List of North American dinosaurs

This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from North America. North America has a rich dinosaur fossil record with great diversity of dinosaurs.

The earliest potential record of dinosaurs in North America comes from rare, unidentified (possibly theropod) footprints in the Middle-Late Triassic Pekin Formation of North Carolina.^[1] However, the most reliable early record of North American dinosaurs comes from fragmentary saurischian fossils unearthed from the Upper Triassic Dockum Group of Texas.^[2] Later in the Triassic period, dinosaurs left more recognizable remains, and could be identified as specific genera. Examples of later Triassic North American dinosaur genera include Coelophysis, Chindesaurus, Gojirasaurus, and Tawa. Fossils of Tawa-like dinosaurs have also been found in South America, which has important indications about paleogeography. During the Early Jurassic Period, dinosaurs such as Dilophosaurus, Anchisaurus, Coelophysis (formerly known as Megapnosaurus), and the early thyreophoran Scutellosaurus lived in North America. The latter is believed to have been the ancestor of all stegosaurs and ankylosaurs. The Middle Jurassic is the only poorly represented time period in North America, although several Middle Jurassic localities are known from Mexico. Footprints, eggshells, teeth, and fragments of bone representing theropods, sauropods, and ornithopods have been found, but none of them are diagnostic to the genus level.

The Late Jurassic of North America, however, is the exact opposite of the Middle Jurassic. The Late Jurassic Morrison Formation is found in several U.S. states, including Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas. It is notable as being the most fertile single source of dinosaur fossils in the world. The roster of dinosaurs from the Morrison is impressive. Among the theropods, Allosaurus, Saurophaganax, Torvosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Coelurus, Ornitholestes, Tanycolagreus, Stokesosaurus, and Marshosaurus are found in the Morrison. An abundance of sauropods has been found there, including Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, Barosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Camarasaurus, Brontosaurus and Amphicoelias. Three genera of stegosaurs, Alcovasaurus, Stegosaurus and Hesperosaurus, have been found there. Finally, ornithopods found in the Morrison include Camptosaurus, Dryosaurus, and Nanosaurus,

During the Early Cretaceous, new dinosaurs evolved to replace the old ones. Sauropods were still present, but they were not as diverse as they were in the Jurassic Period. Theropods from the Early Cretaceous of North America include dromaeosaurids such as Deinonychus and Utahraptor, the carnosaur Acrocanthosaurus, and the coelurosaur Microvenator. Sauropods included Astrodon, Brontomerus, and Sauroposeidon. Ornithischians were more diverse than they were in the Jurassic PerTenontosaurus,Dakotadon,hoplitosaurus are some of the ornithopods that lived during this time period. Ankylosaurs replaced their stegosaur cousins in the Cretaceous. Ankylosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of North America include Sauropelta and Gastonia. Therizinosaurs such as Falcarius are also known from the Early Cretaceous of North America.

Finally, during the Late Cretaceous Period, dinosaurs continued to diversify, with the Cenomanian stage seeing the rise of hadrosaurs such as Eolambia, and Protohadros, as well tyrannosaurs such as Moros intrepidus, which would eventually replace the carnosaurs, like Siats, as the continent’s apex predators. These groups continued to thrive into the Turonian stage, in which therizinosaurs like Nothronychus and larger ceratopsians such as Zuniceratops lived. During the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous, an enormous diversity of dinosaurs is known. Theropods included the tyrannosaurs Albertosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Teratophoneus, Bistahieversor, and Appalachiosaurus, and the dromaeosaurids Dromaeosaurus, Saurornitholestes, Atrociraptor, and Bambiraptor. Ceratopsians, such as Pachyrhinosaurus, Styracosaurus, Centrosaurus, Monoclonius, Brachyceratops and Pentaceratops also existed. Among hadrosaurs, Hypacrosaurus, Gryposaurus, Kritosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Corythosaurus, Lambeosaurus and Prosaurolophus existed. During the latest Cretaceous, the Maastrichtian age, the diversity of dinosaurs saw a decline from the preceding Campanian stage. North American herbivorous dinosaurs from this time period include the titanosaur sauropod Alamosaurus, the ceratopsians Bravoceratops, Regaliceratops, Triceratops, Leptoceratops, Torosaurus, Nedoceratops, Tatankaceratops (the latter two possible species of Triceratops), and Ojoceratops, the pachycephalosaurs Pachycephalosaurus, Stygimoloch, Dracorex, and Sphaerotholus, the hadrosaurs Augustynolophus, Saurolophus and Edmontosaurus, the ornithopod Thescelosaurus the ankylosaur Ankylosaurus and the nodosaurs Denversaurus, Glyptodontopelta and Edmontonia. Predatory dinosaurs from this time period included the tyrannosaurids Tyrannosaurus, Nanotyrannus (which may just be a juvenile of the former) and Dryptosaurus, the ornithomimids Ornithomimus, Dromiceiomimus, Struthiomimus, the oviraptorids Anzu, Leptorhynchos and Ojoraptorsaurus, the troodontids Pectinodon, Paronychodon and Troodon, the coelurosaur Richardoestesia and the dromaeosaurs Acheroraptor and Dakotaraptor.

