had an unusually short neck." - }, - { - "name": "Bravoceratops", - "description": "This ceratopsian was recently discovered in Texas." - }, - { - "name": "Brontomerus", - "description": "Its name is Greek for \"thunder thighs\"." - }, - { - "name": "Bruhathkayosaurus", - "description": "Was this titanosaur bigger than Argentinosaurus?" - }, - { - "name": "Buitreraptor", - "description": "The oldest raptor ever discovered in South America." - }, - { - "name": "Byronosaurus", - "description": "This theropod was a close relative of Troodon." - }, - { - "name": "Camarasaurus", - "description": "The most common sauropod of Jurassic North America." - }, - { - "name": "Camarillasaurus", - "description": "A ceratosaur of early Cretaceous western Europe." - }, - { - "name": "Camelotia", - "description": "An early member of the line that evolved into sauropods." - }, - { - "name": "Camptosaurus", - "description": "A close relative of Iguanodon." - }, - { - "name": "Carcharodontosaurus", - "description": "Its name means \"great white shark lizard.\" Impressed yet?" - }, - { - "name": "Carnotaurus", - "description": "The shortest arms of any meat-eating dinosaur with horns to match." - }, - { - "name": "Caudipteryx", - "description": "A birdlike dinosaur that changed the views of paleontologists." - }, - { - "name": "Centrosaurus", - "description": "Like a unicorn, this ceratopsian only had one horn." - }, - { - "name": "Cerasinops", - "description": "A small ceratopsian of the late Cretaceous." - }, - { - "name": "Ceratonykus", - "description": "This dino-bird was discovered in Mongolia in 2009." - }, - { - "name": "Ceratosaurus", - "description": "This primitive carnivore is hard to classify." - }, - { - "name": "Cetiosauriscus", - "description": "Not to be confused with the more famous Cetiosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Cetiosaurus", - "description": "This \"whale lizard\" was once mistaken for the Loch Ness Monster." - }, - { - "name": "Changyuraptor", - "description": "Was this feathered dinosaur capable of flight?" - }, - { - "name": "Chaoyangsaurus", - "description": "An early ceratopsian of the late Jurassic period." - }, - { - "name": "Charonosaurus", - "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur was much bigger than an elephant." - }, - { - "name": "Chasmosaurus", - "description": "The only dinosaur that came with its own awning." - }, - { - "name": "Chialingosaurus", - "description": "One of the earliest Asian stegosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Chilantaisaurus", - "description": "This large theropod may have been ancestral to Spinosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Chilesaurus", - "description": "This plant-eating theropod was recently discovered in Chile." - }, - { - "name": "Chindesaurus", - "description": "This early dinosaur was a close relative of Herrerasaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Chirostenotes", - "description": "This birdlike dinosaur has been known by three different names." - }, - { - "name": "Chubutisaurus", - "description": "This titanosaur was on Tyrannotitan's lunch menu." - }, - { - "name": "Chungkingosaurus", - "description": "This early stegosaur had some primitive characteristics." - }, - { - "name": "Citipati", - "description": "This Mongolian theropod was a close relative of Oviraptor." - }, - { - "name": "Claosaurus", - "description": "This \"broken lizard\" was a primitive hadrosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Coahuilaceratops", - "description": "It had the longest horns of any known ceratopsian dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Coelophysis", - "description": "One of the most ancient dinosaurs ever to roam the earth." - }, - { - "name": "Coelurus", - "description": "This tiny dinosaur was a close relative of Compsognathus." - }, - { - "name": "Colepiocephale", - "description": "This thick-skulled dinosaur's name is Greek for \"knucklehead\"." - }, - { - "name": "Compsognathus", - "description": "This dinosaur was the size of a chicken, but much meaner." - }, - { - "name": "Concavenator", - "description": "This large theropod had a bizarre hump on its back." - }, - { - "name": "Conchoraptor", - "description": "This \"conch thief\" may have lunched on mollusks." - }, - { - "name": "Condorraptor", - "description": "A small theropod of middle Jurassic South America." - }, - { - "name": "Coronosaurus", - "description": "This \"crown lizard\" was once classified as a species of Centrosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Corythosaurus", - "description": "This \"Corinthian-helmeted\" dino had a distinctive mating call." - }, - { - "name": "Crichtonsaurus", - "description": "This dinosaur was named after the author of Jurassic Park." - }, - { - "name": "Cruxicheiros", - "description": "This \"cross-handed\" dinosaur was named in 2010." - }, - { - "name": "Cryolophosaurus", - "description": "This crested dinosaur was once known as \"Elvisaurus\"." - }, - { - "name": "Cryptovolans", - "description": "Was this the same dinosaur as Microraptor?" - }, - { - "name": "Cumnoria", - "description": "It was once mistakenly classified as a species of Iguanodon." - }, - { - "name": "Dacentrurus", - "description": "The first stegosaur ever to be described." - }, - { - "name": "Daemonosauru 0s", - "description": "This \"evil lizard\" was a close relative of Coelophysis." - }, - { - "name": "Dahalokely", - "description": "A rare theropod from the island of Madagascar." - }, - { - "name": "Dakotaraptor", - "description": "This giant raptor was recently discovered in South Dakota." - }, - { - "name": "Daspletosaurus", - "description": "This \"frightful lizard\" was a close cousin of T. Rex." - }, - { - "name": "Datousaurus", - "description": "A medium-sized sauropod from middle Jurassic Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Darwinsaurus", - "description": "\"Darwin's lizard\" may or may not be a valid dinosaur genus." - }, - { - "name": "Deinocheirus", - "description": "All we know for sure about this dinosaur is the shape of its arms." - }, - { - "name": "Deinodon", - "description": "This \"terrible tooth\" is important from a historical perspective." - }, - { - "name": "Deinonychus", - "description": "One of the most fearsome raptors of the Cretaceous period." - }, - { - "name": "Delapparentia", - "description": "This ornithopod was initially classified as a species of Iguanodon." - }, - { - "name": "Deltadromeus", - "description": "An unusually speedy theropod of the middle Cretaceous." - }, - { - "name": "Demandasaurus", - "description": "A poorly understood sauropod of early Cretaceous Europe." - }, - { - "name": "Diabloceratops", - "description": "It looked like a cross between a Triceratops and a Centrosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Diamantinasaurus", - "description": "This titanosaur was recently discovered in Australia." - }, - { - "name": "Diceratops", - "description": "Was this two-horned dinosaur really a specimen of Triceratops?" - }, - { - "name": "Dicraeosaurus", - "description": "A medium-sized, spiny-necked sauropod." - }, - { - "name": "Dilong", - "description": "This \"emperor dragon\" may have been an ancestor of T. Rex." - }, - { - "name": "Dilophosaurus", - "description": "This dinosaur was distinguished by the bony crests on its noggin." - }, - { - "name": "Dimetrodon", - "description": "This ancient synapsid had a huge sail on its back." - }, - { - "name": "Diplodocus", - "description": "Thin at one end, much thicker in the middle, and thin again at the far end." - }, - { - "name": "Dollodon", - "description": "named after the Belgian paleontologist Louis Dollo." - }, - { - "name": "Draconyx", - "description": "This \"dragon claw\" lived in late Jurassic Portugal." - }, - { - "name": "Dracopelta", - "description": "This early ankylosaur was discovered in Portugal." - }, - { - "name": "Dracorex", - "description": "The only dinosaur to be named after the \"Harry Potter\" books." - }, - { - "name": "Dracovenator", - "description": "This \"dragon hunter\" was a close relative of Dilophosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Dravidosaurus", - "description": "This \"dinosaur\" may actually have been a marine reptile." - }, - { - "name": "Dreadnoughtus", - "description": "This huge titanosaur was recently discovered in Argentina." - }, - { - "name": "Drinker", - "description": "named after the famous paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope." - }, - { - "name": "Dromaeosauroides", - "description": "The only dinosaur ever to be discovered in Denmark." - }, - { - "name": "Dromaeosaurus", - "description": "This \"running lizard\" was probably covered with feathers." - }, - { - "name": "Dromiceiomimus", - "description": "Possibly the fastest dinosaur that ever lived." - }, - { - "name": "Dryosaurus", - "description": "A typical ornithopod of the late Jurassic." - }, - { - "name": "Dryptosaurus", - "description": "The first tyrannosaur to be discovered in the U.S." - }, - { - "name": "Dubreuillosaurus", - "description": "This megalosaur had a long, low snout." - }, - { - "name": "Duriavenator", - "description": "Yet another theropod that was once assigned to Megalosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Dyoplosaurus", - "description": "This ankylosaur was once confused with Euoplocephalus." - }, - { - "name": "Dysalotosaurus", - "description": "We know a lot about this dinosaur's growth stages." - }, - { - "name": "Dyslocosaurus", - "description": "Its name means \"hard-to-place lizard\"." - }, - { - "name": "Dystrophaeus", - "description": "This Diplodocus-like sauropod was named by Edward Cope." - }, - { - "name": "Echinodon", - "description": "One of the few ornithopods to sport a set of canines." - }, - { - "name": "Edmarka", - "description": "This may have been a species of Torvosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Edmontonia", - "description": "This armored dinosaur never actually lived in Edmonton." - }, - { - "name": "Edmontosaurus", - "description": "This large, duck-billed herbivore was a contemporary of T. Rex." - }, - { - "name": "Efraasia", - "description": "This Triassic herbivore may have been ancestral to sauropods." - }, - { - "name": "Einiosaurus", - "description": "This ceratopsian was a close relative of Centrosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Ekrixinatosaurus", - "description": "Its name means \"explosion-born lizard\"." - }, - { - "name": "Elaphrosaurus", - "description": "A lightweight theropod from the late Jurassic." - }, - { - "name": "Elmisaurus", - "description": "This \"foot lizard\" was a close relative of Oviraptor." - }, - { - "name": "Elopteryx", - "description": "This Transylvanian dinosaur is almost as controversial as Dracula." - }, - { - "name": "Elrhazosaurus", - "description": "Once classified as a species of Valdosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Enigmosaurus", - "description": "This \"puzzle lizard\" was closely related to Therizinosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Eoabelisaurus", - "description": "The earliest abelisaurid theropod yet identified." - }, - { - "name": "Eobrontosaurus", - "description": "This \"dawn brontosaurus\" isn't accepted by most experts." - }, - { - "name": "Eocarcharia", - "description": "This \"dawn shark\" prowled the woodlands of northern Africa." - }, - { - "name": "Eocursor", - "description": "This late Triassic reptile was one of the earliest true dinosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Eodromaeus", - "description": "Yet another ancient theropod from South America." - }, - { - "name": "Eolambia", - "description": "An early hadrosaur from North America." - }, - { - "name": "Eoraptor", - "description": "This tiny dinosaur was among the first of its kind." - }, - { - "name": "Eosinopteryx", - "description": "A tiny feathered dinosaur of the late Jurassic period." - }, - { - "name": "Eotriceratops", - "description": "This \"dawn Triceratops\" was recently discovered in Canada." - }, - { - "name": "Eotyrannus", - "description": "This early tyrannosaur looked more like a raptor." - }, - { - "name": "Epachthosaurus", - "description": "This \"heavy lizard\" was relatively primitive for its time and place." - }, - { - "name": "Epidendrosaurus", - "description": "Did this tiny dino-bird spend its life up a tree?" - }, - { - "name": "Epidexipteryx", - "description": "This feathered dinosaur predated Archaeopteryx." - }, - { - "name": "Equijubus", - "description": "Its name is Greek for \"horse mane\"." - }, - { - "name": "Erectopus", - "description": "This \"upright-footed\" dinosaur is a 19th-century enigma." - }, - { - "name": "Erketu", - "description": "This titanosaur had an unusually long neck." - }, - { - "name": "Erliansaurus", - "description": "A basal therizinosaur from central Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Erlikosaurus", - "description": "This late therizinosaur roamed the Mongolian forests." - }, - { - "name": "Euhelopus", - "description": "The first sauropod to be discovered in China." - }, - { - "name": "Euoplocephalus", - "description": "Even this ankylosaur's eyelids were armored." - }, - { - "name": "Europasaurus", - "description": "The smallest sauropod ever discovered." - }, - { - "name": "Europelta", - "description": "This early nodosaur was recently discovered in Spain." - }, - { - "name": "Euskelosaurus", - "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in Africa." - }, - { - "name": "Eustreptospondylus", - "description": "A close cousin of Megalosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Fabrosaurus", - "description": "This early ornithopod may have been a species of Lesothosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Falcarius", - "description": "A bizarre, feathered theropod from North America." - }, - { - "name": "Ferganasaurus", - "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in the USSR." - }, - { - "name": "Fruitadens", - "description": "One of the tiniest dinosaurs ever to live in North America." - }, - { - "name": "Fukuiraptor", - "description": "One of the few carnivorous dinosaurs ever to be dug up in Japan." - }, - { - "name": "Fukuisaurus", - "description": "This ornithopod was discovered in Japan." - }, - { - "name": "Fulgurotherium", - "description": "Very little is known about this \"lightning beast\"." - }, - { - "name": "Futalognkosaurus", - "description": "A very big, and very strangely named sauropod." - }, - { - "name": "Gallimimus", - "description": "This \"chicken mimic\" roamed the plains of the late Cretaceous." - }, - { - "name": "Gargoyleosaurus", - "description": "This \"gargoyle lizard\" was an ancestor of Ankylosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Garudimimus", - "description": "A relative slowpoke compared to other ornithomimids." - }, - { - "name": "Gasosaurus", - "description": "Yes, that's its real name, and no, it isn't for the reason you think." - }, - { - "name": "Gasparinisaura", - "description": "One of the few ornithopods known to have lived in South America." - }, - { - "name": "Gastonia", - "description": "This ankylosaur was probably on Utahraptor's lunch menu." - }, - { - "name": "Genyodectes", - "description": "This dinosaur is represented by an impressive set of teeth." - }, - { - "name": "Gideonmantellia", - "description": "Guess what naturalist this dinosaur was named after." - }, - { - "name": "Giganotosaurus", - "description": "Not quite a \"Gigantosaurus,\" but close enough." - }, - { - "name": "Gigantoraptor", - "description": "This huge oviraptorosaur weighed over two tons." - }, - { - "name": "Gigantspinosaurus", - "description": "It may or may not have been a true stegosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Gilmoreosaurus", - "description": "One of the few dinosaurs known to have suffered from cancer." - }, - { - "name": "Giraffatitan", - "description": "Might this \"giant giraffe\" have been a species of Brachiosaurus?" - }, - { - "name": "Glacialisaurus", - "description": "This \"frozen lizard\" was a close relative of Lufengosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Gobiceratops", - "description": "This ceratopsian's tiny skull was found in the Gobi Desert." - }, - { - "name": "Gobisaurus", - "description": "An unusually large ankylosaur of central Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Gobivenator", - "description": "This feathered dinosaur gave Velociraptor a run for its money." - }, - { - "name": "Gojirasaurus", - "description": "This early predator was named after Godzilla." - }, - { - "name": "Gondwanatitan", - "description": "Yet another titanosaur from South America." - }, - { - "name": "Gorgosaurus", - "description": "Might this tyrannosaur have been a species of Albertosaurus?" - }, - { - "name": "Goyocephale", - "description": "A primitive bonehead from Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Graciliraptor", - "description": "This tiny dino-bird was a close relative of Microraptor." - }, - { - "name": "Gryphoceratops", - "description": "A tiny ceratopsian of Cretaceous North America." - }, - { - "name": "Gryponyx", - "description": "This \"hooked claw\" was a distant sauropod ancestor." - }, - { - "name": "Gryposaurus", - "description": "One of the most common of the duck-billed dinosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Guaibasaurus", - "description": "Was this early dinosaur a theropod or a prosauropod?" - }, - { - "name": "Guanlong", - "description": "Probably the first tyrannosaur ever to walk the earth." - }, - { - "name": "Hadrosaurus", - "description": "The official state dinosaur of New Jersey." - }, - { - "name": "Hagryphus", - "description": "The largest North American oviraptor yet discovered." - }, - { - "name": "Halticosaurus", - "description": "A \"nomen dubium\" theropod of the early 20th century." - }, - { - "name": "Haplocanthosaurus", - "description": "A typical sauropod of the late Jurassic period." - }, - { - "name": "Haplocheirus", - "description": "This feathered dinosaur predated Archaeopteryx by millions of years." - }, - { - "name": "Harpymimus", - "description": "named after the winged creature of Greek myth." - }, - { - "name": "Haya", - "description": "This dinosaur was named after a horse-headed Mongolian god." - }, - { - "name": "Herrerasaurus", - "description": "This carnivore roamed present-day South America." - }, - { - "name": "Hesperonychus", - "description": "A tiny North American dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Hesperosaurus", - "description": "The oldest stegosaur discovered in North America." - }, - { - "name": "Heterodontosaurus", - "description": "This \"different-toothed\" dinosaur was a dentist's nightmare." - }, - { - "name": "Hexing", - "description": "This early ornithomimid was recently discovered in China." - }, - { - "name": "Hexinlusaurus", - "description": "named after the Chinese professor He Xin-Lu." - }, - { - "name": "Heyuannia", - "description": "Yet another close relative of Oviraptor." - }, - { - "name": "Hippodraco", - "description": "This \"horse dragon\" was recently discovered in Utah." - }, - { - "name": "Homalocephale", - "description": "This herbivore had a very flat--and very thick--skull." - }, - { - "name": "Hongshanosaurus", - "description": "This early ceratopsian is known by two skulls." - }, - { - "name": "Hoplitosaurus", - "description": "named after the heavily armored soldiers of classical Greece." - }, - { - "name": "Huabeisaurus", - "description": "A titanosaur from northern China." - }, - { - "name": "Huanghetitan", - "description": "Yet another contender for the biggest dinosaur that ever lived." - }, - { - "name": "Huaxiagnathus", - "description": "One of the biggest dino-birds of its time." - }, - { - "name": "Huaxiaosaurus", - "description": "Might it be an unusually large specimen of Shantungosaurus?" - }, - { - "name": "Huayangosaurus", - "description": "Could this have been the ancestor of all the stegosaurs?" - }, - { - "name": "Huehuecanauhtlus", - "description": "Its name is Aztec for \"ancient duck\"." - }, - { - "name": "Hungarosaurus", - "description": "The best-attested ankylosaur ever discovered in Europe." - }, - { - "name": "Huxleysaurus", - "description": "named after the famous biologist Thomas Henry Huxley." - }, - { - "name": "Hylaeosaurus", - "description": "One of the first creatures ever to be called a dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Hypacrosaurus", - "description": "We know a lot about this dinosaur's family life." - }, - { - "name": "Hypselosaurus", - "description": "This titanosaur's eggs were a foot in diameter." - }, - { - "name": "Hypselospinus", - "description": "It was once classified as a species of Iguanodon." - }, - { - "name": "Hypsibema", - "description": "The official state dinosaur of Missouri." - }, - { - "name": "Hypsilophodon", - "description": "This man-sized herbivore liked to eat and run." - }, - { - "name": "Ichthyovenator", - "description": "This sail-backed dinosaur was recently discovered in Laos." - }, - { - "name": "Ignavusaurus", - "description": "Its name means \"cowardly lizard\"." - }, - { - "name": "Iguanacolossus", - "description": "A brand-new ornithopod from North America." - }, - { - "name": "Iguanodon", - "description": "The second dinosaur in history ever to receive a name." - }, - { - "name": "Ilokelesia", - "description": "A primitive abelisaur from South America." - }, - { - "name": "Incisivosaurus", - "description": "This buck-toothed dinosaur was the Cretaceous equivalent of a beaver." - }, - { - "name": "Indosuchus", - "description": "This \"Indian crocodile\" was actually a dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Ingenia", - "description": "A small, birdlike dinosaur from central Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Irritator", - "description": "This spinosaur was named by a very frustrated paleontologist." - }, - { - "name": "Isanosaurus", - "description": "One of the first sauropods ever to walk the earth." - }, - { - "name": "Isisaurus", - "description": "Otherwise known as the Indian Statistical Institute Lizard." - }, - { - "name": "Jainosaurus", - "description": "named after the Indian paleontologist Sohan Lal Jain." - }, - { - "name": "Janenschia", - "description": "The earliest titanosaur in the fossil record." - }, - { - "name": "Jaxartosaurus", - "description": "A poorly known hadrosaur from central Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Jeholosaurus", - "description": "This ornithopod may have had an omnivorous diet." - }, - { - "name": "Jeyawati", - "description": "Its name is Zuni for \"grinding mouth\"." - }, - { - "name": "Jianchangosaurus", - "description": "One of the earliest therizinosaurs in the fossil