Cretaceous
Triassic
Jurassic
Dinosaurs in Media
Dinosaur Bones
100

This massive predator is often called the “king of the dinosaurs.”

Trex

100

This supercontinent existed during most of the Triassic Period.

Pangaea

100

This long-necked giant is one of the most famous Jurassic sauropods.

Brachiosaurus

100

This 1988 animated film follows dinosaurs searching for the Great Valley.

The Land Before Time

200

This horned dinosaur had a large frill and three facial horns.

Triceratops

200

The Triassic Period began after this massive extinction event wiped out most life on Earth.

Permian-Triassic extinction event

200

This plated herbivore used its tail spikes called a thagomizer for defense

What is Stegosaurus?

200

This Pixar film follows a young Apatosaurus named Arlo.

The Good Dinosaur

300

This North American tyrannosaur was once thought to be a juvenile Trex. 


Nanotyrannus

300

One of the earliest dinosaurs, this small carnivore lived around 231 million years ago in what is now Argentina.

Eoraraptor

300

The Jurassic Period is especially known for the dominance of this dinosaur group.

Sauropods

300

This obscure PS2 game features a genetically modified dinosaur named Chaos.

Primal Rage

400

This fossil site in China preserved soft tissues, melanosomes, and stomach contents of Cretaceous dinosaurs.

Jehol Biota or Yixian Formation

400

This Triassic formation preserves one of the clearest records of early dinosaur-archosaur competition.

The Ischigualasto Formation 

400

Several Jurassic theropods were once misidentified as species of this

Megalosaurus

400

This dinosaur-focused TV series is narrated by David Attenborough.

Walking with Dinosaurs

500

This asteroid impact site is widely linked to the dinosaur extinction.

The Chicxulub crater

500

This Triassic archosaur group dominated terrestrial ecosystems before dinosaurs became widespread

pseudosuchians

500

This little known Jurassic predator is a genus of carnivorous ziphosuchian crocodyliform from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar. 

Razanandrongobe sakalavae 

500

The iconic Jurassic Park T. rex roar is a composite including which animal?

Baby Elephants