The only recorded find of a dinosaur fossil in Central America consists of a single femur discovered from Middle Cretaceous age deposits in Comayagua Department in the central part of Honduras. The fossil had been found in January, 1971 by Bruce Simonson and Gregory Horne, though it was later sent to the National Museum of Natural History, USA where it is deposited under catalogue number USNM PAL 181339. The discovery was not formally described until 1994 where it was identified as the femur of a small hadrosaur or iguanodontid, probably the former.^[3] The first report of a dinosaur from Central America ever however was a newspaper article published in August of 1933 by Canada's Montreal Gazette, though the story was picked up by several American newspapers. The fossil was an isolated metatarsus that had been collected by University of Pennsylvania explorer George Mason from woods near Olanchito, Honduras, though a vertebra was also mentioned to be found by locals. The bones have since been lost and their true identity remains indeterminable.^[4]

• The genus must appear on the List of dinosaur genera.
• At least one named species of the creature must have been found in North America.
• This list is a complement to Category:Mesozoic dinosaurs of North America.

Name	Year	Formation	Location	Notes	Images
Abydosaurus	2010	Cedar Mountain Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	United States ( Utah)	Had a short domed crest on its skull similar to that of Giraffatitan
Acantholipan	2018	Pen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian)	Mexico ( Coahuila)	Known to possess spike-like osteoderms
Achelousaurus	1994	Two Medicine Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana)	Combines long spikes on the top of its frill and a low keratinous boss over its eyes and nose
Acheroraptor	2013	Hell Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	United States ( Montana)	One of the geologically youngest dromaeosaurids
Acristavus	2011	Two Medicine Formation, Wahweap Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana  Utah)	Uniquely for a hadrosaurid, it lacked any ornamentation on its skull
Acrocanthosaurus	1950	Antlers Formation, Arundel Formation, Cloverly Formation, Twin Mountains Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)	United States ( Maryland  Oklahoma  Texas  Wyoming)	Possessed elongated neural spines that would have supported a low sail or hump in life
Acrotholus	2013	Milk River Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Had a tall, oval-shaped dome
Adelolophus	2014	Wahweap Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Utah)	Potentially a close relative of Parasaurolophus[5]
Agujaceratops	2006	Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Texas)	The type species was originally assigned to the genus Chasmosaurus
Ahshislepelta	2011	Kirtland Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( New Mexico)	Relatively small compared to other North American ankylosaurs
Akainacephalus	2018	Kaiparowits Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Utah)	Much of the skeleton is known, including the entirety of the skull
Alamosaurus	1922	Black Peaks Formation, El Picacho Formation, Evanston Formation?, Javelina Formation, North Horn Formation, Ojo Alamo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	United States ( New Mexico  Texas  Utah  Wyoming?)	The only titanosaur confirmed to have crossed into North America. One of the largest dinosaurs known from the continent[6]
Alaskacephale	2006	Prince Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	United States ( Alaska)	Had an array of polygonal nodes on its squamosal
Albertaceratops	2007	Oldman Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Possessed long brow horns and a bony ridge over its nose
Albertadromeus	2013	Oldman Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	The proportions of its hindlimb suggest a cursorial lifestyle
Albertavenator	2017	Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Its discovery suggests the diversity of small dinosaurs may be higher than previously thought
Albertonykus	2009	Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)	May have used its specialized forelimbs to dig into tree trunks for termites[7]
Albertosaurus	1905	Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Known from more than thirty specimens, twenty-six of which are preserved together[8]
Aletopelta	2001	Point Loma Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( California)	Would have lived in present-day Mexico; its fossils were only found in California due to the shifting of tectonic plates
Allosaurus	1877	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)	United States ( Colorado  Utah  Wyoming)	Multiple specimens have been discovered, making it well-known both popularly and scientifically. At least two species are known from the United States, with a third described from Portugal
Ampelognathus	2023	Lewisville Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)	United States ( Texas)	More closely related to iguanodonts than to the morphologically similar "hypsilophodonts"[9]
Amphicoelias	1878	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)	United States ( Colorado)	Originally believed to date from the Cretaceous