record." - }, - { - "name": "Jinfengopteryx", - "description": "This feathered dinosaur was once thought to be a true bird." - }, - { - "name": "Jingshanosaurus", - "description": "A close relative of Yunnanosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Jinzhousaurus", - "description": "This Asian dinosaur was one of the first hadrosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Jobaria", - "description": "A strange, short-tailed African sauropod." - }, - { - "name": "Judiceratops", - "description": "The earliest Chasmosaurus ancestor yet identified." - }, - { - "name": "Juratyrant", - "description": "This early tyrannosaur was discovered in England." - }, - { - "name": "Juravenator", - "description": "Why didn't this presumed \"dino-bird\" have feathers?" - }, - { - "name": "Kaatedocus", - "description": "This Diplodocus relative had a characteristic grin." - }, - { - "name": "Kaijiangosaurus", - "description": "This might have been the same dinosaur as Gasosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Kazaklambia", - "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur was discovered in Kazakhstan." - }, - { - "name": "Kentrosaurus", - "description": "A smaller, African cousin of Stegosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Kerberosaurus", - "description": "named after the three-headed dog of Greek myth." - }, - { - "name": "Khaan", - "description": "Few small mammals dared face the wrath of this dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Kileskus", - "description": "Yet another \"basal\" tyrannosaur from central Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Kinnareemimus", - "description": "This \"bird mimic\" dinosaur was recently discovered in Thailand." - }, - { - "name": "Kol", - "description": "It's tied with Mei for \"shortest dinosaur name\"." - }, - { - "name": "Koreaceratops", - "description": "There's evidence that this ceratopsian liked to go swimming." - }, - { - "name": "Koreanosaurus", - "description": "Guess what country this ornithopod was discovered in." - }, - { - "name": "Kosmoceratops", - "description": "This ceratopsian had a bizarre, downward-folding frill." - }, - { - "name": "Kotasaurus", - "description": "One of the few sauropods to be discovered in India." - }, - { - "name": "Kritosaurus", - "description": "A famous, but poorly understood hadrosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Kryptops", - "description": "This dinosaur came equipped with its own face mask." - }, - { - "name": "Kukufeldia", - "description": "Yet another ornithopod that was once lumped in with Iguanodon." - }, - { - "name": "Kulindadromeus", - "description": "Why did this ornithopod dinosaur have feathers?" - }, - { - "name": "Kundurosaurus", - "description": "This hadrosaur was discovered in the far east of Russia." - }, - { - "name": "Labocania", - "description": "It may or may not have been a true tyrannosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Lagosuchus", - "description": "Could this have been the ancestor of all the dinosaurs?" - }, - { - "name": "Lambeosaurus", - "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur had a hatchet-shaped crest on its noggin." - }, - { - "name": "Lamplughsaura", - "description": "This early sauropod was discovered in India." - }, - { - "name": "Lanzhousaurus", - "description": "This herbivore's teeth were half a foot long." - }, - { - "name": "Laosaurus", - "description": "This dubious ornithopod was named by Othniel C. Marsh." - }, - { - "name": "Lapparentosaurus", - "description": "This sauropod was discovered in Madagascar." - }, - { - "name": "Laquintasaura", - "description": "The first plant-eating dinosaur ever to be discovered in Venezuela." - }, - { - "name": "Latirhinus", - "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur had an enormous nose." - }, - { - "name": "Leaellynasaura", - "description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be named after a little girl." - }, - { - "name": "Leinkupal", - "description": "The latest surviving diplodocid sauropod." - }, - { - "name": "Leonerasaurus", - "description": "This prosauropod was recently discovered in Argentina." - }, - { - "name": "Leptoceratops", - "description": "One of the most primitive of all ceratopsians." - }, - { - "name": "Leshansaurus", - "description": "Did this meat-eater feast on small, armored dinosaurs?" - }, - { - "name": "Lesothosaurus", - "description": "One of the earliest of all the ornithischian dinosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Lessemsaurus", - "description": "named after the popular science writer Don Lessem." - }, - { - "name": "Lexovisaurus", - "description": "One of the oldest European stegosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Leyesaurus", - "description": "A newly discovered prosauropod from South America." - }, - { - "name": "Liaoceratops", - "description": "A tiny ceratopsian of early Cretaceous Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Liaoningosaurus", - "description": "One of the smallest ankylosaurs in the fossil record." - }, - { - "name": "Liliensternus", - "description": "One of the largest carnivores of the Triassic period." - }, - { - "name": "Limaysaurus", - "description": "It was once classified as a species of Rebbachisaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Limusaurus", - "description": "Was this toothless theropod a vegetarian?" - }, - { - "name": "Linhenykus", - "description": "This tiny dinosaur had single-clawed hands." - }, - { - "name": "Linheraptor", - "description": "This Mongolian raptor was discovered in 2008." - }, - { - "name": "Linhevenato", - "description": "r This troodont was recently discovered in Mongolia." - }, - { - "name": "Lophorhothon", - "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in Alabama." - }, - { - "name": "Lophostropheus", - "description": "This theropod lived near the Triassic/Jurassic boundary." - }, - { - "name": "Loricatosaurus", - "description": "This stegosaur was once classified as a species of Lexovisaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Lourinhanosaurus", - "description": "Not to be confused with Lourinhasaurus, below." - }, - { - "name": "Lourinhasaurus", - "description": "Not to be confused with Lourinhanosaurus, above." - }, - { - "name": "Luanchuanraptor", - "description": "A small, poorly understood Asian raptor." - }, - { - "name": "Lufengosaurus", - "description": "A common sight at Chinese natural history museums." - }, - { - "name": "Lurdusaurus", - "description": "This ornithopod resembled a giant sloth." - }, - { - "name": "Lusotitan", - "description": "This sauropod was once classified as a species of Brachiosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Lycorhinus", - "description": "This dinosaur was once thought to be a mammal-like reptile." - }, - { - "name": "Lythronax", - "description": "This tyrannosaur lived on the island of Laramidia." - }, - { - "name": "Machairasaurus", - "description": "This \"short scimitar lizard\" was a close relative of Oviraptor." - }, - { - "name": "Macrogryphosaurus", - "description": "Otherwise known as the Big Enigmatic Lizard." - }, - { - "name": "Magnapaulia", - "description": "The largest lambeosaurine hadrosaur yet identified." - }, - { - "name": "Magnirostris", - "description": "This ceratopsian had an unusually big beak." - }, - { - "name": "Magnosaurus", - "description": "Once thought to be a species of Megalosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Magyarosaurus", - "description": "This dwarf titanosaur was probably confined to a small island." - }, - { - "name": "Mahakala", - "description": "This dino-bird was named after a Buddhist deity." - }, - { - "name": "Maiasaura", - "description": "This \"good mother lizard\" kept close tabs on her young." - }, - { - "name": "Majungasaurus", - "description": "Fairly--or unfairly--known as the \"cannibal dinosaur\"." - }, - { - "name": "Malawisaurus", - "description": "The first titanosaur to be found with an intact skull." - }, - { - "name": "Mamenchisaurus", - "description": "The longest-necked dinosaur that ever lived." - }, - { - "name": "Manidens", - "description": "A strangely toothed relative of Heterodontosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Mantellisaurus", - "description": "named after the famous fossil hunter Gideon Mantell." - }, - { - "name": "Mantellodon", - "description": "This Iguanodon refugee may or may not deserve its own genus." - }, - { - "name": "Mapusaurus", - "description": "This huge carnivore was closely related to Giganotosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Marshosaurus", - "description": "named after the famous paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh." - }, - { - "name": "Martharaptor", - "description": "This dinosaur was named after a Utah paleontologist." - }, - { - "name": "Masiakasaurus", - "description": "A bizarre, buck-toothed predator of the late Cretaceous." - }, - { - "name": "Massospondylus", - "description": "This small, lithe, bipedal plant-eater roamed the plains of South Africa." - }, - { - "name": "Maxakalisaurus", - "description": "One of the biggest titanosaurs ever found in Brazil." - }, - { - "name": "Medusaceratops", - "description": "This frilled dinosaur was a close relative of Centrosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Megalosaurus", - "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered and named." - }, - { - "name": "Megapnosaurus", - "description": "Its name is Greek for \"big dead lizard\"." - }, - { - "name": "Megaraptor", - "description": "Despite its name, it wasn't really a raptor." - }, - { - "name": "Mei", - "description": "The current record-holder for \"shortest dinosaur name\"." - }, - { - "name": "Melanorosaurus", - "description": "Probably the largest prosauropod that ever lived." - }, - { - "name": "Mendozasaurus", - "description": "This titanosaur was ancestral to Futalognkosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Mercuriceratops", - "description": "This ceratopsian was discovered on the U.S./Canada border." - }, - { - "name": "Metriacanthosaurus", - "description": "Yet another dinosaur that was once mistaken for Megalosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Microceratops", - "description": "Probably the smallest ceratopsian that ever lived." - }, - { - "name": "Micropachycephalosaurus", - "description": "The current record-holder for longest dinosaur name." - }, - { - "name": "Microraptor", - "description": "This tiny feathered dinosaur had four wings rather than two." - }, - { - "name": "Microvenator", - "description": "This \"tiny hunter\" actually measured 10 feet from head to tail." - }, - { - "name": "Minmi", - "description": "An early (and very dumb) ankylosaur from Australia." - }, - { - "name": "Minotaurasaurus", - "description": "named after the half-man, half-bull of Greek myth." - }, - { - "name": "Miragaia", - "description": "This stegosaur had an unusually long neck." - }, - { - "name": "Mirischia", - "description": "Its name means \"wonderful pelvis\"." - }, - { - "name": "Mochlodon", - "description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be discovered in Austria." - }, - { - "name": "Mojoceratops", - "description": "This ceratopsian had a heart-shaped frill." - }, - { - "name": "Monkonosaurus", - "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in modern-day Tibet." - }, - { - "name": "Monoclonius", - "description": "Might this have been a species of Centrosaurus?" - }, - { - "name": "Monolophosaurus", - "description": "This Jurassic predator had a single crest on its skull." - }, - { - "name": "Mononykus", - "description": "This dinosaur may have dug into termite mounds for its lunch." - }, - { - "name": "Montanoceratops", - "description": "A primitive ceratopsian of the late Cretaceous period." - }, - { - "name": "Mussaurus", - "description": "This \"mouse lizard\" lived in Triassic South America." - }, - { - "name": "Muttaburrasaurus", - "description": "The most complete dinosaur fossil ever found in Australia." - }, - { - "name": "Mymoorapelta", - "description": "named after the Mygand-Moore quarry in Colorado." - }, - { - "name": "Nankangia", - "description": "A recently discovered oviraptor from China." - }, - { - "name": "Nanosaurus", - "description": "This \"tiny lizard\" was named by Othniel C. Marsh." - }, - { - "name": "Nanotyrannus", - "description": "Could this have been a juvenile T. Rex?" - }, - { - "name": "Nanshiungosaurus", - "description": "A bizarre therizinosaur from Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Nanuqsaurus", - "description": "This \"polar lizard\" was recently discovered in Alaska." - }, - { - "name": "Nanyangosaurus", - "description": "An iguanodontid ornithopod of middle Cretaceous Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Nasutoceratops", - "description": "This dinosaur had horns like a modern steer." - }, - { - "name": "Nebulasaurus", - "description": "This \"nebula lizard\" was recently discovered in China." - }, - { - "name": "Nedcolbertia", - "description": "named after the famous paleontologist Edwin Colbert." - }, - { - "name": "Neimongosaurus", - "description": "A rare therizinosaur from inner Mongolia." - }, - { - "name": "Nemegtomaia", - "description": "This dinosaur had a bizarrely shaped skull." - }, - { - "name": "Nemegtosaurus", - "description": "This titanosaur has been recreated from a single, incomplete skull." - }, - { - "name": "Neovenator", - "description": "One of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs of western Europe." - }, - { - "name": "Neuquenraptor", - "description": "It may actually be a species (or specimen) of Unenlagia." - }, - { - "name": "Neuquensaurus", - "description": "Was this titanosaur really a species of Saltasaurus?" - }, - { - "name": "Nigersaurus", - "description": "This African sauropod had a huge number of teeth." - }, - { - "name": "Nipponosaurus", - "description": "This hadrosaur was discovered on the island of Sakhalin." - }, - { - "name": "Noasaurus", - "description": "Were this predator's giant claws on its hands, or on its feet?" - }, - { - "name": "Nodocephalosaurus", - "description": "This armored dinosaur has been reconstructed from a single skull." - }, - { - "name": "Nodosaurus", - "description": "One of the first armored dinosaurs ever discovered in North America." - }, - { - "name": "Nomingia", - "description": "This small dinosaur had a peacock-like tail." - }, - { - "name": "Nothronychus", - "description": "The first therizonosaur to be found outside Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Notohypsilophodon", - "description": "A rare South American ornithopod." - }, - { - "name": "Nqwebasaurus", - "description": "One of the few theropods to be discovered in sub-Saharan Africa." - }, - { - "name": "Nuthetes", - "description": "This raptor was named after the modern monitor lizard." - }, - { - "name": "Nyasasaurus", - "description": "Could this be the earliest dinosaur in the fossil record?" - }, - { - "name": "Ojoceratops", - "description": "A very close relative of Triceratops." - }, - { - "name": "Olorotitan", - "description": "One of the most complete dinosaur fossils ever found in Russia." - }, - { - "name": "Omeisaurus", - "description": "One of the most common Chinese sauropods." - }, - { - "name": "Oohkotokia", - "description": "Its name is Blackfoot for \"large stone\"." - }, - { - "name": "Opisthocoelicaudia", - "description": "A clumsily named titanosaur of the late Cretaceous period." - }, - { - "name": "Orkoraptor", - "description": "The southernmost theropod ever to live in South America." - }, - { - "name": "Ornithodesmus", - "description": "This mysterious raptor was once thought to be a pterosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Ornitholestes", - "description": "This \"bird robber\" probably preyed on small lizards instead." - }, - { - "name": "Ornithomimus", - "description": "This \"bird mimic\" resembled a modern ostrich." - }, - { - "name": "Ornithopsis", - "description": "This \"bird face\" was actually a genus of titanosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Orodromeus", - "description": "This tiny herbivore was on Troodon's dinner menu." - }, - { - "name": "Orthomerus", - "description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be discovered in Holland." - }, - { - "name": "Oryctodromeus", - "description": "The only ornithopod known to have lived in burrows." - }, - { - "name": "Ostafrikasaurus", - "description": "Could this have been the earliest known spinosaur?" - }, - { - "name": "Othnielia", - "description": "named after the famous paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh." - }, - { - "name": "Othnielosaurus", - "description": "Also named after the famous paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh." - }, - { - "name": "Ouranosaurus", - "description": "Scientists can't decide if this herbivore had a sail or a hump." - }, - { - "name": "Overosaurus", - "description": "This dwarf titanosaur was announced to the world in 2013." - }, - { - "name": "Oviraptor", - "description": "Turns out that this \"egg thief\" got a bad rap." - }, - { - "name": "Oxalaia", - "description": "This spinosaur was recently discovered in Brazil." - }, - { - "name": "Ozraptor", - "description": "Not much is known about this Australian theropod." - }, - { - "name": "Pachycephalosaurus", - "description": "This plant-eater gave new meaning to the word \"blockhead\"." - }, - { - "name": "Pachyrhinosaurus", - "description": "This \"thick-nosed lizard\" roamed the North American forests." - }, - { - "name": "Palaeoscincus", - "description": "This \"ancient skink\" was actually an armored dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Paluxysaurus", - "description": "The official Texas state dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Pampadromaeus", - "description": "This \"Pampas runner\" was ancestral to sauropods." - }, - { - "name": "Pamparaptor", - "description": "This raptor was discovered in the Argentinian Pampas." - }, - { - "name": "Panamericansaurus", - "description": "This titanosaur was named after an energy company." - }, - { - "name": "Panoplosaurus", - "description": "A squat, stocky nodosaur of the late Cretaceous." - }, - { - "name": "Panphagia", - "description": "Its name is Greek for \"eats everything\"." - }, - { - "name": "Pantydraco", - "description": "No, this dinosaur didn't wear you-know-what." - }, - { - "name": "Paralititan", - "description": "This huge sauropod was discovered recently in Egypt." - }, - { - "name": "Paranthodon", - "description": "This stegosaur was discovered over 150 years ago." - }, - { - "name": "Pararhabdodon", - "description": "The western European equivalent of Tsintaosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Parasaurolophus", - "description": "Possibly the loudest dinosaur ever to roam the earth." - }, - { - "name": "Parksosaurus", - "description": "It was once classified as a species of Thescelosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Paronychodon", - "description": "This \"tooth taxon\" didn't make it out of the 19th century." - }, - { - "name": "Parvicursor", - "description": "One of the smallest dinosaurs yet identified." - }, - { - "name": "Patagosaurus", - "description": "This \"Patagonian lizard\" hailed from South America." - }, - { - "name": "Pawpawsaurus", - "description": "This ancient nodosaur was discovered in Texas." - }, - { - "name": "Pedopenna", - "description": "One of the earliest known dino-birds." - }, - { - "name": "Pegomastax", - "description": "This dinosaur was covered with porcupine-like bristles." - }, - { - "name": "Pelecanimimus", - "description": "This \"pelican mimic\" sported over 200 teeth." - }, - { - "name": "Peloroplites", - "description": "This \"monstrous Hoplite\" was recently discovered in Utah." - }, - { - "name": "Pelorosaurus", - "description": "The first sauropod ever to be discovered." - }, - { - "name": "Pentaceratops", - "description": "This \"five-horned\" herbivore really had only three." - }, - { - "name": "Philovenator", - "description": "As its name says this dinosaur \"loved to hunt\"." - }, - { - "name": "Phuwiangosaurus", - "description": "This titanosaur was discovered in modern-day Thailand." - }, - { - "name": "Piatnitzkysaurus", - "description": "Its teeth were as sharp as its name is funny." - }, - { - "name": "Pinacosaurus", - "description": "Did this ankylosaur roam central Asia in herds?" - }, - { - "name": "Pisanosaurus", - "description": "One of the earliest known ornithischian dinosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Piveteausaurus", - "description": "No one is quite sure what to make of this theropod dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Planicoxa", - "description": "A medium-sized iguanodont of early Cretaceous North America." - }, - { - "name": "Plateosaurus", - "description": "This herd dinosaur blackened the plains of the late Triassic." - }, - { - "name": "Pleurocoelus", - "description": "It was the official state dinosaur of Texas." - }, - { - "name": "Pneumatoraptor", - "description": "This \"air thief\" was recently discovered in Hungary." - }, - { - "name": "Podokesaurus", - "description": "One of the earliest dinosaurs to live in eastern North America." - }, - { - "name": "Poekilopleuron", - "description": "It may (or may not) have been a species of Megalosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Polacanthus", - "description": "An extremely spiky ankylosaur of the middle Cretaceous." - }, - { - "name": "Prenocephale", - "description": "This \"bonehead\" had a round, thick skull." - }, - { - "name": "Prenoceratops", - "description": "A close relative of Leptoceratops." - }, - { - "name": "Proa", - "description": "This ornithopod was named after its prow-shaped jaw." - }, - { - "name": "Probactrosaurus", - "description": "An early stage in hadrosaur evolution." - }, - { - "name": "Proceratosaurus", - "description": "Despite its name, not a close relative of Ceratosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Procompsognathus", - "description": "Was it an archosaur or an early dinosaur?" - }, - { - "name": "Propanoplosaurus", - "description": "This baby ankylosaur was recently discovered in Maryland." - }, - { - "name": "Prosaurolophus", - "description": "The likely ancestor of both Saurolophus and Parasaurolophus." - }, - { - "name": "Protarchaeopteryx", - "description": "Before Archaeopteryx? It actually lived millions of years later." - }, - { - "name": "Protoceratops", - "description": "A famous dinosaur with a very funky frill." - }, - { - "name": "Protohadros", - "description": "Despite its name, it wasn't really the \"first\" hadrosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Psittacosaurus", - "description": "This