List of Asian dinosaurs
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This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been found in Asia, other than India. During the Mesozoic, India was not part of Asia. It was part of the supercontinent Gondwana, and then a separate island. More dinosaurs have been found in Asia than any other continent so far.
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Name | Period | Diet[1] | Notes |
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Abrosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | A Small sauropod that looked a lot like Camarasaurus. |
Achillobator | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Adasaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Agilisaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Airakoraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Albalophosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Alectrosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Alioramus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Altirhinus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Alxasaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Amtosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Based only on fragments of its skull. |
Amurosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Anchiornis | Jurassic | carnivore | Smallest known dinosaur that is not a bird. |
Anserimimus | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Aralosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Archaeoceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Archaeornithoides | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Archaeornithomimus | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Arkharavia | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Arstanosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Asiaceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Asiatosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Auroraceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Avimimus | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Bactrosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Bagaceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Bagaraatan | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Bainoceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Bakesaurus | Cretaceous | (unknown) | Uncertain, see article |
Balochisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Banji | Cretaceous | (unknown) | — |
Baotianmansaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Barsboldia | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Beipiaosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Beishanlong | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Bellusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Bienosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Bissektipelta | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Bolong | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Borealosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Borogovia | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Breviceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Brohisaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Byronosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Caenagnathasia | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Caudipteryx | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Ceratonykus | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Changchunsaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Changdusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Chaoyangsaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Charonosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Chialingosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Chiayusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Chilantaisaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Chingkankousaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Chinshakiangosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Chuandongocoelurus | Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Chuanjiesaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Chungkingosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Citipati | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Conchoraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Crichtonsaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Cryptovolans | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Daanosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Dachongosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Damalasaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Dashanpusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Datousaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Daxiatitan | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Deinocheirus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Largest known ornithomimisaur. |
Dilong | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Dilophosaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Dongbeititan | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Dongyangosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Elmisaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Enigmosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Eomamenchisaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Epidendrosaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | See article |
Epidexipteryx | Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Equijubus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Erketu | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Erliansaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Erlikosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Eshanosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Eugongbusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Euhelopus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Ferganasaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Ferganocephale | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Fukuiraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Fukuisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Fukuititan | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Fulengia | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Fusuisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Futabasaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | Name not published officially and later used for a plesiosaur |
Gadolosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Gallimimus | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Garudimimus | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Gasosaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Gigantoraptor | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Gigantspinosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Gilmoreosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Gobiceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Gobisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Gobititan | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Gongbusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Gongxianosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Goyocephale | Cretaceous | herbivore/omnivore | — |
Graciliceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Graciliraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Guanlong | Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Gyposaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Hanwulosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Haplocheirus | Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Harpymimus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Heilongjiangosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Heishansaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Helioceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Hexinlusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Heyuannia | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Hironosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Hisanohamasaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Homalocephale | Cretaceous | herbivore/omnivore | — |
Hongshanosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Huabeisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Huanghetitan | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Huaxiagnathus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Huayangosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Hudiesaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Hulsanpes | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Incisivosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore/omnivore | — |
Ingenia | Cretaceous | (unknown) | — |
Isanosaurus | Triassic | herbivore | A very early dinosaur |
Itemirus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Jaxartosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Jeholosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Jiangjunosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Jiangshanosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Jinfengopteryx | Jurassic/Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Jingshanosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Jintasaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Jinzhousaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Jiutaisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Kagasaurus | Cretaceous | (unknown) | — |
Kaijiangosaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Katsuyamasaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Kelmayisaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Kerberosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Khaan | Cretaceous | carnivore/omnivore | — |
Khetranisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Kileskus | Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Kinnareemimus | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Klamelisaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Kol | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Koreanosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Kulceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Kunmingosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Kuszholia | Cretaceous | (unknown) | — |
Lamaceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Lancanjiangosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Lanzhousaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Leshansaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Levnesovia | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Liaoceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Liaoningosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Smallest known ankylosaur |
Limusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Linheraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Luanchuanraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Lufengosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Lukousaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | Possibly a crocodilian rather than a dinosaur |
Luoyanggia | Cretaceous | (unknown) | — |
Machairasaurus | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Magnirostris | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Mahakala | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Maleevus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Mamenchisaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Mandschurosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Marisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Megacervixosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Mei | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Microceratus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Microdontosaurus | (unknown) | herbivore | Dating dubious |
Microhadrosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Micropachycephalosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Microraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Mifunesaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Minotaurasaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Mongolosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Monkonosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Monolophosaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Mononykus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Nanningosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Nanshiungosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Nanyangosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Neimongosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Nemegtomaia | Cretaceous | carnivore/omnivore | — |
Nemegtosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Ngexisaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Nipponosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Nomingia | Cretaceous | carnivore/omnivore | — |
Nurosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Olorotitan | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Omeisaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Opisthocoelicaudia | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Oshanosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Otogosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Oviraptor | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Pakisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Parvicursor | Cretaceous | (unknown) | — |
Pedopenna | Jurassic | (unknown) | — |
Peishansaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Penelopognathus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Phaedrolosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Phuwiangosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Pinacosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Platyceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Prenocephale | Cretaceous | herbivore/omnivore | — |
Probactrosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Prodeinodon | Cretaceous | carnivore | Dubious, see article |
Protarchaeopteryx | Cretaceous | herbivore/omnivore | — |
Protoceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Protognathosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Psittacosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Pukyongosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Qiaowanlong | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Qingxiusaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Qinlingosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Quaesitosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Raptorex | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Rinchenia | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Ruyangosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Sahaliyania | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Saichania | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Sanchusaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | May be synonymous with Gallimimus. |
Sangonghesaurus | Jurassic/Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Sanpasaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | Dubious, see article |
Saurolophus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Sauroplites | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Saurornithoides | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Scansoriopteryx | Jurassic/Cretaceous | (unknown) | — |
Segnosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore/omnivore | — |
Shamosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Shanag | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Shantungosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Shanweiniao | Cretaceous | (unknown) | — |
Shanxia | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Shanyangosaurus | Cretaceous | (unknown) | — |
Shaochilong | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Shenzhousaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Shidaisaurus | Jurassic | (unknown) | — |
Shixinggia | Cretaceous | carnivore/omnivore | — |
Shuangmiaosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Shunosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Shuvuuia | Cretaceous | (unknown) | — |
Siamosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Siamotyrannus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Siluosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Similicaudipteryx | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Sinocalliopteryx | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Sinoceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Sinocoelurus | Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Sinopliosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Sinornithoides | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Sinornithomimus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Sinornithosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Sinosauropteryx | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Sinosaurus | Triassic/Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Sinovenator | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Sinraptor | Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Sinusonasus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Sinotyrannus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Sonidosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
SPS 100/44 | Cretaceous | carnivore/omnivore | — |
Stegosaurides | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Sugiyamasaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Sulaimanisaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Suzhousaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Szechuanoraptor | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Szechuanosaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Talarurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Tangvayosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Tanius | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Tarbosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Tarchia | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Tatisaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Therizinosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Had huge claws |
Tianchisaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Tianyulong | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Tianyuraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Tianzhenosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Tienshanosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Titanosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Tochisaurus | Cretaceous | omnivore | — |
Tonganosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Tonouchisaurus | Cretaceous | (unknown) | — |
Troodon | Cretaceous | carnivore | Known from teeth discovered in Siberia. Also lived in North America |
Tsaagan | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Tsagantegia | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Tsintaosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Tsuchikurasaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Tugulusaurus | Cretaceous | (unknown) | — |
Tuojiangosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Turanoceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | First ceratopsid found outside North America (though ceratopsians are known from elsewhere) |
Tylocephale | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Udanoceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Ultrasaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Dubious, see article |
Urbacodon | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Velociraptor | Cretaceous | carnivore | Feathered |
Vitakridrinda | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Wakinosaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Wannanosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Wuerhosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | Stegosaurid that survived until the Cretaceous |
Wulagasaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Xianshanosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Xiaosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Xinjiangovenator | Cretaceous | (unknown) | — |
Xiongguanlong | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Xixianykus | Cretaceous | (unknown) | — |
Xixiasaurus | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Xixiposaurus | Jurassic | omnivore | — |
Xuanhanosaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Xuanhuaceratops | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Yamaceratops | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Yandangornis | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Yandusaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Yangchuanosaurus | Jurassic | carnivore | — |
Yibinosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Yimenosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Yingshanosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | The only fossil specimen of this species has apparently been lost. |
Yinlong | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Yixianosaurus | Cretaceous | (unknown) | — |
Yuanmousaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Yunnanosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Yunxiansaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Zanabazar | Cretaceous | carnivore | — |
Zhejiangosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Zhongornis | Cretaceous | (unknown) | Seems intermediary between Archaeopteryx and birds |
Zhongyuansaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Zhuchengosaurus | Cretaceous | herbivore | — |
Zigongosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
Zizhongosaurus | Jurassic | herbivore | — |
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