Anasazisaurus	1993	Kirtland Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( New Mexico)	May have been a second species of Kritosaurus[10]
Anchiceratops	1914	Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Had a long, rectangular frill ringed by short, triangular spikes
Anchisaurus	1885	Portland Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Sinemurian)	United States ( Connecticut  Massachusetts)	Some possible remains were originally misidentified as human skeletons[11]
Angulomastacator	2009	Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Texas)	The tip of its jaw was angled 45 degrees downward, with the tooth row bent to match
Animantarx	1999	Cedar Mountain Formation (Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian)	United States ( Utah)	Its holotype was discovered during a radiological survey of a fossil site; no bones were exposed before it was excavated
Ankylosaurus	1908	Ferris Formation, Frenchman Formation, Hell Creek Formation, Lance Formation, Scollard Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta  Saskatchewan)  United States ( Montana  Wyoming)	The largest and most well-known ankylosaur
Anodontosaurus	1929	Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Originally mistakenly believed to have been toothless
Anzu	2014	Hell Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	United States ( Montana  North Dakota  South Dakota)	Large and known from considerably good remains. Preserves evidence of a tall head crest
Apatoraptor	2016	Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Quill knobs preserved on its ulna confirm this species had wings
Apatosaurus	1877	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)	United States ( Colorado  New Mexico  Oklahoma  Utah  Wyoming)	Had a characteristically robust skeleton compared to other diplodocids
Appalachiosaurus	2005	Demopolis Chalk, Donoho Creek Formation?, Tar Heel Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Alabama  North Carolina?  South Carolina?)	The most complete theropod known from the eastern side of North America
Aquilarhinus	2019	Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Texas)	May have been a semiaquatic, coastal species that used its unusual, shovel-shaped bill to scoop up vegetation in wet sediment[12]
Aquilops	2014	Cloverly Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	United States ( Montana)	May have had a short horn protruding from its upper beak
Arkansaurus	2018	Trinity Group (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)	United States ( Arkansas)	State dinosaur of Arkansas. Its generic name was in use informally even before its formal description
Arrhinoceratops	1925	Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Described as lacking a nasal horn although this is an artifact of preservation
Astrodon	1859	Antlers Formation?, Arundel Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	United States ( Maryland  Oklahoma?)	State dinosaur of Maryland
Astrophocaudia	2012	Trinity Group (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	United States ( Texas)	Known from a single partial skeleton
Atlantosaurus	1877	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	United States ( Colorado)	Potentially synonymous with Apatosaurus,[13] but a referred species may represent a separate taxon[14]
Atrociraptor	2004	Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Had a short, deep snout with enlarged teeth
Aublysodon	1868	Judith River Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana)	Only known from teeth
Augustynolophus	2014	Moreno Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	United States ( California)	State dinosaur of California. Originally named as a species of Saurolophus
Avaceratops	1986	Judith River Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana)	Lacked the fenestrae in its frill, a feature shared only with Triceratops
Bambiraptor	2000	Two Medicine Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana)	Small but well-preserved enough to display its mix of dinosaur- and bird-like features
Barosaurus	1890	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)	United States ( South Dakota  Utah)	Similar to Diplodocus but larger and with a longer neck
Bistahieversor	2010	Fruitland Formation, Kirtland Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( New Mexico)	Analysis of its braincase suggest it behaved like tyrannosaurids despite not being a member of that family[15]
Bisticeratops	2022	Kirtland Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( New Mexico)	Preserves bite marks from a tyrannosaurid
Borealopelta	2017	Clearwater Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	Canada ( Alberta)	So well preserved that several osteoderms, keratin, pigments, and stomach contents are preserved in the positions they would been in while alive, without flattening or shriveling
Boreonykus	2015	Wapiti Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	One of the few dromaeosaurids known from high latitudes
Brachiosaurus	1903	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)	United States ( Colorado  Oklahoma  Utah  Wyoming)	A high browser with a tall chest and elongated forelimbs
Brachyceratops	1914	Two Medicine Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana)	Only known from juvenile remains. One specimen has been found to represent a subadult Styracosaurus ovatus