dinosaur's noggin wouldn't have looked out of place on a parrot." - }, - { - "name": "Puertasaurus", - "description": "This titanosaur rivaled Argentinosaurus in size." - }, - { - "name": "Pyroraptor", - "description": "This \"fire thief\" prowled the plains of prehistoric France." - }, - { - "name": "Qantassaurus", - "description": "named after the national airline of Australia." - }, - { - "name": "Qianzhousaurus", - "description": "This long-snouted tyrannosaur has been nicknamed Pinocchio Rex." - }, - { - "name": "Qiaowanlong", - "description": "An Asian relative of Brachiosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Qiupalong", - "description": "This \"bird mimic\" dinosaur was recently discovered in China." - }, - { - "name": "Quaesitosaurus", - "description": "This titanosaur may have had remarkably sharp hearing." - }, - { - "name": "Quilmesaurus", - "description": "This dinosaur was named after an indigenous South American tribe." - }, - { - "name": "Rahiolisaurus", - "description": "This Indian dinosaur is represented by seven tangled individuals." - }, - { - "name": "Rahonavis", - "description": "Was it a raptor-like bird or a bird-like raptor?" - }, - { - "name": "Rajasaurus", - "description": "This \"prince lizard\" lived in what is now modern-day India." - }, - { - "name": "Rapator", - "description": "No, this mysterious Australian theropod wasn't a raptor." - }, - { - "name": "Rapetosaurus", - "description": "The only sauropod ever to be discovered on modern-day Madagascar." - }, - { - "name": "Raptorex", - "description": "A pint-sized precursor of T. Rex." - }, - { - "name": "Rebbachisaurus", - "description": "A poorly understood sauropod from northern Africa." - }, - { - "name": "Regaliceratops", - "description": "This ceratopsian had a huge, crown-shaped frill." - }, - { - "name": "Regnosaurus", - "description": "This stegosaur lived in what is now modern-day England." - }, - { - "name": "Rhabdodon", - "description": "A possible \"missing link\" between Iguanodon and Hypsilophodon." - }, - { - "name": "Rhinorex", - "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur had an unusually large nose." - }, - { - "name": "Rhoetosaurus", - "description": "A medium-sized sauropod from Down Under." - }, - { - "name": "Richardoestesia", - "description": "named after the paleontologist Richard Estes." - }, - { - "name": "Rinchenia", - "description": "named after the famous paleontologist Rinchen Barsbold." - }, - { - "name": "Rinconsaurus", - "description": "A modestly sized titanosaur of South America." - }, - { - "name": "Riojasaurus", - "description": "One of the few prosauropods known to have lived in South America." - }, - { - "name": "Rubeosaurus", - "description": "A ceratopsian dinosaur from the Two Medicine Formation." - }, - { - "name": "Rugops", - "description": "This wrinkly-faced carnivore probably fed on abandoned carcasses." - }, - { - "name": "Sahaliyania", - "description": "This hadrosaur's name is Manchurian for \"black\"." - }, - { - "name": "Saichania", - "description": "This ankylosaur's name is Chinese for \"beautiful\"." - }, - { - "name": "Saltasaurus", - "description": "The first armored sauropod ever to be discovered." - }, - { - "name": "Saltopus", - "description": "Experts aren't sure if this was a dinosaur or an archosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Sanjuansaurus", - "description": "An early theropod from South America." - }, - { - "name": "Santanaraptor", - "description": "named after Brazil's Santana formation." - }, - { - "name": "Sarahsaurus", - "description": "This prosauropod had unusually strong hands." - }, - { - "name": "Sarcolestes", - "description": "The most likely ancestor of the ankylosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Sarcosaurus", - "description": "This \"flesh lizard\" roamed early Jurassic England." - }, - { - "name": "Saturnalia", - "description": "The earliest dinosaur known to have had a herbivorous diet." - }, - { - "name": "Saurolophus", - "description": "One of the few hadrosaurs known to have lived on two continents." - }, - { - "name": "Sauroniops", - "description": "This dinosaur's name means \"Eye of Sauron\"." - }, - { - "name": "Sauropelta", - "description": "This ankylosaur's armor helped keep raptors at bay." - }, - { - "name": "Saurophaganax", - "description": "The official state dinosaur of Oklahoma." - }, - { - "name": "Sauroposeidon", - "description": "One of the tallest dinosaurs ever to walk the earth." - }, - { - "name": "Saurornithoides", - "description": "A Troodon-like predator from central Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Saurornitholestes", - "description": "A close cousin of Velociraptor." - }, - { - "name": "Savannasaurus", - "description": "This titanosaur was recently discovered in Australia." - }, - { - "name": "Scansoriopteryx", - "description": "This early proto-bird probably lived in trees." - }, - { - "name": "Scelidosaurus", - "description": "Among the earliest of all the armored dinosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Scipionyx", - "description": "One of the most perfectly preserved dinosaur fossils ever found." - }, - { - "name": "Sciurumimus", - "description": "This \"squirrel mimic\" was one of the earliest feathered dinosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Scolosaurus", - "description": "It was once classified as a species of Euoplocephalus." - }, - { - "name": "Scutellosaurus", - "description": "Probably the smallest of all the armored dinosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Secernosaurus", - "description": "The first hadrosaur to be discovered in South America." - }, - { - "name": "Seitaad", - "description": "This small dinosaur may have been buried in an avalanche." - }, - { - "name": "Segisaurus", - "description": "An early dinosaur closely related to Coelophysis." - }, - { - "name": "Segnosaurus", - "description": "One of the most unusual (and poorly understood) Cretaceous dinosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Seismosaurus", - "description": "It was huge, to be sure, but might it have been a species of Diplodocus?" - }, - { - "name": "Sellosaurus", - "description": "Another early prosauropod of the Triassic period." - }, - { - "name": "Serendipaceratops", - "description": "Was this really an Australian ceratopsian?" - }, - { - "name": "Shamosaurus", - "description": "This Mongolian ankylosaur was a close relative of Gobisaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Shanag", - "description": "A basal raptor of early Cretaceous Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Shantungosaurus", - "description": "The biggest of all the duck-billed dinosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Shaochilong", - "description": "Its name is Chinese for \"shark-toothed dragon\"." - }, - { - "name": "Shenzhousaurus", - "description": "A small, primitive ornithomimid from China." - }, - { - "name": "Shunosaurus", - "description": "Anatomically speaking, probably the best known of all the sauropods." - }, - { - "name": "Shuvosaurus", - "description": "Was this meat eater an early dinosaur or a two-legged crocodile?" - }, - { - "name": "Shuvuuia", - "description": "Scientists can't decide if it was a dinosaur or a bird." - }, - { - "name": "Siamodon", - "description": "This ornithopod was recently discovered in Thailand." - }, - { - "name": "Siamosaurus", - "description": "This may (or may not) have been a spinosaur from Thailand." - }, - { - "name": "Siamotyrannus", - "description": "Despite its name, it wasn't a true tyrannosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Siats", - "description": "One of the largest theropods ever to live in North America." - }, - { - "name": "Sigilmassasaurus", - "description": "Was this really a species of Carcharodontosaurus?" - }, - { - "name": "Silvisaurus", - "description": "This primitive nodosaur was discovered in Kansas." - }, - { - "name": "Similicaudipteryx", - "description": "The juveniles may have been differently feathered than the adults." - }, - { - "name": "Sinocalliopteryx", - "description": "The biggest \"dino-bird\" yet discovered." - }, - { - "name": "Sinoceratops", - "description": "A rare ceratopsian from late Cretaceous China." - }, - { - "name": "Sinornithoides", - "description": "A small, feathered dinosaur closely related to Troodon." - }, - { - "name": "Sinornithomimus", - "description": "This ornithomimid is known from over a dozen skeletons." - }, - { - "name": "Sinornithosaurus", - "description": "A typical dino-bird of the early Cretaceous." - }, - { - "name": "Sinosauropteryx", - "description": "The first dinosaur proven to have feathers." - }, - { - "name": "Sinosaurus", - "description": "It was once classified as an Asian species of Dilophosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Sinotyrannus", - "description": "This \"Chinese tyrant\" was an ancient ancestor of tyrannosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Sinovenator", - "description": "This \"Chinese hunter\" preyed on its fellow dino-birds." - }, - { - "name": "Sinraptor", - "description": "Despite its name, this allosaur wasn't any better or worse than other dinosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Sinusonasus", - "description": "It sounds like a disease, but it was actually a feathered dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Skorpiovenator", - "description": "This \"scorpion hunter\" really ate meat." - }, - { - "name": "Sonorasaurus", - "description": "The remains of this sauropod were discovered in Arizona." - }, - { - "name": "Sphaerotholus", - "description": "Yet another dome-headed dino from North America." - }, - { - "name": "Spinophorosaurus", - "description": "This early sauropod had a \"thagomizer\" on its tail." - }, - { - "name": "Spinops", - "description": "This ceratopsian was named 100 years after its bones were found." - }, - { - "name": "Spinosaurus", - "description": "This dinosaur was distinguished by the sail-like structure on its back." - }, - { - "name": "Spinostropheus", - "description": "This theropod was once thought to be a species of Elaphrosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Staurikosaurus", - "description": "Another primitive theropod of the Triassic period." - }, - { - "name": "Stegoceras", - "description": "This small herbivore was built for high-speed head-butting." - }, - { - "name": "Stegosaurus", - "description": "The small-brained, spike-tailed, plant-eating dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Stenopelix", - "description": "Experts aren't sure how to classify this dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Stokesosaurus", - "description": "Some experts think this was the earliest tyrannosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Struthiomimus", - "description": "This \"ostrich mimic\" roamed the plains of North America." - }, - { - "name": "Struthiosaurus", - "description": "The smallest nodosaur yet discovered." - }, - { - "name": "Stygimoloch", - "description": "Its name means \"demon from the river of death.\" Got your attention yet?" - }, - { - "name": "Styracosaurus", - "description": "Winner of the \"most elaborate head display\" competition." - }, - { - "name": "Suchomimus", - "description": "A fish-eating dinosaur with a distinct crocodilian profile." - }, - { - "name": "Sulaimanisaurus", - "description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be discovered in Pakistan." - }, - { - "name": "Supersaurus", - "description": "No, it didn't wear a cape, but this giant dino was still impressive." - }, - { - "name": "Suuwassea", - "description": "Its name is Native American for \"ancient thunder\"." - }, - { - "name": "Suzhousaurus", - "description": "A large, early Cretaceous therizinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Szechuanosaurus", - "description": "This theropod was a close relative of Sinraptor." - }, - { - "name": "Tachiraptor", - "description": "The first meat-eating dinosaur ever to be discovered in Venezuela." - }, - { - "name": "Talarurus", - "description": "This ankylosaur was discovered in the Gobi Desert." - }, - { - "name": "Talos", - "description": "This dinosaur was found with an injured big toe." - }, - { - "name": "Tangvayosaurus", - "description": "This Laotian titanosaur was closely related to Phuwiangosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Tanius", - "description": "Not much is known about this Chinese hadrosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Tanycolagreus", - "description": "This mysterious theropod was once thought to be a species of Coelurus." - }, - { - "name": "Taohelong", - "description": "The first \"polacanthine\" ankylosaur ever to be discovered in Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Tapuiasaurus", - "description": "A recently discovered titanosaur from South America." - }, - { - "name": "Tarascosaurus", - "description": "The only known abelisaur of the northern hemisphere." - }, - { - "name": "Tarbosaurus", - "description": "The second-biggest tyrannosaur after T. Rex." - }, - { - "name": "Tarchia", - "description": "Its name means \"brainy,\" but that may be an exaggeration." - }, - { - "name": "Tastavinsaurus", - "description": "This titanosaur was discovered in Spain." - }, - { - "name": "Tatankacephalus", - "description": "A brand-new ankylosaur from North America." - }, - { - "name": "Tatankaceratops", - "description": "Was this really a juvenile specimen of Triceratops?" - }, - { - "name": "Tataouinea", - "description": "No, this dinosaur wasn't named after Tatooine in Star Wars." - }, - { - "name": "Tawa", - "description": "This ancient theropod points to a South American origin for dinosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Tazoudasaurus", - "description": "This Vulcanodon relative was one of the earliest sauropods." - }, - { - "name": "Technosaurus", - "description": "This early herbivore was named after Texas Tech university." - }, - { - "name": "Tehuelchesaurus", - "description": "This sauropod was named after an indigenous South American people." - }, - { - "name": "Telmatosaurus", - "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur was discovered in Transylvania." - }, - { - "name": "Tendaguria", - "description": "This Tanzanian sauropod has proven difficult to classify." - }, - { - "name": "Tenontosaurus", - "description": "This long-tailed herbivore was hunted by Deinonychus." - }, - { - "name": "Teratophoneus", - "description": "This \"monstrous murderer\" wasn't all that big." - }, - { - "name": "Tethyshadros", - "description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be found in modern-day Italy." - }, - { - "name": "Texacephale", - "description": "This Texan pachycephalosaur was named in 2010." - }, - { - "name": "Thecocoelurus", - "description": "Is this the earliest ornithomimid in the fossil record?" - }, - { - "name": "Thecodontosaurus", - "description": "The first prosauropod ever to be discovered." - }, - { - "name": "Theiophytalia", - "description": "Its name means \"garden of the gods\"." - }, - { - "name": "Therizinosaurus", - "description": "What did Little Orphan Annie say to this dinosaur? \"Reaping lizards!\"" - }, - { - "name": "Thescelosaurus", - "description": "Did paleontologists find this dinosaur's mummified heart?" - }, - { - "name": "Tianchisaurus", - "description": "This dinosaur's species name honors \"Jurassic Park\"." - }, - { - "name": "Tianyulong", - "description": "Why did this ornithopod have feathers?" - }, - { - "name": "Tianyuraptor", - "description": "A small, long-legged raptor from eastern Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Tianzhenosaurus", - "description": "This ankylosaur's skull has been spectacularly preserved." - }, - { - "name": "Timimus", - "description": "The only ornithomimid ever discovered in Australia." - }, - { - "name": "Titanoceratops", - "description": "The biggest of all the horned, frilled dinosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Titanosaurus", - "description": "This sauropod may—or may not—have been a unique member of its genus." - }, - { - "name": "Tochisaurus", - "description": "A large troodont of late Cretaceous Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Tornieria", - "description": "This sauropod has a complicated taxonomic history." - }, - { - "name": "Torosaurus", - "description": "Was it really an elderly specimen of Triceratops?" - }, - { - "name": "Torvosaurus", - "description": "One of the largest predators of Jurassic North America." - }, - { - "name": "Triceratops", - "description": "The famous, three-horned, plant-eating dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Trinisaura", - "description": "The first ornithopod ever to be discovered in Antarctica." - }, - { - "name": "Troodon", - "description": "Possibly the smartest dinosaur that ever lived." - }, - { - "name": "Tsaagan", - "description": "One of the earliest raptors yet discovered." - }, - { - "name": "Tsintaosaurus", - "description": "Also known as the \"Unicorn Dinosaur\"." - }, - { - "name": "Tuojiangosaurus", - "description": "One of the most well-known Chinese stegosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Turanoceratops", - "description": "What was this ceratopsian doing in late Cretaceous Asia?" - }, - { - "name": "Turiasaurus", - "description": "The largest dinosaur ever to be discovered in Europe." - }, - { - "name": "Tylocephale", - "description": "The tallest-domed of all the pachycephalosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Tyrannosaurus Rex", - "description": "The once—and always—king of the dinosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Tyrannotitan", - "description": "We know very little about this fearsomely named dinosaur." - }, - { - "name": "Uberabatitan", - "description": "Discovered in the Uberaba region of Brazil." - }, - { - "name": "Udanoceratops", - "description": "The largest ceratopsian to run on two legs." - }, - { - "name": "Unaysaurus", - "description": "One of the oldest prosauropods yet discovered." - }, - { - "name": "Unenlagia", - "description": "This bird-like raptor was native to South America." - }, - { - "name": "Unescoceratops", - "description": "named after the United Nation's UNESCO." - }, - { - "name": "Urbacodon", - "description": "This Troodon-like predator was discovered in Uzbekistan." - }, - { - "name": "Utahceratops", - "description": "Guess what state this dinosaur was discovered in." - }, - { - "name": "Utahraptor", - "description": "Probably the biggest raptor that ever lived." - }, - { - "name": "Uteodon", - "description": "It was once classified as a species of Camptosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Vagaceratops", - "description": "This big-frilled dinosaur was closely related to Kosmoceratops." - }, - { - "name": "Vahiny", - "description": "Its name is Malagasy for \"traveler\"." - }, - { - "name": "Valdoraptor", - "description": "This early \"bird mimic\" dinosaur lived in England." - }, - { - "name": "Valdosaurus", - "description": "This ornithopod was discovered on the Isle of Wight." - }, - { - "name": "Variraptor", - "description": "The first raptor ever to be discovered in France." - }, - { - "name": "Velafrons", - "description": "A new addition to the duck-billed dinosaur family." - }, - { - "name": "Velociraptor", - "description": "This dinosaur was vicious but a lot smaller than you thought." - }, - { - "name": "Velocisaurus", - "description": "A small, speedy theropod of late Cretaceous South America." - }, - { - "name": "Venenosaurus", - "description": "This \"poison lizard\" was really a gentle plant-eater." - }, - { - "name": "Veterupristisaurus", - "description": "One of the earliest carcharodontosaurs yet identified." - }, - { - "name": "Vulcanodon", - "description": "An early sauropod of the Jurassic period." - }, - { - "name": "Wannanosaurus", - "description": "Probably the smallest of all the bone-headed dinosaurs." - }, - { - "name": "Wellnhoferia", - "description": "Was it really a species of Archaeopteryx?" - }, - { - "name": "Wendiceratops", - "description": "This dinosaur honors Canadian fossil hunter Wendy Sloboda." - }, - { - "name": "Willinakaqe", - "description": "A rare duck-billed dinosaur from South America." - }, - { - "name": "Wintonotitan", - "description": "Another new titanosaur from Australia." - }, - { - "name": "Wuerhosaurus", - "description": "Could this have been the last of the stegosaurs?" - }, - { - "name": "Wulagasaurus", - "description": "The earliest saurolophine hadrosaur in the fossil record." - }, - { - "name": "Xenoceratops", - "description": "This \"alien horned face\" was announced in 2012." - }, - { - "name": "Xenoposeidon", - "description": "Experts aren't sure how to classify this sauropod." - }, - { - "name": "Xenotarsosaurus", - "description": "A poorly understood abelisaur from South America." - }, - { - "name": "Xiaosaurus", - "description": "A small ornithopod from late Jurassic Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Xiaotingia", - "description": "This feathered dinosaur predated Archaeopteryx." - }, - { - "name": "Xinjiangtitan", - "description": "This huge sauropod was a close relative of Mamenchisaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Xiongguanlong", - "description": "A small, primitive tyrannosaur from Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Xixianykus", - "description": "A long-legged dino-bird from eastern Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Xuanhanosaurus", - "description": "You didn't think there'd be so many \"X\"'s on this list, did you?" - }, - { - "name": "Xuanhuaceratops", - "description": "An early ceratopsian of the late Jurassic." - }, - { - "name": "Xuwulong", - "description": "This iguanodontid ornithopod was recently discovered in China." - }, - { - "name": "Yamaceratops", - "description": "No, it didn't have a sweet potato for a head." - }, - { - "name": "Yandusaurus", - "description": "A small ornithopod of middle Jurassic China." - }, - { - "name": "Yangchuanosaurus", - "description": "A large theropod of late Jurassic Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Yaverlandia", - "description": "A classic case of mistaken dinosaur identity." - }, - { - "name": "Yi Qi", - "description": "This strange Jurassic dinosaur had bat-like wings." - }, - { - "name": "Yimenosaurus", - "description": "One of the better-known Chinese prosauropods." - }, - { - "name": "Yinlong", - "description": "This \"hidden dragon\" was an early ceratopsian." - }, - { - "name": "Yixianosaurus", - "description": "How did this dino-bird use its long fingers?" - }, - { - "name": "Yizhousaurus", - "description": "The earliest intact sauropod yet discovered." - }, - { - "name": "Yongjinglong", - "description": "This