Brachylophosaurus	1953	Judith River Formation, Oldman Formation, Wahweap Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)  United States ( Montana  Utah?)	Several specimens preserve extensive soft tissue remains
Bravoceratops	2013	Javelina Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	United States ( Texas)	May have had a single small horn on the top of its frill
Brontomerus	2011	Cedar Mountain Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)	United States ( Utah)	Possessed an enlarged ilium which supported powerful leg muscles, which it may have used to kick away predators
Brontosaurus	1879	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	United States ( Utah  Wyoming)	Popularly associated with Apatosaurus but a 2015 study found enough differences for it to be classified as a separate genus[14]
Caenagnathus	1940	Dinosaur Park Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	One of the largest known caenagnathids[16]
Camarasaurus	1877	Morrison Formation, Summerville Formation? (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)	United States ( Colorado  New Mexico?  Oklahoma?  South Dakota?  Utah  Wyoming)	Very common and known from multiple specimens
Camposaurus	1998	Bluewater Creek Formation (Late Triassic, Norian)	United States ( Arizona)	Potentially the oldest known neotheropod
Camptosaurus	1885	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian)	United States ( Utah  Wyoming)	May have fed on tough vegetation as evidenced by extensive wear frequently exhibited on its teeth[17]
Caseosaurus	1998	Dockum Group (Late Triassic, Norian)	United States ( Texas)	Possibly synonymous with Chindesaurus
Cedarosaurus	1999	Cedar Mountain Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian)	United States ( Utah)	One specimen preserves over a hundred gastroliths[18]
Cedarpelta	2001	Cedar Mountain Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian)	United States ( Utah)	Lacked the extensive cranial ornamentation of later ankylosaurs
Cedrorestes	2007	Cedar Mountain Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian)	United States ( Utah)	Known from a partial skeleton. The specific name, C. crichtoni, is named after Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park
Centrosaurus	1904	Dinosaur Park Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Hundreds of individuals have been preserved in a single "mega-bonebed"[19]
Cerasinops	2007	Two Medicine Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana)	Combines features of both Asian and American basal ceratopsians
Ceratops	1888	Judith River Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana)	Although only known from a few bones, this genus is the namesake of the Ceratopsia and the Ceratopsidae
Ceratosaurus	1884	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian)	United States ( Colorado  Utah  Wyoming)	Possessed a row of osteoderms running down its back
Chasmosaurus	1914	Dinosaur Park Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Known from multiple remains, including various skulls
Chindesaurus	1995	Chinle Formation (Late Triassic, Norian)	United States ( Arizona)	May be a herrerasaur or a close relative of Tawa[20]
Chirostenotes	1924	Dinosaur Park Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Originally known only from isolated body parts
Cionodon	1874	Denver Formation, Judith River Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)  United States ( Colorado)	Poorly known
Citipes	2020	Dinosaur Park Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Some specimens were found as stomach contents of Gorgosaurus[21]
Claosaurus	1890	Niobrara Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian)	United States ( Kansas)	Historically conflated with other hadrosaurs
Coahuilaceratops	2010	Cerro del Pueblo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Mexico ( Coahuila)	Possessed the longest brow horns of any ceratopsian
Coelophysis	1889	Chinle Formation (Late Triassic, Carnian to Rhaetian)	United States ( Arizona  New Mexico)	Known from over a thousand specimens, making it one of the more well-known early dinosaurs. Some referred species may belong to their own genera
Coelurus	1879	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	United States ( Wyoming)	Potentially an early member of the tyrannosauroid lineage[22]
Colepiocephale	2003	Foremost Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Originally described as a species of Stegoceras
Convolosaurus	2019	Twin Mountains Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)	United States ( Texas)	Before its formal description, it had been informally referred to as the "Proctor Lake hypsilophodont"
Coronosaurus	2012	Oldman Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Had irregular masses of small spikes on the very top of its frill
Corythosaurus	1914	Dinosaur Park Formation, Oldman Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Possessed a semicircular crest which may have been used for vocalization
Crittendenceratops	2018	Fort Crittenden Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Arizona)	The youngest known member of the Nasutoceratopsini
Daemonosaurus	2011	Chinle Formation (Late Triassic, Rhaetian)	United States ( New Mexico)	Unique among early dinosaurs for possessing a short snout with long teeth
Dakotadon	2008	Lakota Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	United States ( South Dakota)	Originally named as a species of Iguanodon
Dakotaraptor	2015	Hell Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	United States ( South Dakota)	The holotype assemblage may represent a chimera of multiple taxa[23]
Daspletosaurus	1970	Dinosaur Park Formation, Judith River Formation, Oldman Formation, Two Medicine Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)  United States ( Montana)	At least three species are known. These have been interpreted as forming an anagenetic lineage[24] but this hypothesis has been criticized[25]
Deinonychus	1969	Antlers Formation, Arundel Formation?, Cedar Mountain Formation?, Cloverly Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)	United States ( Maryland?  Montana  Oklahoma  Utah?  Wyoming)	Its discovery helped researchers realize that dinosaurs were active, warm-blooded animals, kicking off the Dinosaur Renaissance
Denversaurus	1988	Lance Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	United States ( South Dakota  Wyoming)	The youngest known nodosaurid[26]
Diabloceratops	2010	Wahweap Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Utah)	Had a distinctively short and deep skull
Diclonius	1876	Judith River Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana)	Replaced its teeth in such a way that new teeth could be used at the same time as older ones
Dilophosaurus	1970	Kayenta Formation (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian to Pliensbachian)	United States ( Arizona)	Possessed two semicircular crests running along the length of the skull
Dineobellator	2020	Ojo Alamo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	United States ( New Mexico)	Several features of its hands and feet may be adaptations for increased grip strength[27]
Diplodocus	1878	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	United States ( Colorado  Montana  New Mexico  Utah  Wyoming)	Had a long, thin tail. Popularly thought to have been used like a bullwhip[28] but it is possible that it could not handle the stress of supersonic travel[29]
Diplotomodon	1868	Hornerstown Formation?/Navesink Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	United States ( New Jersey)	Has been suggested to be non-dinosaurian
Dromaeosaurus	1922	Dinosaur Park Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Analysis of wear on its teeth suggest it preferred tougher prey, including bone
Dromiceiomimus	1972	Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)	May be synonymous with Ornithomimus edmontonicus
Dryosaurus	1894	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)	United States ( Colorado  Utah  Wyoming)	Remains of multiple growth stages have been found, including embryoes[30]
Dryptosaurus	1877	Hornerstown Formation?/New Egypt Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	United States ( New Jersey)	Its discovery showed that theropods were bipedal animals
Dynamoterror	2018	Menefee Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( New Mexico)	Part of the Teratophoneini, a clade of exclusively southwestern American tyrannosaurs[25]
Dyoplosaurus	1924	Dinosaur Park Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	The holotype specimen preserves skin impressions[31]
Dysganus	1876	Judith River Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana)	Four species have been named, all from isolated teeth
Dyslocosaurus	1992	Lance Formation?/Morrison Formation? (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian?/Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian?)	United States ( Wyoming)	Has been suggested to have four claws on its hind limbs
Dystrophaeus	1877	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)	United States ( Utah)	Inconsistent in phylogenetic placement, although undescribed remains could further clarify its relationships
Edmontonia	1928	Dinosaur Park Formation, Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Judith River Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)  United States ( Montana?)	Possessed forward-pointing, bifurcated spikes on its shoulders
Edmontosaurus	1917	Frenchman Formation, Hell Creek Formation, Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Lance Formation, Prince Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta  Saskatchewan)  United States ( Alaska  Colorado  Montana  North Dakota  South Dakota  Wyoming)	Known from multiple well-preserved specimens, including a few "mummies". Several were originally assigned to their own genera and/or species
Einiosaurus	1994	Two Medicine Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana)	Distinguished by its forward-curving nasal horn
Eolambia	1998	Cedar Mountain Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)	United States ( Utah)	Remains of multiple individuals are known, making up much of the skeleton
Eotrachodon	2016	Mooreville Chalk (Late Cretaceous, Santonian)	United States ( Alabama)	Had a saurolophine-like skull despite its basal position[32]
Eotriceratops	2007	Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)	May have been the largest known ceratopsid
Epichirostenotes	2011	Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Its discovery allowed researchers to connect isolated caenagnathid body parts to each other
Euoplocephalus	1910	Dinosaur Park Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Unusually, its palpebral bone was mobile, allowing it to be used as an eyelid[33]