titanosaur was recently discovered in China." - }, - { - "name": "Yueosaurus", - "description": "This basal ornithopod was discovered by construction workers." - }, - { - "name": "Yulong", - "description": "The smallest oviraptor yet identified." - }, - { - "name": "Yunnanosaurus", - "description": "One of the last prosauropods to walk the earth." - }, - { - "name": "Yutyrannus", - "description": "The largest feathered tyrannosaur yet identified." - }, - { - "name": "Zalmoxes", - "description": "A strange-looking ornithopod from Romania." - }, - { - "name": "Zanabazar", - "description": "named after a Buddhist spiritual leader." - }, - { - "name": "Zapalasaurus", - "description": "This \"diplodocoid\" sauropod lived in early Cretaceous South America." - }, - { - "name": "Zby", - "description": "This dinosaur's name was inversely proportional to its size." - }, - { - "name": "Zephyrosaurus", - "description": "Otherwise known as the Western Wind Lizard." - }, - { - "name": "Zhanghenglong", - "description": "A transitional hadrosaur of late Cretaceous Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Zhejiangosaurus", - "description": "The first identified nodosaur from Asia." - }, - { - "name": "Zhenyuanlong", - "description": "Also known as the \"fluffy feathered poodle from hell\"." - }, - { - "name": "Zhongyuansaurus", - "description": "The only known ankylosaur to lack a tail club." - }, - { - "name": "Zhuchengceratops", - "description": "It probably figured on the lunch menu of Zhuchengtyrannus." - }, - { - "name": "Zhuchengosaurus", - "description": "This hadrosaur was even bigger than Shantungosaurus." - }, - { - "name": "Zhuchengtyrannus", - "description": "This Asian tyrannosaur was the size of T. Rex." - }, - { - "name": "Zuniceratops", - "description": "This horned dinosaur was discovered by an eight-year-old boy." - }, - { - "name": "Zuolong", - "description": "It was named after General Tso, of Chinese restaurant fame." - }, - { - "name": "Zupaysaurus", - "description": "This \"devil lizard\" was one of the earliest theropods." - } + { + "name": "Aardonyx", + "description": "An early stage in the evolution of sauropods." + }, + { + "name": "Abelisaurus", + "description": "\"Abel's lizard\" has been reconstructed from a single skull." + }, + { + "name": "Abrictosaurus", + "description": "An early relative of Heterodontosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Abrosaurus", + "description": "A close Asian relative of Camarasaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Abydosaurus", + "description": "This sauropod's intact skull was discovered in 2010." + }, + { + "name": "Acanthopholis", + "description": "No, it's not a city in Greece." + }, + { + "name": "Achelousaurus", + "description": "Might this have been a growth stage of Pachyrhinosaurus?" + }, + { + "name": "Achillobator", + "description": "This fierce raptor was discovered in modern-day Mongolia." + }, + { + "name": "Acristavus", + "description": "This early hadrosaur lacked any ornamentation on its skull." + }, + { + "name": "Acrocanthosaurus", + "description": "The largest meat-eating dinosaur of the early Cretaceous period." + }, + { + "name": "Acrotholus", + "description": "North America's earliest bone-headed dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Adamantisaurus", + "description": "This titanosaur was named 50 years after its discovery." + }, + { + "name": "Adasaurus", + "description": "This raptor's hind claws were unusually small." + }, + { + "name": "Adeopapposaurus", + "description": "A close relative of Massospondylus." + }, + { + "name": "Aegyptosaurus", + "description": "Try and guess which country this dinosaur was found in." + }, + { + "name": "Aeolosaurus", + "description": "Could this titanosaur have reared up on its hind legs?" + }, + { + "name": "Aerosteon", + "description": "This air-boned dinosaur may have breathed like a bird." + }, + { + "name": "Afrovenator", + "description": "One of the few carnivores ever to be dug up in northern Africa." + }, + { + "name": "Agathaumas", + "description": "The first ceratopsian dinosaur ever discovered." + }, + { + "name": "Agilisaurus", + "description": "This \"agile lizard\" was one of the earliest ornithopods." + }, + { + "name": "Agujaceratops", + "description": "It was once classified as a species of Chasmosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Agustinia", + "description": "A large, spiny-backed sauropod." + }, + { + "name": "Ajkaceratops", + "description": "The first ceratopsian ever to be discovered in Europe." + }, + { + "name": "Alamosaurus", + "description": "No, it wasn't named after the Alamo, but it should have been." + }, + { + "name": "Alaskacephale", + "description": "Can you guess which state this pachycephalosaur was found in?" + }, + { + "name": "Albalophosaurus", + "description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be discovered in Japan." + }, + { + "name": "Albertaceratops", + "description": "The most basal \"centrosaurine\" yet identified." + }, + { + "name": "Albertadromeus", + "description": "This petite ornithopod was recently discovered in Canada." + }, + { + "name": "Albertonykus", + "description": "A tiny, birdlike, North American dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Albertosaurus", + "description": "This carnivorous dinosaur was a close relative of T. Rex." + }, + { + "name": "Alectrosaurus", + "description": "Few specimens of this \"unmarried lizard\" have been found." + }, + { + "name": "Aletopelta", + "description": "The first ankylosaur known to have lived in Mexico." + }, + { + "name": "Alioramus", + "description": "Everything we know about this tyrannosaur is based on a single skull." + }, + { + "name": "Allosaurus", + "description": "The apex predator of late Jurassic North America." + }, + { + "name": "Altirhinus", + "description": "This \"high-nosed\" plant eater resembled an early hadrosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Alvarezsaurus", + "description": "A bird-like dinosaur of the late Cretaceous." + }, + { + "name": "Alwalkeria", + "description": "This Indian dinosaur was one of the earliest saurischians." + }, + { + "name": "Alxasaurus", + "description": "An early relative of the bizarre Therizinosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Amargasaurus", + "description": "A bizarre, spined sauropod from South America." + }, + { + "name": "Amazonsaurus", + "description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be found in the Amazon basin." + }, + { + "name": "Ammosaurus", + "description": "This may (or may not) have been the same dinosaur as Anchisaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Ampelosaurus", + "description": "One of the best-known of the armored titanosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Amphicoelias", + "description": "Could it have been the biggest dinosaur that ever lived?" + }, + { + "name": "Amurosaurus", + "description": "The most complete hadrosaur to be discovered in Russia." + }, + { + "name": "Anabisetia", + "description": "The best-attested South American ornithopod." + }, + { + "name": "Anatosaurus", + "description": "This dinosaur is now known as either Anatotitan or Edmontosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Anatotitan", + "description": "This hadrosaur's name means \"giant duck\"." + }, + { + "name": "Anchiceratops", + "description": "This dinosaur had a distinctively shaped frill." + }, + { + "name": "Anchiornis", + "description": "A four-winged dino-bird that resembled Microraptor." + }, + { + "name": "Anchisaurus", + "description": "One of the first dinosaurs ever to be dug up in the U.S." + }, + { + "name": "Andesaurus", + "description": "This titanosaur rivaled Argentinosaurus in size." + }, + { + "name": "Angaturama", + "description": "A Brazilian relative of Spinosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Angolatitan", + "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in Angola." + }, + { + "name": "Angulomastacator", + "description": "This dinosaur had a strangely shaped upper jaw." + }, + { + "name": "Animantarx", + "description": "This \"living fortress\" was discovered in an unusual way." + }, + { + "name": "Ankylosaurus", + "description": "This dinosaur was the Cretaceous equivalent of a Sherman tank." + }, + { + "name": "Anodontosaurus", + "description": "This \"toothless lizard\" actually had a full set of choppers." + }, + { + "name": "Anserimimus", + "description": "This \"goose mimic\" didn’t bear much of a resemblance." + }, + { + "name": "Antarctopelta", + "description": "The first dinosaur fossil ever discovered in Antarctica." + }, + { + "name": "Antarctosaurus", + "description": "This titanosaur may or may not have lived in Antarctica." + }, + { + "name": "Antetonitrus", + "description": "Either a very late prosauropod or a very early sauropod." + }, + { + "name": "Anzu", + "description": "This Oviraptor relative was recently discovered in North America." + }, + { + "name": "Aorun", + "description": "A small theropod of late Jurassic Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Apatosaurus", + "description": "The dinosaur formerly known as Brontosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Appalachiosaurus", + "description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be found in Alabama." + }, + { + "name": "Aquilops", + "description": "The earliest ceratopsian ever to be discovered in North America." + }, + { + "name": "Aragosaurus", + "description": "named after the Aragon region of Spain." + }, + { + "name": "Aralosaurus", + "description": "Not much is known about this central Asian duck-billed dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Archaeoceratops", + "description": "Possibly the smallest ceratopsian that ever lived." + }, + { + "name": "Archaeopteryx", + "description": "This ancient dino-bird was about the size of a modern pigeon." + }, + { + "name": "Archaeornithomimus", + "description": "A likely ancestor of Ornithomimus." + }, + { + "name": "Arcovenator", + "description": "This fierce abelisaur was recently discovered in France." + }, + { + "name": "Arcusaurus", + "description": "This prosauropod was recently discovered in South Africa." + }, + { + "name": "Argentinosaurus", + "description": "Possibly the largest dinosaur that ever lived." + }, + { + "name": "Argyrosaurus", + "description": "A plus-sized titanosaur from South America." + }, + { + "name": "Aristosuchus", + "description": "This \"noble crocodile\" was actually a dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Arrhinoceratops", + "description": "This ceratopsian was named for its \"missing\" nose horn." + }, + { + "name": "Astrodon", + "description": "The official state dinosaur of Maryland." + }, + { + "name": "Asylosaurus", + "description": "This \"unharmed lizard\" escaped destruction in World War II." + }, + { + "name": "Atlasaurus", + "description": "This sauropod had unusually long legs." + }, + { + "name": "Atlascopcosaurus", + "description": "named after a manufacturer of digging equipment." + }, + { + "name": "Atrociraptor", + "description": "This \"cruel thief\" wasn't as atrocious as its name implies." + }, + { + "name": "Aublysodon", + "description": "This tyrannosaur was named after a single tooth." + }, + { + "name": "Aucasaurus", + "description": "This predator was a close relative of Carnotaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Auroraceratops", + "description": "A close relative of Archaeoceratops." + }, + { + "name": "Australodocus", + "description": "This sauropod was found in modern-day Tanzania." + }, + { + "name": "Australovenator", + "description": "A recently discovered carnivore from Australia." + }, + { + "name": "Austroraptor", + "description": "The largest raptor from South America." + }, + { + "name": "Austrosaurus", + "description": "This titanosaur was discovered near a train station." + }, + { + "name": "Avaceratops", + "description": "This ceratopsian is represented by a single juvenile." + }, + { + "name": "Aviatyrannis", + "description": "This \"grandmother tyrant\" was one of the first tyrannosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Avimimus", + "description": "A particularly bird-like cousin of Oviraptor." + }, + { + "name": "Bactrosaurus", + "description": "One of the earliest of the duck-billed dinosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Bagaceratops", + "description": "A small ceratopsian from central Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Bagaraatan", + "description": "No one is quite sure how to classify this theropod." + }, + { + "name": "Bahariasaurus", + "description": "This obscure carnivore may have been the size of T. Rex." + }, + { + "name": "Balaur", + "description": "This \"stocky dragon\" was recently discovered in Romania." + }, + { + "name": "Bambiraptor", + "description": "Yes, this tiny raptor was named after you-know-who." + }, + { + "name": "Barapasaurus", + "description": "Probably the first of the giant sauropods." + }, + { + "name": "Barilium", + "description": "Yet another iguanodontid ornithopod of the British Isles." + }, + { + "name": "Barosaurus", + "description": "An enormous plant-eater with a tiny head." + }, + { + "name": "Barsboldia", + "description": "This hadrosaur was named after Rinchen Barsbold." + }, + { + "name": "Baryonyx", + "description": "You wouldn't want to clip this dinosaur's claws." + }, + { + "name": "Batyrosaurus", + "description": "One of the most basal hadrosaurs yet identified." + }, + { + "name": "Becklespinax", + "description": "A strangely named theropod of the early Cretaceous period." + }, + { + "name": "Beipiaosaurus", + "description": "The only known feathered therizinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Beishanlong", + "description": "This bird mimic weighed over half a ton." + }, + { + "name": "Bellusaurus", + "description": "A herd of this sauropod drowned in a flash flood." + }, + { + "name": "Berberosaurus", + "description": "This \"Berber lizard\" has proven difficult to classify." + }, + { + "name": "Bicentenaria", + "description": "This dinosaur was named for Argentina's 200th anniversary." + }, + { + "name": "Bistahieversor", + "description": "This tyrannosaur had more teeth than T. Rex." + }, + { + "name": "Bonapartenykus", + "description": "This feathered dinosaur was found in close proximity to its eggs." + }, + { + "name": "Bonitasaura", + "description": "This titanosaur wasn't as beautiful as its name implies." + }, + { + "name": "Borogovia", + "description": "This theropod was named after a Lewis Carroll poem." + }, + { + "name": "Bothriospondylus", + "description": "A case study in dinosaur confusion." + }, + { + "name": "Brachiosaurus", + "description": "This dinosaur was a giant, gentle, long-necked plant-eater." + }, + { + "name": "Brachyceratops", + "description": "A little-known ceratopsian from North America." + }, + { + "name": "Brachylophosaurus", + "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur's beak looked more like a parrot's." + }, + { + "name": "Brachytrachelopan", + "description": "This sauropod had an unusually short neck." + }, + { + "name": "Bravoceratops", + "description": "This ceratopsian was recently discovered in Texas." + }, + { + "name": "Brontomerus", + "description": "Its name is Greek for \"thunder thighs\"." + }, + { + "name": "Bruhathkayosaurus", + "description": "Was this titanosaur bigger than Argentinosaurus?" + }, + { + "name": "Buitreraptor", + "description": "The oldest raptor ever discovered in South America." + }, + { + "name": "Byronosaurus", + "description": "This theropod was a close relative of Troodon." + }, + { + "name": "Camarasaurus", + "description": "The most common sauropod of Jurassic North America." + }, + { + "name": "Camarillasaurus", + "description": "A ceratosaur of early Cretaceous western Europe." + }, + { + "name": "Camelotia", + "description": "An early member of the line that evolved into sauropods." + }, + { + "name": "Camptosaurus", + "description": "A close relative of Iguanodon." + }, + { + "name": "Carcharodontosaurus", + "description": "Its name means \"great white shark lizard.\" Impressed yet?" + }, + { + "name": "Carnotaurus", + "description": "The shortest arms of any meat-eating dinosaur with horns to match." + }, + { + "name": "Caudipteryx", + "description": "A birdlike dinosaur that changed the views of paleontologists." + }, + { + "name": "Centrosaurus", + "description": "Like a unicorn, this ceratopsian only had one horn." + }, + { + "name": "Cerasinops", + "description": "A small ceratopsian of the late Cretaceous." + }, + { + "name": "Ceratonykus", + "description": "This dino-bird was discovered in Mongolia in 2009." + }, + { + "name": "Ceratosaurus", + "description": "This primitive carnivore is hard to classify." + }, + { + "name": "Cetiosauriscus", + "description": "Not to be confused with the more famous Cetiosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Cetiosaurus", + "description": "This \"whale lizard\" was once mistaken for the Loch Ness Monster." + }, + { + "name": "Changyuraptor", + "description": "Was this feathered dinosaur capable of flight?" + }, + { + "name": "Chaoyangsaurus", + "description": "An early ceratopsian of the late Jurassic period." + }, + { + "name": "Charonosaurus", + "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur was much bigger than an elephant." + }, + { + "name": "Chasmosaurus", + "description": "The only dinosaur that came with its own awning." + }, + { + "name": "Chialingosaurus", + "description": "One of the earliest Asian stegosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Chilantaisaurus", + "description": "This large theropod may have been ancestral to Spinosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Chilesaurus", + "description": "This plant-eating theropod was recently discovered in Chile." + }, + { + "name": "Chindesaurus", + "description": "This early dinosaur was a close relative of Herrerasaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Chirostenotes", + "description": "This birdlike dinosaur has been known by three different names." + }, + { + "name": "Chubutisaurus", + "description": "This titanosaur was on Tyrannotitan's lunch menu." + }, + { + "name": "Chungkingosaurus", + "description": "This early stegosaur had some primitive characteristics." + }, + { + "name": "Citipati", + "description": "This Mongolian theropod was a close relative of Oviraptor." + }, + { + "name": "Claosaurus", + "description": "This \"broken lizard\" was a primitive hadrosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Coahuilaceratops", + "description": "It had the longest horns of any known ceratopsian dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Coelophysis", + "description": "One of the most ancient dinosaurs ever to roam the earth." + }, + { + "name": "Coelurus", + "description": "This tiny dinosaur was a close relative of Compsognathus." + }, + { + "name": "Colepiocephale", + "description": "This thick-skulled dinosaur's name is Greek for \"knucklehead\"." + }, + { + "name": "Compsognathus", + "description": "This dinosaur was the size of a chicken, but much meaner." + }, + { + "name": "Concavenator", + "description": "This large theropod had a bizarre hump on its back." + }, + { + "name": "Conchoraptor", + "description": "This \"conch thief\" may have lunched on mollusks." + }, + { + "name": "Condorraptor", + "description": "A small theropod of middle Jurassic South America." + }, + { + "name": "Coronosaurus", + "description": "This \"crown lizard\" was once classified as a species of Centrosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Corythosaurus", + "description": "This \"Corinthian-helmeted\" dino had a distinctive mating call." + }, + { + "name": "Crichtonsaurus", + "description": "This dinosaur was named after the author of Jurassic Park." + }, + { + "name": "Cruxicheiros", + "description": "This \"cross-handed\" dinosaur was named in 2010." + }, + { + "name": "Cryolophosaurus", + "description": "This crested dinosaur was once known as \"Elvisaurus\"." + }, + { + "name": "Cryptovolans", + "description": "Was this the same dinosaur as Microraptor?" + }, + { + "name": "Cumnoria", + "description": "It was once mistakenly classified as a species of Iguanodon." + }, + { + "name": "Dacentrurus", + "description": "The first stegosaur ever to be described." + }, + { + "name": "Daemonosauru 0s", + "description": "This \"evil lizard\" was a close relative of Coelophysis." + }, + { + "name": "Dahalokely", + "description": "A rare theropod from the island of Madagascar." + }, + { + "name": "Dakotaraptor", + "description": "This giant raptor was recently discovered in South Dakota." + }, + { + "name": "Daspletosaurus", + "description": "This \"frightful lizard\" was a close cousin of T. Rex." + }, + { + "name": "Datousaurus", + "description": "A medium-sized sauropod from middle Jurassic Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Darwinsaurus", + "description": "\"Darwin's lizard\" may or may not be a valid dinosaur genus." + }, + { + "name": "Deinocheirus", + "description": "All we know for sure about this dinosaur is the shape of its arms." + }, + { + "name": "Deinodon", + "description": "This \"terrible tooth\" is important from a historical perspective." + }, + { + "name": "Deinonychus", + "description": "One of the most fearsome raptors of the Cretaceous period." + }, + { + "name": "Delapparentia", + "description": "This ornithopod was initially classified as a species of Iguanodon." + }, + { + "name": "Deltadromeus", + "description": "An unusually speedy theropod of the middle Cretaceous." + }, + { + "name": "Demandasaurus", + "description": "A poorly understood sauropod of early Cretaceous Europe." + }, + { + "name": "Diabloceratops", + "description": "It looked like a cross between a Triceratops and a Centrosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Diamantinasaurus", + "description": "This titanosaur was recently discovered in Australia." + }, + { + "name": "Diceratops", + "description": "Was this two-horned dinosaur really a specimen of Triceratops?" + }, + { + "name": "Dicraeosaurus", + "description": "A medium-sized, spiny-necked sauropod." + }, + { + "name": "Dilong", + "description": "This \"emperor dragon\" may have been an ancestor of T. Rex." + }, + { + "name": "Dilophosaurus", + "description": "This dinosaur was distinguished by the bony crests on its noggin." + }, + { + "name": "Dimetrodon", + "description": "This ancient synapsid had a huge sail on its back." + }, + { + "name": "Diplodocus", + "description": "Thin at one end, much thicker in the middle, and thin again at the far end." + }, + { + "name": "Dollodon", + "description": "named after the Belgian paleontologist Louis