Falcarius	2005	Cedar Mountain Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian)	United States ( Utah)	Transitional between generalized theropods and specialized therizinosaurs
Ferrisaurus	2019	Tango Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Canada ( British Columbia)	Its holotype was discovered close to a railway line[34]
Foraminacephale	2016	Dinosaur Park Formation, Oldman Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Originally assigned to three different pachycephalosaurid genera
Fosterovenator	2014	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian)	United States ( Wyoming)	Has been variously described as a ceratosaurid, a tetanuran, or a close relative of Elaphrosaurus[35]
Fruitadens	2010	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)	United States ( Colorado)	One of the smallest known ornithischians[36]
Furcatoceratops	2023	Judith River Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana)	Preserves most of the postcranial skeleton, a rarity for ceratopsids. Remains originally identified as Avaceratops
Galeamopus	2015	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	United States ( Colorado  Wyoming)	One specimen is nearly complete, even preserving an associated skull
Gargoyleosaurus	1998	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)	United States ( Wyoming)	Combines features of both ankylosaurids and nodosaurids
Gastonia	1998	Cedar Mountain Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian)	United States ( Utah)	Several concentrations of fossils may suggest this taxon lived in herds[37]
Geminiraptor	2010	Cedar Mountain Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian)	United States ( Utah)	The proportions of its maxilla are similar to those of Late Cretaceous troodontids
Glishades	2010	Two Medicine Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana	Described as a basal hadrosauroid but may in fact be a juvenile saurolophine hadrosaurid[38]
Glyptodontopelta	2000	Ojo Alamo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	United States ( New Mexico)	Originally interpreted as possessing a flat mosaic of osteoderms similar to the shields of glyptodonts
Gojirasaurus	1997	Dockum Group (Late Triassic, Norian)	United States ( New Mexico)	May be a chimera consisting of undiagnostic theropod bones mixed with pseudosuchian vertebrae[39]
Gorgosaurus	1914	Dinosaur Park Formation, Judith River Formation?, Two Medicine Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)  United States ( Montana?)	Dozens of specimens are known
Gravitholus	1979	Dinosaur Park Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Potentially synonymous with Stegoceras[40]
Gremlin	2023	Oldman Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Possessed a ridge running along the top of the skull
Gryphoceratops	2012	Milk River Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Potentially the smallest adult ceratopsian known from North America
Gryposaurus	1914	Bearpaw Formation?, Dinosaur Park Formation, Javelina Formation?, Kaiparowits Formation, Two Medicine Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)  United States ( Montana  Texas?  Utah)	One specimen preserves impressions of a row of pyramidal scales running along its back[41]
Hadrosaurus	1858	Woodbury Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( New Jersey)	Its holotype was the first dinosaur skeleton to be mounted
Hagryphus	2005	Kaiparowits Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Utah)	Large but only known from a single hand
Hanssuesia	2003	Dinosaur Park Formation, Judith River Formation, Oldman Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)  United States ( Montana)	One dome preserves several lesions
Haplocanthosaurus	1903	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	United States ( Colorado  Montana?  Wyoming)	One of the smallest sauropods of the Morrison Formation
Hesperonychus	2009	Dinosaur Park Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	A common component of its habitat as indicated by the great number of its remains
Hesperornithoides	2019	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian)	United States ( Wyoming)	Before its formal description, it had been nicknamed "Lori"
Hesperosaurus	2001	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	United States ( Montana  Wyoming)	Two morphotypes of plates are known, which has been interpreted as an indication of sexual dimorphism[42]
Hierosaurus	1909	Niobrara Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian to Campanian)	United States ( Kansas)	Only known from a few bones, including osteoderms
Hippodraco	2010	Cedar Mountain Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian)	United States ( Utah)	Its tooth crowns were shaped like shields
Hoplitosaurus	1902	Lakota Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	United States ( South Dakota)	Known from some osteoderms, including spikes, similar to those of Polacanthus
Huehuecanauhtlus	2012	Unnamed formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian)	Mexico ( Michoacán)	The southernmost non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroid known from North America[43]
Hypacrosaurus	1913	Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Two Medicine Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)  United States ( Montana)	Some juveniles of this genus were originally interpreted as dwarf lambeosaurines
Hypsibema	1869	Black Creek Group, Ripley Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Missouri  North Carolina)	Potentially one of the largest non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroids
Hypsirhophus	1878	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)	United States ( Colorado)	Usually seen as synonymous with Stegosaurus but may be a separate genus due to differences in its vertebrae[44]
Iani	2023	Cedar Mountain Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)	United States ( Utah)	It and possibly Tenontosaurus represent the only known rhabdodontomorphs from North America[45]
Iguanacolossus	2010	Cedar Mountain Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian)	United States ( Utah)	Large and robustly built
Invictarx	2018	Menefee Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( New Mexico)	Only known from a few bones but can be distinguished from other genera by characters of its osteoderms
Issi	2021	Fleming Fjord Formation (Late Triassic, Norian)	Greenland (Sermersooq)	Originally described as an exemplar of Plateosaurus
Jeyawati	2010	Moreno Hill Formation (Late Cretaceous, Turonian)	United States ( New Mexico)	Its postorbital bone had a rugose texture
Judiceratops	2013	Judith River Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana)	Unusually, its brow horns were teardrop-shaped in cross-section
Kaatedocus	2012	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	United States ( Wyoming)	Originally interpreted as a diplodocid although study finds it to be more likely a basal dicraeosaurid[46]
Kayentavenator	2010	Kayenta Formation (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian to Pliensbachian)	United States ( Arizona)	Described in a book published through an online print-on-demand service
Koparion	1994	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	United States ( Utah)	Known from a single tooth which may have come from a troodontid
Kosmoceratops	2010	Kaiparowits Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Utah)	Possessed fifteen horns and horn-like structures, including eight hornlets folding down from the top of the frill
Kritosaurus	1910	El Picacho Formation?, Javelina Formation?, Kirtland Formation, Ojo Alamo Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( New Mexico  Texas)	Had an elevated nasal bone with an enlarged nasal cavity to match
Labocania	1974	La Bocana Roja Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Mexico ( Baja California)	Robustly built with particularly strengthened frontals
Lambeosaurus	1923	Dinosaur Park Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)	Possessed a hollow head crest that varied in shape between species, sexes, and ages. Most familiarly, it was hatchet-shaped in adult male L. lambei
Laosaurus	1878	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian)	United States ( Wyoming)	Several referred specimens have been reassigned to other taxa
Latirhinus	2012	Cerro del Pueblo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Mexico ( Coahuila)	As described, it represented a chimera composed of lambeosaurine and saurolophine remains;[47] the exact holotypic bones belonged to a lambeosaurine[48]
Lepidus	2015	Dockum Group (Late Triassic, Norian)	United States ( Texas)	Muscle scars are preserved on the holotype bones
Leptoceratops	1914	Hell Creek Formation, Lance Formation, Scollard Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)  United States ( Montana  Wyoming)	Analysis of its teeth show it could chew like a mammal, an adaptation to eating tough, fibrous plants[49]
Leptorhynchos	2013	Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	United States ( Texas)	Had a slightly upturned mandible similar to those of oviraptorids
Lophorhothon	1960	Black Creek Formation?, Mooreville Chalk (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Alabama  North Carolina?)	Although incomplete, the holotype skull preserves evidence of a crest
Lokiceratops	2024	Judith River Formation, (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana)	A contemporary of the closely related Albertaceratops and Medusaceratops[50]
Lythronax	2013	Wahweap Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Utah)	Already had the forward-directed orbits of derived tyrannosaurids despite its early age
Machairoceratops	2016	Wahweap Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Utah)	Possessed two long, forward-pointing horns on the top of its frill
Magnapaulia	2012	El Gallo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Mexico ( Baja California)	Has been suggested to be semi-aquatic due to its tall, narrow tail[51]
Maiasaura	1979	Oldman Formation, Two Medicine Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)  United States ( Montana)	Remains of hundreds of individuals, including juveniles, eggs, and nests, have been found at a single site[52]
Malefica	2022	Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Texas)	Its discovery suggests a greater diversity of basal hadrosaurids than previously thought
Maraapunisaurus	2018	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	United States ( Colorado)	Named from a single, lost vertebra of immense size