Dollo." + }, + { + "name": "Draconyx", + "description": "This \"dragon claw\" lived in late Jurassic Portugal." + }, + { + "name": "Dracopelta", + "description": "This early ankylosaur was discovered in Portugal." + }, + { + "name": "Dracorex", + "description": "The only dinosaur to be named after the \"Harry Potter\" books." + }, + { + "name": "Dracovenator", + "description": "This \"dragon hunter\" was a close relative of Dilophosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Dravidosaurus", + "description": "This \"dinosaur\" may actually have been a marine reptile." + }, + { + "name": "Dreadnoughtus", + "description": "This huge titanosaur was recently discovered in Argentina." + }, + { + "name": "Drinker", + "description": "named after the famous paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope." + }, + { + "name": "Dromaeosauroides", + "description": "The only dinosaur ever to be discovered in Denmark." + }, + { + "name": "Dromaeosaurus", + "description": "This \"running lizard\" was probably covered with feathers." + }, + { + "name": "Dromiceiomimus", + "description": "Possibly the fastest dinosaur that ever lived." + }, + { + "name": "Dryosaurus", + "description": "A typical ornithopod of the late Jurassic." + }, + { + "name": "Dryptosaurus", + "description": "The first tyrannosaur to be discovered in the U.S." + }, + { + "name": "Dubreuillosaurus", + "description": "This megalosaur had a long, low snout." + }, + { + "name": "Duriavenator", + "description": "Yet another theropod that was once assigned to Megalosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Dyoplosaurus", + "description": "This ankylosaur was once confused with Euoplocephalus." + }, + { + "name": "Dysalotosaurus", + "description": "We know a lot about this dinosaur's growth stages." + }, + { + "name": "Dyslocosaurus", + "description": "Its name means \"hard-to-place lizard\"." + }, + { + "name": "Dystrophaeus", + "description": "This Diplodocus-like sauropod was named by Edward Cope." + }, + { + "name": "Echinodon", + "description": "One of the few ornithopods to sport a set of canines." + }, + { + "name": "Edmarka", + "description": "This may have been a species of Torvosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Edmontonia", + "description": "This armored dinosaur never actually lived in Edmonton." + }, + { + "name": "Edmontosaurus", + "description": "This large, duck-billed herbivore was a contemporary of T. Rex." + }, + { + "name": "Efraasia", + "description": "This Triassic herbivore may have been ancestral to sauropods." + }, + { + "name": "Einiosaurus", + "description": "This ceratopsian was a close relative of Centrosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Ekrixinatosaurus", + "description": "Its name means \"explosion-born lizard\"." + }, + { + "name": "Elaphrosaurus", + "description": "A lightweight theropod from the late Jurassic." + }, + { + "name": "Elmisaurus", + "description": "This \"foot lizard\" was a close relative of Oviraptor." + }, + { + "name": "Elopteryx", + "description": "This Transylvanian dinosaur is almost as controversial as Dracula." + }, + { + "name": "Elrhazosaurus", + "description": "Once classified as a species of Valdosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Enigmosaurus", + "description": "This \"puzzle lizard\" was closely related to Therizinosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Eoabelisaurus", + "description": "The earliest abelisaurid theropod yet identified." + }, + { + "name": "Eobrontosaurus", + "description": "This \"dawn brontosaurus\" isn't accepted by most experts." + }, + { + "name": "Eocarcharia", + "description": "This \"dawn shark\" prowled the woodlands of northern Africa." + }, + { + "name": "Eocursor", + "description": "This late Triassic reptile was one of the earliest true dinosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Eodromaeus", + "description": "Yet another ancient theropod from South America." + }, + { + "name": "Eolambia", + "description": "An early hadrosaur from North America." + }, + { + "name": "Eoraptor", + "description": "This tiny dinosaur was among the first of its kind." + }, + { + "name": "Eosinopteryx", + "description": "A tiny feathered dinosaur of the late Jurassic period." + }, + { + "name": "Eotriceratops", + "description": "This \"dawn Triceratops\" was recently discovered in Canada." + }, + { + "name": "Eotyrannus", + "description": "This early tyrannosaur looked more like a raptor." + }, + { + "name": "Epachthosaurus", + "description": "This \"heavy lizard\" was relatively primitive for its time and place." + }, + { + "name": "Epidendrosaurus", + "description": "Did this tiny dino-bird spend its life up a tree?" + }, + { + "name": "Epidexipteryx", + "description": "This feathered dinosaur predated Archaeopteryx." + }, + { + "name": "Equijubus", + "description": "Its name is Greek for \"horse mane\"." + }, + { + "name": "Erectopus", + "description": "This \"upright-footed\" dinosaur is a 19th-century enigma." + }, + { + "name": "Erketu", + "description": "This titanosaur had an unusually long neck." + }, + { + "name": "Erliansaurus", + "description": "A basal therizinosaur from central Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Erlikosaurus", + "description": "This late therizinosaur roamed the Mongolian forests." + }, + { + "name": "Euhelopus", + "description": "The first sauropod to be discovered in China." + }, + { + "name": "Euoplocephalus", + "description": "Even this ankylosaur's eyelids were armored." + }, + { + "name": "Europasaurus", + "description": "The smallest sauropod ever discovered." + }, + { + "name": "Europelta", + "description": "This early nodosaur was recently discovered in Spain." + }, + { + "name": "Euskelosaurus", + "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in Africa." + }, + { + "name": "Eustreptospondylus", + "description": "A close cousin of Megalosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Fabrosaurus", + "description": "This early ornithopod may have been a species of Lesothosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Falcarius", + "description": "A bizarre, feathered theropod from North America." + }, + { + "name": "Ferganasaurus", + "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in the USSR." + }, + { + "name": "Fruitadens", + "description": "One of the tiniest dinosaurs ever to live in North America." + }, + { + "name": "Fukuiraptor", + "description": "One of the few carnivorous dinosaurs ever to be dug up in Japan." + }, + { + "name": "Fukuisaurus", + "description": "This ornithopod was discovered in Japan." + }, + { + "name": "Fulgurotherium", + "description": "Very little is known about this \"lightning beast\"." + }, + { + "name": "Futalognkosaurus", + "description": "A very big, and very strangely named sauropod." + }, + { + "name": "Gallimimus", + "description": "This \"chicken mimic\" roamed the plains of the late Cretaceous." + }, + { + "name": "Gargoyleosaurus", + "description": "This \"gargoyle lizard\" was an ancestor of Ankylosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Garudimimus", + "description": "A relative slowpoke compared to other ornithomimids." + }, + { + "name": "Gasosaurus", + "description": "Yes, that's its real name, and no, it isn't for the reason you think." + }, + { + "name": "Gasparinisaura", + "description": "One of the few ornithopods known to have lived in South America." + }, + { + "name": "Gastonia", + "description": "This ankylosaur was probably on Utahraptor's lunch menu." + }, + { + "name": "Genyodectes", + "description": "This dinosaur is represented by an impressive set of teeth." + }, + { + "name": "Gideonmantellia", + "description": "Guess what naturalist this dinosaur was named after." + }, + { + "name": "Giganotosaurus", + "description": "Not quite a \"Gigantosaurus,\" but close enough." + }, + { + "name": "Gigantoraptor", + "description": "This huge oviraptorosaur weighed over two tons." + }, + { + "name": "Gigantspinosaurus", + "description": "It may or may not have been a true stegosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Gilmoreosaurus", + "description": "One of the few dinosaurs known to have suffered from cancer." + }, + { + "name": "Giraffatitan", + "description": "Might this \"giant giraffe\" have been a species of Brachiosaurus?" + }, + { + "name": "Glacialisaurus", + "description": "This \"frozen lizard\" was a close relative of Lufengosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Gobiceratops", + "description": "This ceratopsian's tiny skull was found in the Gobi Desert." + }, + { + "name": "Gobisaurus", + "description": "An unusually large ankylosaur of central Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Gobivenator", + "description": "This feathered dinosaur gave Velociraptor a run for its money." + }, + { + "name": "Gojirasaurus", + "description": "This early predator was named after Godzilla." + }, + { + "name": "Gondwanatitan", + "description": "Yet another titanosaur from South America." + }, + { + "name": "Gorgosaurus", + "description": "Might this tyrannosaur have been a species of Albertosaurus?" + }, + { + "name": "Goyocephale", + "description": "A primitive bonehead from Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Graciliraptor", + "description": "This tiny dino-bird was a close relative of Microraptor." + }, + { + "name": "Gryphoceratops", + "description": "A tiny ceratopsian of Cretaceous North America." + }, + { + "name": "Gryponyx", + "description": "This \"hooked claw\" was a distant sauropod ancestor." + }, + { + "name": "Gryposaurus", + "description": "One of the most common of the duck-billed dinosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Guaibasaurus", + "description": "Was this early dinosaur a theropod or a prosauropod?" + }, + { + "name": "Guanlong", + "description": "Probably the first tyrannosaur ever to walk the earth." + }, + { + "name": "Hadrosaurus", + "description": "The official state dinosaur of New Jersey." + }, + { + "name": "Hagryphus", + "description": "The largest North American oviraptor yet discovered." + }, + { + "name": "Halticosaurus", + "description": "A \"nomen dubium\" theropod of the early 20th century." + }, + { + "name": "Haplocanthosaurus", + "description": "A typical sauropod of the late Jurassic period." + }, + { + "name": "Haplocheirus", + "description": "This feathered dinosaur predated Archaeopteryx by millions of years." + }, + { + "name": "Harpymimus", + "description": "named after the winged creature of Greek myth." + }, + { + "name": "Haya", + "description": "This dinosaur was named after a horse-headed Mongolian god." + }, + { + "name": "Herrerasaurus", + "description": "This carnivore roamed present-day South America." + }, + { + "name": "Hesperonychus", + "description": "A tiny North American dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Hesperosaurus", + "description": "The oldest stegosaur discovered in North America." + }, + { + "name": "Heterodontosaurus", + "description": "This \"different-toothed\" dinosaur was a dentist's nightmare." + }, + { + "name": "Hexing", + "description": "This early ornithomimid was recently discovered in China." + }, + { + "name": "Hexinlusaurus", + "description": "named after the Chinese professor He Xin-Lu." + }, + { + "name": "Heyuannia", + "description": "Yet another close relative of Oviraptor." + }, + { + "name": "Hippodraco", + "description": "This \"horse dragon\" was recently discovered in Utah." + }, + { + "name": "Homalocephale", + "description": "This herbivore had a very flat--and very thick--skull." + }, + { + "name": "Hongshanosaurus", + "description": "This early ceratopsian is known by two skulls." + }, + { + "name": "Hoplitosaurus", + "description": "named after the heavily armored soldiers of classical Greece." + }, + { + "name": "Huabeisaurus", + "description": "A titanosaur from northern China." + }, + { + "name": "Huanghetitan", + "description": "Yet another contender for the biggest dinosaur that ever lived." + }, + { + "name": "Huaxiagnathus", + "description": "One of the biggest dino-birds of its time." + }, + { + "name": "Huaxiaosaurus", + "description": "Might it be an unusually large specimen of Shantungosaurus?" + }, + { + "name": "Huayangosaurus", + "description": "Could this have been the ancestor of all the stegosaurs?" + }, + { + "name": "Huehuecanauhtlus", + "description": "Its name is Aztec for \"ancient duck\"." + }, + { + "name": "Hungarosaurus", + "description": "The best-attested ankylosaur ever discovered in Europe." + }, + { + "name": "Huxleysaurus", + "description": "named after the famous biologist Thomas Henry Huxley." + }, + { + "name": "Hylaeosaurus", + "description": "One of the first creatures ever to be called a dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Hypacrosaurus", + "description": "We know a lot about this dinosaur's family life." + }, + { + "name": "Hypselosaurus", + "description": "This titanosaur's eggs were a foot in diameter." + }, + { + "name": "Hypselospinus", + "description": "It was once classified as a species of Iguanodon." + }, + { + "name": "Hypsibema", + "description": "The official state dinosaur of Missouri." + }, + { + "name": "Hypsilophodon", + "description": "This man-sized herbivore liked to eat and run." + }, + { + "name": "Ichthyovenator", + "description": "This sail-backed dinosaur was recently discovered in Laos." + }, + { + "name": "Ignavusaurus", + "description": "Its name means \"cowardly lizard\"." + }, + { + "name": "Iguanacolossus", + "description": "A brand-new ornithopod from North America." + }, + { + "name": "Iguanodon", + "description": "The second dinosaur in history ever to receive a name." + }, + { + "name": "Ilokelesia", + "description": "A primitive abelisaur from South America." + }, + { + "name": "Incisivosaurus", + "description": "This buck-toothed dinosaur was the Cretaceous equivalent of a beaver." + }, + { + "name": "Indosuchus", + "description": "This \"Indian crocodile\" was actually a dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Ingenia", + "description": "A small, birdlike dinosaur from central Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Irritator", + "description": "This spinosaur was named by a very frustrated paleontologist." + }, + { + "name": "Isanosaurus", + "description": "One of the first sauropods ever to walk the earth." + }, + { + "name": "Isisaurus", + "description": "Otherwise known as the Indian Statistical Institute Lizard." + }, + { + "name": "Jainosaurus", + "description": "named after the Indian paleontologist Sohan Lal Jain." + }, + { + "name": "Janenschia", + "description": "The earliest titanosaur in the fossil record." + }, + { + "name": "Jaxartosaurus", + "description": "A poorly known hadrosaur from central Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Jeholosaurus", + "description": "This ornithopod may have had an omnivorous diet." + }, + { + "name": "Jeyawati", + "description": "Its name is Zuni for \"grinding mouth\"." + }, + { + "name": "Jianchangosaurus", + "description": "One of the earliest therizinosaurs in the fossil record." + }, + { + "name": "Jinfengopteryx", + "description": "This feathered dinosaur was once thought to be a true bird." + }, + { + "name": "Jingshanosaurus", + "description": "A close relative of Yunnanosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Jinzhousaurus", + "description": "This Asian dinosaur was one of the first hadrosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Jobaria", + "description": "A strange, short-tailed African sauropod." + }, + { + "name": "Judiceratops", + "description": "The earliest Chasmosaurus ancestor yet identified." + }, + { + "name": "Juratyrant", + "description": "This early tyrannosaur was discovered in England." + }, + { + "name": "Juravenator", + "description": "Why didn't this presumed \"dino-bird\" have feathers?" + }, + { + "name": "Kaatedocus", + "description": "This Diplodocus relative had a characteristic grin." + }, + { + "name": "Kaijiangosaurus", + "description": "This might have been the same dinosaur as Gasosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Kazaklambia", + "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur was discovered in Kazakhstan." + }, + { + "name": "Kentrosaurus", + "description": "A smaller, African cousin of Stegosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Kerberosaurus", + "description": "named after the three-headed dog of Greek myth." + }, + { + "name": "Khaan", + "description": "Few small mammals dared face the wrath of this dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Kileskus", + "description": "Yet another \"basal\" tyrannosaur from central Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Kinnareemimus", + "description": "This \"bird mimic\" dinosaur was recently discovered in Thailand." + }, + { + "name": "Kol", + "description": "It's tied with Mei for \"shortest dinosaur name\"." + }, + { + "name": "Koreaceratops", + "description": "There's evidence that this ceratopsian liked to go swimming." + }, + { + "name": "Koreanosaurus", + "description": "Guess what country this ornithopod was discovered in." + }, + { + "name": "Kosmoceratops", + "description": "This ceratopsian had a bizarre, downward-folding frill." + }, + { + "name": "Kotasaurus", + "description": "One of the few sauropods to be discovered in India." + }, + { + "name": "Kritosaurus", + "description": "A famous, but poorly understood hadrosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Kryptops", + "description": "This dinosaur came equipped with its own face mask." + }, + { + "name": "Kukufeldia", + "description": "Yet another ornithopod that was once lumped in with Iguanodon." + }, + { + "name": "Kulindadromeus", + "description": "Why did this ornithopod dinosaur have feathers?" + }, + { + "name": "Kundurosaurus", + "description": "This hadrosaur was discovered in the far east of Russia." + }, + { + "name": "Labocania", + "description": "It may or may not have been a true tyrannosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Lagosuchus", + "description": "Could this have been the ancestor of all the dinosaurs?" + }, + { + "name": "Lambeosaurus", + "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur had a hatchet-shaped crest on its noggin." + }, + { + "name": "Lamplughsaura", + "description": "This early sauropod was discovered in India." + }, + { + "name": "Lanzhousaurus", + "description": "This herbivore's teeth were half a foot long." + }, + { + "name": "Laosaurus", + "description": "This dubious ornithopod was named by Othniel C. Marsh." + }, + { + "name": "Lapparentosaurus", + "description": "This sauropod was discovered in Madagascar." + }, + { + "name": "Laquintasaura", + "description": "The first plant-eating dinosaur ever to be discovered in Venezuela." + }, + { + "name": "Latirhinus", + "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur had an enormous nose." + }, + { + "name": "Leaellynasaura", + "description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be named after a little girl." + }, + { + "name": "Leinkupal", + "description": "The latest surviving diplodocid sauropod." + }, + { + "name": "Leonerasaurus", + "description": "This prosauropod was recently discovered in Argentina." + }, + { + "name": "Leptoceratops", + "description": "One of the most primitive of all ceratopsians." + }, + { + "name": "Leshansaurus", + "description": "Did this meat-eater feast on small, armored dinosaurs?" + }, + { + "name": "Lesothosaurus", + "description": "One of the earliest of all the ornithischian dinosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Lessemsaurus", + "description": "named after the popular science writer Don Lessem." + }, + { + "name": "Lexovisaurus", + "description": "One of the oldest European stegosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Leyesaurus", + "description": "A newly discovered prosauropod from South America." + }, + { + "name": "Liaoceratops", + "description": "A tiny ceratopsian of early Cretaceous Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Liaoningosaurus", + "description": "One of the smallest ankylosaurs in the fossil record." + }, + { + "name": "Liliensternus", + "description": "One of the largest carnivores of the Triassic period." + }, + { + "name": "Limaysaurus", + "description": "It was once classified as a species of Rebbachisaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Limusaurus", + "description": "Was this toothless theropod a vegetarian?" + }, + { + "name": "Linhenykus", + "description": "This tiny dinosaur had single-clawed hands." + }, + { + "name": "Linheraptor", + "description": "This Mongolian raptor was discovered in 2008." + }, + { + "name": "Linhevenato", + "description": "r This troodont was recently discovered in Mongolia." + }, + { + "name": "Lophorhothon", + "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in Alabama." + }, + { + "name": "Lophostropheus", + "description": "This theropod lived near the Triassic/Jurassic boundary." + }, + { + "name": "Loricatosaurus", + "description": "This stegosaur was once classified as a species of Lexovisaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Lourinhanosaurus", + "description": "Not to be confused with Lourinhasaurus, below." + }, + { + "name": "Lourinhasaurus", + "description": "Not to be confused with Lourinhanosaurus, above." + }, + { + "name": "Luanchuanraptor", + "description": "A small, poorly understood Asian raptor." + }, + { + "name": "Lufengosaurus", + "description": "A common sight at Chinese natural history museums." + }, + { + "name": "Lurdusaurus", + "description": "This ornithopod resembled a giant sloth." + }, + { + "name": "Lusotitan", + "description": "This sauropod was once classified as a species of Brachiosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Lycorhinus", + "description": "This dinosaur was once thought to be a mammal-like reptile." + }, + { + "name": "Lythronax", + "description": "This tyrannosaur lived on the island of Laramidia." + }, + { + "name": "Machairasaurus", + "description": "This \"short scimitar lizard\" was a close relative of Oviraptor." + }, + { + "name": "Macrogryphosaurus", + "description": "Otherwise known as the Big Enigmatic Lizard." + }, + { + "name": "Magnapaulia", + "description": "The largest lambeosaurine hadrosaur yet identified." + }, + { + "name": "Magnirostris", + "description": "This ceratopsian had an unusually big beak." + }, + { + "name": "Magnosaurus", + "description": "Once thought to be a species of Megalosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Magyarosaurus", + "description": "This dwarf titanosaur was probably confined to a small island." + }, + { + "name": "Mahakala", + "description": "This dino-bird was named after a Buddhist deity." + }, + { + "name": "Maiasaura", + "description": "This \"good mother lizard\" kept close tabs on her young." + }, + { + "name": "Majungasaurus", + "description": "Fairly--or unfairly--known as the \"cannibal dinosaur\"." + }, + { + "name": "Malawisaurus", + "description": "The first titanosaur to be found with an intact skull." + }, + { + "name": "Mamenchisaurus", + "description": "The longest-necked dinosaur that ever lived." + }, + { + "name": "Manidens", + "description": "A strangely toothed relative of Heterodontosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Mantellisaurus", + "description": "named after the famous fossil hunter Gideon Mantell." + }, + { + "name": "Mantellodon", + "description": "This Iguanodon refugee may or may not deserve its own genus." + }, + { + "name": "Mapusaurus", + "description": "This huge carnivore was closely related to Giganotosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Marshosaurus", + "description": "named after the famous paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh." + }, + { + "name": "Martharaptor", + "description": "This dinosaur was named after a Utah paleontologist." + }, + { + "name": "Masiakasaurus", + "description": "A bizarre, buck-toothed predator of the late Cretaceous." + }, + { + "name": "Massospondylus", + "description": "This small, lithe, bipedal plant-eater roamed the plains of South Africa." + }, + { + "name": "Maxakalisaurus", + "description": "One of the biggest titanosaurs ever found in Brazil." + }, + { + "name": "Medusaceratops", + "description": "This frilled dinosaur was a close relative of Centrosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Megalosaurus", + "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered and named." + }, + { + "name": "Megapnosaurus", + "description": "Its name is Greek for \"big dead lizard\"." + }, + { + "name": "Megaraptor", + "description": "Despite its name, it wasn't really a raptor." + }, + { + "name": "Mei", + "description": "The current record-holder for \"shortest dinosaur name\"." + }, + { + "name": "Melanorosaurus", + "description": "Probably the largest prosauropod that ever lived." + }, + { + "name": "Mendozasaurus", + "description": "This titanosaur was ancestral to Futalognkosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Mercuriceratops", + "description": "This ceratopsian was discovered on the U.S./Canada border." + }, + { + "name": "Metriacanthosaurus", + "description": "Yet another dinosaur that was once mistaken for Megalosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Microceratops", + "description": "Probably the smallest ceratopsian that ever lived." + }, + { + "name": "Micropachycephalosaurus", + "description": "The current record-holder for longest dinosaur name." + }, + { + "name": "Microraptor", + "description": "This tiny feathered dinosaur had four wings rather than two." + }, + { + "name": "Microvenator", + "description": "This \"tiny hunter\" actually measured 10 feet from head to tail." + }, + { + "name": "Minmi", + "description": "An early (and very dumb) ankylosaur from Australia." + }, + { + "name": "Minotaurasaurus", + "description": "named after the half-man, half-bull of Greek myth." + }, + { + "name": "Miragaia", + "description": "This stegosaur had an unusually long neck." + }, + { + "name": "Mirischia", + "description": "Its name means \"wonderful pelvis\"." + }, + { + "name": "Mochlodon", + "description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be discovered in Austria." + }, + { + "name": "Mojoceratops", + "description": "This ceratopsian had a heart-shaped frill." + }, + { + "name": "Monkonosaurus", + "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in modern-day Tibet." + }, + { + "name": "Monoclonius", + "description": "Might this have been a species of Centrosaurus?" + }, + { + "name": "Monolophosaurus", + "description": "This Jurassic predator had a single crest on its skull." + }, + { + "name": "Mononykus", + "description": "This dinosaur may have dug into termite mounds for its lunch." + }, + { + "name": "Montanoceratops", + "description": "A primitive ceratopsian of the late Cretaceous period." + }, + { + "name": "Mussaurus", + "description": "This \"mouse lizard\" lived in Triassic South America." + }, + { + "name": "Muttaburrasaurus", + "description": "The most complete dinosaur fossil ever found in Australia." + }, + { + "name": "Mymoorapelta", + "description": "named after the Mygand-Moore quarry in Colorado." + }, + { + "name": "Nankangia", + "description": "A recently discovered oviraptor from China." + }, + { + "name": "Nanosaurus", + "description": "This \"tiny lizard\" was named by Othniel C. Marsh." + }, + { + "name": "Nanotyrannus", + "description": "Could this have been a juvenile T. Rex?" + }, + { + "name": "Nanshiungosaurus", + "description": "A bizarre therizinosaur from Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Nanuqsaurus", + "description": "This \"polar lizard\" was recently discovered in Alaska." + }, + { + "name": "Nanyangosaurus", + "description": "An iguanodontid ornithopod of middle Cretaceous Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Nasutoceratops", + "description": "This dinosaur had horns like a modern steer." + }, + { + "name": "Nebulasaurus", + "description": "This \"nebula lizard\" was recently discovered in China." + }, + { + "name": "Nedcolbertia", + "description": "named after the famous paleontologist Edwin Colbert." + }, + { + "name": "Neimongosaurus", + "description": "A rare therizinosaur from inner Mongolia." + }, + { + "name": "Nemegtomaia", + "description": "This dinosaur had a bizarrely shaped skull." + }, + { + "name": "Nemegtosaurus", + "description": "This titanosaur has been recreated from a single, incomplete skull." + }, + { + "name": "Neovenator", + "description": "One of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs of western Europe." + }, + { + "name": "Neuquenraptor", + "description": "It may actually be a species (or specimen) of Unenlagia." + }, + { + "name": "Neuquensaurus", + "description": "Was this titanosaur really a species of Saltasaurus?" + }, + { + "name": "Nigersaurus", + "description": "This African sauropod had a huge number of teeth." + }, + { + "name": "Nipponosaurus", + "description": "This hadrosaur was discovered on the island of Sakhalin." + }, + { + "name": "Noasaurus", + "description": "Were this predator's giant claws on its hands, or on its feet?" + }, + { + "name": "Nodocephalosaurus", + "description": "This armored dinosaur has been reconstructed from a single skull." + }, + { + "name": "Nodosaurus", + "description": "One of the first armored dinosaurs ever discovered in North America." + }, + { + "name": "Nomingia", + "description": "This small dinosaur had a peacock-like tail." + }, + { + "name": "Nothronychus", + "description": "The first therizonosaur to be found outside Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Notohypsilophodon", + "description": "A rare South American ornithopod." + }, + { + "name": "Nqwebasaurus", + "description": "One of the few theropods to be discovered in sub-Saharan Africa." + }, + { + "name": "Nuthetes", + "description": "This raptor was named after the modern monitor lizard." + }, + { + "name": "Nyasasaurus", + "description": "Could this be the earliest dinosaur in the fossil record?" + }, + { + "name": "Ojoceratops", + "description": "A very close relative of Triceratops." + }, + { + "name": "Olorotitan", + "description": "One of the most complete dinosaur fossils ever found in Russia." + }, + { + "name": "Omeisaurus", + "description": "One of the most common Chinese sauropods." + }, + { + "name": "Oohkotokia", + "description": "Its name is Blackfoot for \"large stone\"." + }, + { + "name": "Opisthocoelicaudia", + "description": "A clumsily named titanosaur of the late Cretaceous period." + }, + { + "name": "Orkoraptor", + "description": "The southernmost theropod ever to live in South America." + }, + { + "name": "Ornithodesmus", + "description": "This mysterious raptor was once thought to be a pterosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Ornitholestes", + "description": "This \"bird robber\" probably preyed on small lizards instead." + }, + { + "name": "Ornithomimus", + "description": "This \"bird mimic\" resembled a modern ostrich." + }, + { + "name": "Ornithopsis", + "description": "This \"bird face\" was actually a genus of titanosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Orodromeus", + "description": "This tiny herbivore was on Troodon's dinner menu." + }, + { + "name": "Orthomerus", + "description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be discovered in Holland." + }, + { + "name": "Oryctodromeus", + "description": "The only ornithopod known to have lived in burrows." + }, + { + "name": "Ostafrikasaurus", + "description": "Could this have been the earliest known spinosaur?" + }, + { + "name": "Othnielia", + "description": "named after the famous paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh." + }, + { + "name": "Othnielosaurus", + "description": "Also named after the famous paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh." + }, + { + "name": "Ouranosaurus", + "description": "Scientists can't decide if this herbivore had a sail or a hump." + }, + { + "name": "Overosaurus", + "description": "This dwarf titanosaur was announced to the world in 2013." + }, + { + "name": "Oviraptor", + "description": "Turns out that this \"egg thief\" got a bad rap." + }, + { + "name": "Oxalaia", + "description": "This spinosaur was recently discovered in Brazil." + }, + { + "name": "Ozraptor", + "description": "Not much is known about this Australian theropod." + }, + { + "name": "Pachycephalosaurus", + "description": "This plant-eater gave new meaning to the word \"blockhead\"." + }, + { + "name": "Pachyrhinosaurus", + "description": "This \"thick-nosed lizard\" roamed the North American forests." + }, + { + "name": "Palaeoscincus", + "description": "This \"ancient skink\" was actually an armored dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Paluxysaurus", + "description": "The official Texas state dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Pampadromaeus", + "description": "This \"Pampas runner\" was ancestral to sauropods." + }, + { + "name": "Pamparaptor", + "description": "This raptor was discovered in the Argentinian Pampas." + }, + { + "name": "Panamericansaurus", + "description": "This titanosaur was named after an energy company." + }, + { + "name": "Panoplosaurus", + "description": "A squat, stocky nodosaur of the late Cretaceous." + }, + { + "name": "Panphagia", + "description": "Its name is Greek for \"eats everything\"." + }, + { + "name": "Pantydraco", + "description": "No, this dinosaur didn't wear you-know-what." + }, + { + "name": "Paralititan", + "description": "This huge sauropod was discovered recently in Egypt." + }, + { + "name": "Paranthodon", + "description": "This stegosaur was discovered over 150 years ago." + }, + { + "name": "Pararhabdodon", + "description": "The western European equivalent of Tsintaosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Parasaurolophus", + "description": "Possibly the loudest dinosaur ever to roam the earth." + }, + { + "name": "Parksosaurus", + "description": "It was once classified as a species of Thescelosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Paronychodon", + "description": "This \"tooth taxon\" didn't make it out of the 19th century." + }, + { + "name": "Parvicursor", + "description": "One of the smallest dinosaurs yet identified." + }, + { + "name": "Patagosaurus", + "description": "This \"Patagonian lizard\" hailed from South America." + }, + { + "name": "Pawpawsaurus", + "description": "This ancient nodosaur was discovered in Texas." + }, + { + "name": "Pedopenna", + "description": "One of the earliest known dino-birds." + }, + { + "name": "Pegomastax", + "description": "This dinosaur was covered with porcupine-like bristles." + }, + { + "name": "Pelecanimimus", + "description": "This \"pelican mimic\" sported over 200 teeth." + }, + { + "name": "Peloroplites", + "description": "This \"monstrous Hoplite\" was recently discovered in Utah." + }, + { + "name": "Pelorosaurus", + "description": "The first sauropod ever to be discovered." + }, + { + "name": "Pentaceratops", + "description": "This \"five-horned\" herbivore really had only three." + }, + { + "name": "Philovenator", + "description": "As its name says this dinosaur \"loved to hunt\"." + }, + { + "name": "Phuwiangosaurus", + "description": "This titanosaur was discovered in modern-day Thailand." + }, + { + "name": "Piatnitzkysaurus", + "description": "Its teeth were as sharp as its name is funny." + }, + { + "name": "Pinacosaurus", + "description": "Did this ankylosaur roam central Asia in herds?" + }, + { + "name": "Pisanosaurus", + "description": "One of the earliest known ornithischian dinosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Piveteausaurus", + "description": "No one is quite sure what to make of this theropod dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Planicoxa", + "description": "A medium-sized iguanodont of early Cretaceous North America." + }, + { + "name": "Plateosaurus", + "description": "This herd dinosaur blackened the plains of the late Triassic." + }, + { + "name": "Pleurocoelus", + "description": "It was the official state dinosaur of Texas." + }, + { + "name": "Pneumatoraptor", + "description": "This \"air thief\" was recently discovered in Hungary." + }, + { + "name": "Podokesaurus", + "description": "One of the earliest dinosaurs to live in eastern North America." + }, + { + "name": "Poekilopleuron", + "description": "It may (or may not) have been a species of Megalosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Polacanthus", + "description": "An extremely spiky ankylosaur of the middle Cretaceous." + }, + { + "name": "Prenocephale", + "description": "This \"bonehead\" had a round, thick skull." + }, + { + "name": "Prenoceratops", + "description": "A close relative of Leptoceratops." + }, + { + "name": "Proa", + "description": "This ornithopod was named after its prow-shaped jaw." + }, + { + "name": "Probactrosaurus", + "description": "An early stage in hadrosaur evolution." + }, + { + "name": "Proceratosaurus", + "description": "Despite its name, not a close relative of Ceratosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Procompsognathus", + "description": "Was it an archosaur or an early dinosaur?" + }, + { + "name": "Propanoplosaurus", + "description": "This baby ankylosaur was recently discovered in Maryland." + }, + { + "name": "Prosaurolophus", + "description": "The likely ancestor of both Saurolophus and Parasaurolophus." + }, + { + "name": "Protarchaeopteryx", + "description": "Before Archaeopteryx? It actually lived millions of years later." + }, + { + "name": "Protoceratops", + "description": "A famous dinosaur with a very funky frill." + }, + { + "name": "Protohadros", + "description": "Despite its name, it wasn't really the \"first\" hadrosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Psittacosaurus", + "description": "This dinosaur's noggin wouldn't have looked out of place on a parrot." + }, + { + "name": "Puertasaurus", + "description": "This titanosaur rivaled Argentinosaurus in size." + }, + { + "name": "Pyroraptor", + "description": "This \"fire thief\" prowled the plains of prehistoric France." + }, + { + "name": "Qantassaurus", + "description": "named after the national airline of Australia." + }, + { + "name": "Qianzhousaurus", + "description": "This long-snouted tyrannosaur has been nicknamed Pinocchio Rex." + }, + { + "name": "Qiaowanlong", + "description": "An Asian relative of Brachiosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Qiupalong", + "description": "This \"bird mimic\" dinosaur was recently discovered in China." + }, + { + "name": "Quaesitosaurus", + "description": "This titanosaur may have had remarkably sharp hearing." + }, + { + "name": "Quilmesaurus", + "description": "This dinosaur was named after an indigenous South American tribe." + }, + { + "name": "Rahiolisaurus", + "description": "This Indian dinosaur is represented by seven tangled individuals." + }, + { + "name": "Rahonavis", + "description": "Was it a raptor-like bird or a bird-like raptor?" + }, + { + "name": "Rajasaurus", + "description": "This \"prince lizard\" lived in what is now modern-day India." + }, + { + "name": "Rapator", + "description": "No, this mysterious Australian theropod wasn't a raptor." + }, + { + "name": "Rapetosaurus", + "description": "The only sauropod ever to be discovered on modern-day Madagascar." + }, + { + "name": "Raptorex", + "description": "A pint-sized precursor of T. Rex." + }, + { + "name": "Rebbachisaurus", + "description": "A poorly understood sauropod from northern Africa." + }, + { + "name": "Regaliceratops", + "description": "This ceratopsian had a huge, crown-shaped frill." + }, + { + "name": "Regnosaurus", + "description": "This stegosaur lived in what is now modern-day England." + }, + { + "name": "Rhabdodon", + "description": "A possible \"missing link\" between Iguanodon and Hypsilophodon." + }, + { + "name": "Rhinorex", + "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur had an unusually large nose." + }, + { + "name": "Rhoetosaurus", + "description": "A medium-sized sauropod from Down Under." + }, + { + "name": "Richardoestesia", + "description": "named after the paleontologist Richard Estes." + }, + { + "name": "Rinchenia", + "description": "named after the famous paleontologist Rinchen Barsbold." + }, + { + "name": "Rinconsaurus", + "description": "A modestly sized titanosaur of South America." + }, + { + "name": "Riojasaurus", + "description": "One of the few prosauropods known to have lived in South America." + }, + { + "name": "Rubeosaurus", + "description": "A ceratopsian dinosaur from the Two Medicine Formation." + }, + { + "name": "Rugops", + "description": "This wrinkly-faced carnivore probably fed on abandoned carcasses." + }, + { + "name": "Sahaliyania", + "description": "This hadrosaur's name is Manchurian for \"black\"." + }, + { + "name": "Saichania", + "description": "This ankylosaur's name is Chinese for \"beautiful\"." + }, + { + "name": "Saltasaurus", + "description": "The first armored sauropod ever to be discovered." + }, + { + "name": "Saltopus", + "description": "Experts aren't sure if this was a dinosaur or an archosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Sanjuansaurus", + "description": "An early theropod from South America." + }, + { + "name": "Santanaraptor", + "description": "named after Brazil's Santana formation." + }, + { + "name": "Sarahsaurus", + "description": "This prosauropod had unusually strong hands." + }, + { + "name": "Sarcolestes", + "description": "The most likely ancestor of the ankylosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Sarcosaurus", + "description": "This \"flesh lizard\" roamed early Jurassic England." + }, + { + "name": "Saturnalia", + "description": "The earliest dinosaur known to have had a herbivorous diet." + }, + { + "name": "Saurolophus", + "description": "One of the few hadrosaurs known to have lived on two continents." + }, + { + "name": "Sauroniops", + "description": "This dinosaur's name means \"Eye of Sauron\"." + }, + { + "name": "Sauropelta", + "description": "This ankylosaur's armor helped keep raptors at bay." + }, + { + "name": "Saurophaganax", + "description": "The official state dinosaur of Oklahoma." + }, + { + "name": "Sauroposeidon", + "description": "One of the tallest dinosaurs ever to walk the earth." + }, + { + "name": "Saurornithoides", + "description": "A Troodon-like predator from central Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Saurornitholestes", + "description": "A close cousin of Velociraptor." + }, + { + "name": "Savannasaurus", + "description": "This titanosaur was recently discovered in Australia." + }, + { + "name": "Scansoriopteryx", + "description": "This early proto-bird probably lived in trees." + }, + { + "name": "Scelidosaurus", + "description": "Among the earliest of all the armored dinosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Scipionyx", + "description": "One of the most perfectly preserved dinosaur fossils ever found." + }, + { + "name": "Sciurumimus", + "description": "This \"squirrel mimic\" was one of the earliest feathered dinosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Scolosaurus", + "description": "It was once classified as a species of Euoplocephalus." + }, + { + "name": "Scutellosaurus", + "description": "Probably the smallest of all the armored dinosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Secernosaurus", + "description": "The first hadrosaur to be discovered in South America." + }, + { + "name": "Seitaad", + "description": "This small dinosaur may have been buried in an avalanche." + }, + { + "name": "Segisaurus", + "description": "An early dinosaur closely related to Coelophysis." + }, + { + "name": "Segnosaurus", + "description": "One of the most unusual (and poorly understood) Cretaceous dinosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Seismosaurus", + "description": "It was huge, to be sure, but might it have been a species of Diplodocus?" + }, + { + "name": "Sellosaurus", + "description": "Another early prosauropod of the Triassic period." + }, + { + "name": "Serendipaceratops", + "description": "Was this really an Australian ceratopsian?" + }, + { + "name": "Shamosaurus", + "description": "This Mongolian ankylosaur was a close relative of Gobisaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Shanag", + "description": "A basal raptor of early Cretaceous Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Shantungosaurus", + "description": "The biggest of all the duck-billed dinosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Shaochilong", + "description": "Its name is Chinese for \"shark-toothed dragon\"." + }, + { + "name": "Shenzhousaurus", + "description": "A small, primitive ornithomimid from China." + }, + { + "name": "Shunosaurus", + "description": "Anatomically speaking, probably the best known of all the sauropods." + }, + { + "name": "Shuvosaurus", + "description": "Was this meat eater an early dinosaur or a two-legged crocodile?" + }, + { + "name": "Shuvuuia", + "description": "Scientists can't decide if it was a dinosaur or a bird." + }, + { + "name": "Siamodon", + "description": "This ornithopod was recently discovered in Thailand." + }, + { + "name": "Siamosaurus", + "description": "This may (or may not) have been a spinosaur from Thailand." + }, + { + "name": "Siamotyrannus", + "description": "Despite its name, it wasn't a true tyrannosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Siats", + "description": "One