Marshosaurus	1976	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	United States ( Colorado?  Utah)	Potentially a close relative of South American megalosauroids[53]
Martharaptor	2012	Cedar Mountain Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian)	United States ( Utah)	Had not yet acquired the robust feet of derived therizinosaurs
Medusaceratops	2010	Judith River Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana)	Possessed elongated spikes curving away from the sides of its frill
Menefeeceratops	2021	Menefee Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( New Mexico)	One of the oldest centrosaurines
Mercuriceratops	2014	Dinosaur Park Formation, Judith River Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)  United States ( Montana)	Had "wing"-like projections on its squamosal bones
Microvenator	1970	Cloverly Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	United States ( Montana)	Teeth from Deinonychus have been mistakenly attributed to this species
Mierasaurus	2017	Cedar Mountain Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian)	United States ( Utah)	One of the latest-surviving turiasaurs[54]
Moabosaurus	2017	Cedar Mountain Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)	United States ( Utah)	Described as a macronarian[55] but has since been reinterpreted as a turiasaur closely related to Mierasaurus[54]
Monoclonius	1876	Dinosaur Park Formation, Judith River Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Canada ( Alberta)  United States ( Montana)	Only known from indistinct remains of juveniles and subadults
Montanoceratops	1951	Horseshoe Canyon Formation?, St. Mary River Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)  United States ( Montana)	Often restored with a short nasal horn although this may be a displaced cheek horn[56]
Moros	2019	Cedar Mountain Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)	United States ( Utah)	The proportions of its metatarsals are similar to those of ornithomimids
Mymoorapelta	1994	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)	United States ( Colorado  Utah)	The first ankylosaur described from the Morrison Formation
Naashoibitosaurus	1993	Kirtland Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( New Mexico)	Like other kritosaurins, it possessed a nasal arch, but it was not as tall as that of Gryposaurus
Nanosaurus	1877	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian)	United States ( Colorado  Wyoming)	Several referred specimens were originally assigned to other genera
Nanuqsaurus	2014	Prince Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	United States ( Alaska)	Described as a dwarf tyrannosaurid although undescribed remains suggest a size comparable to Albertosaurus[57]
Nasutoceratops	2013	Kaiparowits Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Utah)	Possessed an enlarged nasal cavity and two long, curving horns similar to those of modern cattle
Navajoceratops	2020	Kirtland Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( New Mexico)	Had a distinctive notch at the very top of its frill, similar to its potential ancestor Pentaceratops[58]
Nedcolbertia	1998	Cedar Mountain Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian)	United States ( Utah)	Known from three partial skeletons. The specific name, N. justinhofmanni, honors a six-year-old schoolboy who won a contest to have a dinosaur named after him
Nevadadromeus	2022	Willow Tank Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)	United States ( Nevada)	The first non-avian dinosaur described from Nevada
Niobrarasaurus	1995	Niobrara Formation (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian to Campanian)	United States ( Kansas)	Originally mistakenly believed to have been aquatic[59]
Nodocephalosaurus	1999	Kirtland Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	United States ( New Mexico)	Closely related to Asian ankylosaurs[60]
Nodosaurus	1889	Frontier Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Coniacian)	United States ( Wyoming)	Its armor included banded dermal plates interspersed by bony nodules
Nothronychus	2001	Moreno Hill Formation, Tropic Shale (Late Cretaceous, Turonian)	United States ( New Mexico  Utah)	Would have lived in the marshes and swamps[61] along the Turonian shoreline[62]
Ojoraptorsaurus	2011	Ojo Alamo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	United States ( New Mexico)	Only known from an incomplete pair of pubes
Oohkotokia	2013	Two Medicine Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( Montana)	Potentially a synonym of Scolosaurus[63]
Ornatops	2021	Menefee Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States ( New Mexico)	Preserves a pair of bumps on its skull which may have anchored a crest
Ornitholestes	1903	Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	United States ( Wyoming)	May have possessed a sickle claw similar to those of dromaeosaurids[64]
Ornithomimus	1890	Denver Formation, Dinosaur Park Formation, Ferris Formation?, Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Kaiparowits Formation? (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	Canada ( Alberta)  United States ( Colorado  Utah?  Wyoming)	One referred specimen preserves impressions of ostrich-like feathers covering most of its body[65]
Orodromeus	1988	Two Medicine Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	United States (