of the largest theropods ever to live in North America." + }, + { + "name": "Sigilmassasaurus", + "description": "Was this really a species of Carcharodontosaurus?" + }, + { + "name": "Silvisaurus", + "description": "This primitive nodosaur was discovered in Kansas." + }, + { + "name": "Similicaudipteryx", + "description": "The juveniles may have been differently feathered than the adults." + }, + { + "name": "Sinocalliopteryx", + "description": "The biggest \"dino-bird\" yet discovered." + }, + { + "name": "Sinoceratops", + "description": "A rare ceratopsian from late Cretaceous China." + }, + { + "name": "Sinornithoides", + "description": "A small, feathered dinosaur closely related to Troodon." + }, + { + "name": "Sinornithomimus", + "description": "This ornithomimid is known from over a dozen skeletons." + }, + { + "name": "Sinornithosaurus", + "description": "A typical dino-bird of the early Cretaceous." + }, + { + "name": "Sinosauropteryx", + "description": "The first dinosaur proven to have feathers." + }, + { + "name": "Sinosaurus", + "description": "It was once classified as an Asian species of Dilophosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Sinotyrannus", + "description": "This \"Chinese tyrant\" was an ancient ancestor of tyrannosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Sinovenator", + "description": "This \"Chinese hunter\" preyed on its fellow dino-birds." + }, + { + "name": "Sinraptor", + "description": "Despite its name, this allosaur wasn't any better or worse than other dinosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Sinusonasus", + "description": "It sounds like a disease, but it was actually a feathered dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Skorpiovenator", + "description": "This \"scorpion hunter\" really ate meat." + }, + { + "name": "Sonorasaurus", + "description": "The remains of this sauropod were discovered in Arizona." + }, + { + "name": "Sphaerotholus", + "description": "Yet another dome-headed dino from North America." + }, + { + "name": "Spinophorosaurus", + "description": "This early sauropod had a \"thagomizer\" on its tail." + }, + { + "name": "Spinops", + "description": "This ceratopsian was named 100 years after its bones were found." + }, + { + "name": "Spinosaurus", + "description": "This dinosaur was distinguished by the sail-like structure on its back." + }, + { + "name": "Spinostropheus", + "description": "This theropod was once thought to be a species of Elaphrosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Staurikosaurus", + "description": "Another primitive theropod of the Triassic period." + }, + { + "name": "Stegoceras", + "description": "This small herbivore was built for high-speed head-butting." + }, + { + "name": "Stegosaurus", + "description": "The small-brained, spike-tailed, plant-eating dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Stenopelix", + "description": "Experts aren't sure how to classify this dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Stokesosaurus", + "description": "Some experts think this was the earliest tyrannosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Struthiomimus", + "description": "This \"ostrich mimic\" roamed the plains of North America." + }, + { + "name": "Struthiosaurus", + "description": "The smallest nodosaur yet discovered." + }, + { + "name": "Stygimoloch", + "description": "Its name means \"demon from the river of death.\" Got your attention yet?" + }, + { + "name": "Styracosaurus", + "description": "Winner of the \"most elaborate head display\" competition." + }, + { + "name": "Suchomimus", + "description": "A fish-eating dinosaur with a distinct crocodilian profile." + }, + { + "name": "Sulaimanisaurus", + "description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be discovered in Pakistan." + }, + { + "name": "Supersaurus", + "description": "No, it didn't wear a cape, but this giant dino was still impressive." + }, + { + "name": "Suuwassea", + "description": "Its name is Native American for \"ancient thunder\"." + }, + { + "name": "Suzhousaurus", + "description": "A large, early Cretaceous therizinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Szechuanosaurus", + "description": "This theropod was a close relative of Sinraptor." + }, + { + "name": "Tachiraptor", + "description": "The first meat-eating dinosaur ever to be discovered in Venezuela." + }, + { + "name": "Talarurus", + "description": "This ankylosaur was discovered in the Gobi Desert." + }, + { + "name": "Talos", + "description": "This dinosaur was found with an injured big toe." + }, + { + "name": "Tangvayosaurus", + "description": "This Laotian titanosaur was closely related to Phuwiangosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Tanius", + "description": "Not much is known about this Chinese hadrosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Tanycolagreus", + "description": "This mysterious theropod was once thought to be a species of Coelurus." + }, + { + "name": "Taohelong", + "description": "The first \"polacanthine\" ankylosaur ever to be discovered in Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Tapuiasaurus", + "description": "A recently discovered titanosaur from South America." + }, + { + "name": "Tarascosaurus", + "description": "The only known abelisaur of the northern hemisphere." + }, + { + "name": "Tarbosaurus", + "description": "The second-biggest tyrannosaur after T. Rex." + }, + { + "name": "Tarchia", + "description": "Its name means \"brainy,\" but that may be an exaggeration." + }, + { + "name": "Tastavinsaurus", + "description": "This titanosaur was discovered in Spain." + }, + { + "name": "Tatankacephalus", + "description": "A brand-new ankylosaur from North America." + }, + { + "name": "Tatankaceratops", + "description": "Was this really a juvenile specimen of Triceratops?" + }, + { + "name": "Tataouinea", + "description": "No, this dinosaur wasn't named after Tatooine in Star Wars." + }, + { + "name": "Tawa", + "description": "This ancient theropod points to a South American origin for dinosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Tazoudasaurus", + "description": "This Vulcanodon relative was one of the earliest sauropods." + }, + { + "name": "Technosaurus", + "description": "This early herbivore was named after Texas Tech university." + }, + { + "name": "Tehuelchesaurus", + "description": "This sauropod was named after an indigenous South American people." + }, + { + "name": "Telmatosaurus", + "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur was discovered in Transylvania." + }, + { + "name": "Tendaguria", + "description": "This Tanzanian sauropod has proven difficult to classify." + }, + { + "name": "Tenontosaurus", + "description": "This long-tailed herbivore was hunted by Deinonychus." + }, + { + "name": "Teratophoneus", + "description": "This \"monstrous murderer\" wasn't all that big." + }, + { + "name": "Tethyshadros", + "description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be found in modern-day Italy." + }, + { + "name": "Texacephale", + "description": "This Texan pachycephalosaur was named in 2010." + }, + { + "name": "Thecocoelurus", + "description": "Is this the earliest ornithomimid in the fossil record?" + }, + { + "name": "Thecodontosaurus", + "description": "The first prosauropod ever to be discovered." + }, + { + "name": "Theiophytalia", + "description": "Its name means \"garden of the gods\"." + }, + { + "name": "Therizinosaurus", + "description": "What did Little Orphan Annie say to this dinosaur? \"Reaping lizards!\"" + }, + { + "name": "Thescelosaurus", + "description": "Did paleontologists find this dinosaur's mummified heart?" + }, + { + "name": "Tianchisaurus", + "description": "This dinosaur's species name honors \"Jurassic Park\"." + }, + { + "name": "Tianyulong", + "description": "Why did this ornithopod have feathers?" + }, + { + "name": "Tianyuraptor", + "description": "A small, long-legged raptor from eastern Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Tianzhenosaurus", + "description": "This ankylosaur's skull has been spectacularly preserved." + }, + { + "name": "Timimus", + "description": "The only ornithomimid ever discovered in Australia." + }, + { + "name": "Titanoceratops", + "description": "The biggest of all the horned, frilled dinosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Titanosaurus", + "description": "This sauropod may—or may not—have been a unique member of its genus." + }, + { + "name": "Tochisaurus", + "description": "A large troodont of late Cretaceous Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Tornieria", + "description": "This sauropod has a complicated taxonomic history." + }, + { + "name": "Torosaurus", + "description": "Was it really an elderly specimen of Triceratops?" + }, + { + "name": "Torvosaurus", + "description": "One of the largest predators of Jurassic North America." + }, + { + "name": "Triceratops", + "description": "The famous, three-horned, plant-eating dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Trinisaura", + "description": "The first ornithopod ever to be discovered in Antarctica." + }, + { + "name": "Troodon", + "description": "Possibly the smartest dinosaur that ever lived." + }, + { + "name": "Tsaagan", + "description": "One of the earliest raptors yet discovered." + }, + { + "name": "Tsintaosaurus", + "description": "Also known as the \"Unicorn Dinosaur\"." + }, + { + "name": "Tuojiangosaurus", + "description": "One of the most well-known Chinese stegosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Turanoceratops", + "description": "What was this ceratopsian doing in late Cretaceous Asia?" + }, + { + "name": "Turiasaurus", + "description": "The largest dinosaur ever to be discovered in Europe." + }, + { + "name": "Tylocephale", + "description": "The tallest-domed of all the pachycephalosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Tyrannosaurus Rex", + "description": "The once—and always—king of the dinosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Tyrannotitan", + "description": "We know very little about this fearsomely named dinosaur." + }, + { + "name": "Uberabatitan", + "description": "Discovered in the Uberaba region of Brazil." + }, + { + "name": "Udanoceratops", + "description": "The largest ceratopsian to run on two legs." + }, + { + "name": "Unaysaurus", + "description": "One of the oldest prosauropods yet discovered." + }, + { + "name": "Unenlagia", + "description": "This bird-like raptor was native to South America." + }, + { + "name": "Unescoceratops", + "description": "named after the United Nation's UNESCO." + }, + { + "name": "Urbacodon", + "description": "This Troodon-like predator was discovered in Uzbekistan." + }, + { + "name": "Utahceratops", + "description": "Guess what state this dinosaur was discovered in." + }, + { + "name": "Utahraptor", + "description": "Probably the biggest raptor that ever lived." + }, + { + "name": "Uteodon", + "description": "It was once classified as a species of Camptosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Vagaceratops", + "description": "This big-frilled dinosaur was closely related to Kosmoceratops." + }, + { + "name": "Vahiny", + "description": "Its name is Malagasy for \"traveler\"." + }, + { + "name": "Valdoraptor", + "description": "This early \"bird mimic\" dinosaur lived in England." + }, + { + "name": "Valdosaurus", + "description": "This ornithopod was discovered on the Isle of Wight." + }, + { + "name": "Variraptor", + "description": "The first raptor ever to be discovered in France." + }, + { + "name": "Velafrons", + "description": "A new addition to the duck-billed dinosaur family." + }, + { + "name": "Velociraptor", + "description": "This dinosaur was vicious but a lot smaller than you thought." + }, + { + "name": "Velocisaurus", + "description": "A small, speedy theropod of late Cretaceous South America." + }, + { + "name": "Venenosaurus", + "description": "This \"poison lizard\" was really a gentle plant-eater." + }, + { + "name": "Veterupristisaurus", + "description": "One of the earliest carcharodontosaurs yet identified." + }, + { + "name": "Vulcanodon", + "description": "An early sauropod of the Jurassic period." + }, + { + "name": "Wannanosaurus", + "description": "Probably the smallest of all the bone-headed dinosaurs." + }, + { + "name": "Wellnhoferia", + "description": "Was it really a species of Archaeopteryx?" + }, + { + "name": "Wendiceratops", + "description": "This dinosaur honors Canadian fossil hunter Wendy Sloboda." + }, + { + "name": "Willinakaqe", + "description": "A rare duck-billed dinosaur from South America." + }, + { + "name": "Wintonotitan", + "description": "Another new titanosaur from Australia." + }, + { + "name": "Wuerhosaurus", + "description": "Could this have been the last of the stegosaurs?" + }, + { + "name": "Wulagasaurus", + "description": "The earliest saurolophine hadrosaur in the fossil record." + }, + { + "name": "Xenoceratops", + "description": "This \"alien horned face\" was announced in 2012." + }, + { + "name": "Xenoposeidon", + "description": "Experts aren't sure how to classify this sauropod." + }, + { + "name": "Xenotarsosaurus", + "description": "A poorly understood abelisaur from South America." + }, + { + "name": "Xiaosaurus", + "description": "A small ornithopod from late Jurassic Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Xiaotingia", + "description": "This feathered dinosaur predated Archaeopteryx." + }, + { + "name": "Xinjiangtitan", + "description": "This huge sauropod was a close relative of Mamenchisaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Xiongguanlong", + "description": "A small, primitive tyrannosaur from Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Xixianykus", + "description": "A long-legged dino-bird from eastern Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Xuanhanosaurus", + "description": "You didn't think there'd be so many \"X\"'s on this list, did you?" + }, + { + "name": "Xuanhuaceratops", + "description": "An early ceratopsian of the late Jurassic." + }, + { + "name": "Xuwulong", + "description": "This iguanodontid ornithopod was recently discovered in China." + }, + { + "name": "Yamaceratops", + "description": "No, it didn't have a sweet potato for a head." + }, + { + "name": "Yandusaurus", + "description": "A small ornithopod of middle Jurassic China." + }, + { + "name": "Yangchuanosaurus", + "description": "A large theropod of late Jurassic Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Yaverlandia", + "description": "A classic case of mistaken dinosaur identity." + }, + { + "name": "Yi Qi", + "description": "This strange Jurassic dinosaur had bat-like wings." + }, + { + "name": "Yimenosaurus", + "description": "One of the better-known Chinese prosauropods." + }, + { + "name": "Yinlong", + "description": "This \"hidden dragon\" was an early ceratopsian." + }, + { + "name": "Yixianosaurus", + "description": "How did this dino-bird use its long fingers?" + }, + { + "name": "Yizhousaurus", + "description": "The earliest intact sauropod yet discovered." + }, + { + "name": "Yongjinglong", + "description": "This titanosaur was recently discovered in China." + }, + { + "name": "Yueosaurus", + "description": "This basal ornithopod was discovered by construction workers." + }, + { + "name": "Yulong", + "description": "The smallest oviraptor yet identified." + }, + { + "name": "Yunnanosaurus", + "description": "One of the last prosauropods to walk the earth." + }, + { + "name": "Yutyrannus", + "description": "The largest feathered tyrannosaur yet identified." + }, + { + "name": "Zalmoxes", + "description": "A strange-looking ornithopod from Romania." + }, + { + "name": "Zanabazar", + "description": "named after a Buddhist spiritual leader." + }, + { + "name": "Zapalasaurus", + "description": "This \"diplodocoid\" sauropod lived in early Cretaceous South America." + }, + { + "name": "Zby", + "description": "This dinosaur's name was inversely proportional to its size." + }, + { + "name": "Zephyrosaurus", + "description": "Otherwise known as the Western Wind Lizard." + }, + { + "name": "Zhanghenglong", + "description": "A transitional hadrosaur of late Cretaceous Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Zhejiangosaurus", + "description": "The first identified nodosaur from Asia." + }, + { + "name": "Zhenyuanlong", + "description": "Also known as the \"fluffy feathered poodle from hell\"." + }, + { + "name": "Zhongyuansaurus", + "description": "The only known ankylosaur to lack a tail club." + }, + { + "name": "Zhuchengceratops", + "description": "It probably figured on the lunch menu of Zhuchengtyrannus." + }, + { + "name": "Zhuchengosaurus", + "description": "This hadrosaur was even bigger than Shantungosaurus." + }, + { + "name": "Zhuchengtyrannus", + "description": "This Asian tyrannosaur was the size of T. Rex." + }, + { + "name": "Zuniceratops", + "description": "This horned dinosaur was discovered by an eight-year-old boy." + }, + { + "name": "Zuolong", + "description": "It was named after General Tso, of Chinese restaurant fame." + }, + { + "name": "Zupaysaurus", + "description": "This \"devil lizard\" was one of the earliest theropods." + } ] diff --git a/api/main.ts b/api/main.ts index 0da9e39..ea8bb1d 100644 --- a/api/main.ts +++ b/api/main.ts @@ -1,32 +1,33 @@ import { Application, Router } from "@oak/oak"; import { oakCors } from "@tajpouria/cors"; import data from "./data.json" with { type: "json" }; +import routeStaticFilesFrom from "./util/routeStaticFilesFrom.ts"; const router = new Router(); -router.get("/", (context) => { - context.response.body = "Welcome to dinosaur API!"; -}) +router.get("/api/dinosaurs", (context) => { + context.response.body = data; +}); -router.get("/dinosaurs", (context) => { - context.response.body = data; -}) +router.get("/api/dinosaurs/:dinosaur", (context) => { + if (!context?.params?.dinosaur) { + context.response.body = "No dinosaur name provided."; + } -router.get("/dinosaurs/:dinosaur", (context) => { - if (!context?.params?.dinosaur) { - context.response.body = "No dinosaur name provided."; - } + const dinosaur = data.find((item) => + item.name.toLowerCase() === context.params.dinosaur.toLowerCase() + ); - const dinosaur = data.find((item) => - item.name.toLowerCase() === context.params.dinosaur.toLowerCase() - ); - - context.response.body = dinosaur ? dinosaur : "No dinosaur found."; + context.response.body = dinosaur ? dinosaur : "No dinosaur found."; }); const app = new Application(); app.use(oakCors()); app.use(router.routes()); app.use(router.allowedMethods()); +app.use(routeStaticFilesFrom([ + `${Deno.cwd()}/dist`, + `${Deno.cwd()}/public`, +])); await app.listen({ port: 8000 }); diff --git a/api/util/routeStaticFilesFrom.ts b/api/util/routeStaticFilesFrom.ts new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8c2667c --- /dev/null +++ b/api/util/routeStaticFilesFrom.ts @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +import { Next } from "jsr:@oak/oak/middleware"; +import { Context } from "jsr:@oak/oak/context"; + +// Configure static site routes so that we can serve +// the Vite build output and the public folder +export default function routeStaticFilesFrom(staticPaths: string[]) { + return async (context: Context>, next: Next) => { + for (const path of staticPaths) { + try { + await context.send({ root: path, index: "index.html" }); + return; + } catch { + continue; + } + } + + await next(); + }; +} diff --git a/deno.lock b/deno.lock index 22a56bd..a04226c 100644 --- a/deno.lock +++ b/deno.lock @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ "packages": { "specifiers": { "jsr:@oak/commons@^1.0": "jsr:@oak/commons@1.0.0", + "jsr:@oak/oak": "jsr:@oak/oak@17.0.0", "jsr:@oak/oak@^17.0.0": "jsr:@oak/oak@17.0.0", "jsr:@std/assert@^1.0": "jsr:@std/assert@1.0.6", "jsr:@std/bytes@^1.0": "jsr:@std/bytes@1.0.2", @@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ "npm:react-dom@^18.3.1": "npm:react-dom@18.3.1_react@18.3.1", "npm:react-router-dom@^6.26.2": "npm:react-router-dom@6.26.2_react@18.3.1_react-dom@18.3.1__react@18.3.1", "npm:react@^18.3.1": "npm:react@18.3.1", + "npm:typescript@5.6.2": "npm:typescript@5.6.2", "npm:typescript@^5.2.2": "npm:typescript@5.6.2", "npm:vite": "npm:vite@5.4.8", "npm:vite@5.4.8": "npm:vite@5.4.8", diff --git a/package.json b/package.json index 8ffe9d3..cece10f 100644 --- a/package.json +++ b/package.json @@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ "type": "module", "scripts": { "dev": "deno task dev:api & deno task dev:vite", - "dev:api": "deno run --allow-env --allow-net api/main.ts", + "dev:api": "deno run --allow-env --allow-read --allow-net api/main.ts", "dev:vite": "deno run -A npm:vite", "build": "tsc -b && vite build", + "serve": "deno task build && deno task dev:api", "lint": "eslint . --ext ts,tsx --report-unused-disable-directives --max-warnings 0", "preview": "vite preview" }, diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx index 19af08d..2eb0a0d 100644 --- a/src/App.tsx +++ b/src/App.tsx @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -import { Route, Routes } from "react-router-dom"; +import { BrowserRouter, Route, Routes } from "react-router-dom"; import Index from "./pages/index"; import Dinosaur from "./pages/Dinosaur"; import "./App.css"; function App() { return ( -
+ } /> } /> -
+ ); } diff --git a/src/main.tsx b/src/main.tsx index f6249b8..b7a65d6 100644 --- a/src/main.tsx +++ b/src/main.tsx @@ -1,10 +1,7 @@ import ReactDOM from "react-dom/client"; import App from "./App"; -import { BrowserRouter } from "react-router-dom"; import "./index.css"; ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById("root") as HTMLElement).render( - - - , + , ); diff --git a/src/pages/Dinosaur.tsx b/src/pages/Dinosaur.tsx index f3677bc..6facc93 100644 --- a/src/pages/Dinosaur.tsx +++ b/src/pages/Dinosaur.tsx @@ -1,26 +1,24 @@ -import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react"; +import { useEffect, useState } from "react"; import { Link, useParams } from "react-router-dom"; -import { Dino } from "../../types"; +import { Dino } from "../types"; export default function Dinosaur() { - const { selectedDinosaur } = useParams(); - const [dinosaur, setDino] = useState({ name: "", description: "" }); + const { selectedDinosaur } = useParams(); + const [dinosaur, setDino] = useState({ name: "", description: "" }); - useEffect(() => { - (async () => { - const resp = await fetch( - `http://localhost:8000/dinosaurs/${selectedDinosaur}`, - ); - const dino = await resp.json() as Dino; - setDino(dino); - })(); - }, []); + useEffect(() => { + (async () => { + const resp = await fetch(`/api/dinosaurs/${selectedDinosaur}`); + const dino = await resp.json() as Dino; + setDino(dino); + })(); + }, [selectedDinosaur]); - return ( -
-

{dinosaur.name}

-

{dinosaur.description}

- 🠠 Back to all dinosaurs -
- ); + return ( +
+

{dinosaur.name}

+

{dinosaur.description}

+ 🠠 Back to all dinosaurs +
+ ); } diff --git a/src/pages/index.tsx b/src/pages/index.tsx index 4b3aa27..93999a7 100644 --- a/src/pages/index.tsx +++ b/src/pages/index.tsx @@ -1,29 +1,33 @@ -import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react"; +import { useEffect, useState } from "react"; import { Link } from "react-router-dom"; -import { Dino } from "../../types.ts"; +import { Dino } from "../types.ts"; export default function Index() { - const [dinosaurs, setDinosaurs] = useState([]); + const [dinosaurs, setDinosaurs] = useState([]); - useEffect(() => { - (async () => { - const response = await fetch(`http://localhost:8000/dinosaurs/`); - const allDinosaurs = await response.json() as Dino[]; - setDinosaurs(allDinosaurs); - })(); - }, []); + useEffect(() => { + (async () => { + const response = await fetch(`/api/dinosaurs/`); + const allDinosaurs = await response.json() as Dino[]; + setDinosaurs(allDinosaurs); + })(); + }, []); - return ( -
-

Welcome to the Dinosaur app

-

Click on a dinosaur below to learn more.

- {dinosaurs.map((dinosaur: Dino) => { - return ( - - {dinosaur.name} - - ); - })} -
- ); + return ( +
+

Welcome to the Dinosaur app

+

Click on a dinosaur below to learn more.

+ {dinosaurs.map((dinosaur: Dino) => { + return ( + + {dinosaur.name} + + ); + })} +
+ ); } diff --git a/types.ts b/src/types.ts similarity index 100% rename from types.ts rename to src/types.ts diff --git a/tsconfig.app.json b/tsconfig.app.json index d739292..1dba2ea 100644 --- a/tsconfig.app.json +++ b/tsconfig.app.json @@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ "noUnusedParameters": true, "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true }, - "include": ["src"] + "include": ["src", "tsconfig.json"] } diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts index 5a33944..8318a14 100644 --- a/vite.config.ts +++ b/vite.config.ts @@ -1,7 +1,15 @@ -import { defineConfig } from 'vite' -import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react' +import { defineConfig } from "vite"; +import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react"; // https://vitejs.dev/config/ export default defineConfig({ plugins: [react()], -}) + server: { + proxy: { + "/api": { + target: "http://localhost:8000", + changeOrigin: true, + }, + }, + }, +});