List of Asian dinosaurs

This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from Asia excluding the Indian Subcontinent, which was part of a separate landmass for much of the Mesozoic. This list does not include dinosaurs that live or lived after the Mesozoic age such as birds.

Criteria for inclusion

  • The creature must appear on the List of dinosaurs.
  • Fossils of the creature must have been found in Asia.
  • This list is a complement to Category:Dinosaurs of Asia.

List of Asian dinosaurs

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NamePeriodDiet[1]Notes
AbrosaurusJurassicherbivoreSmall Camarasaurus–like sauropod
AchillobatorCretaceouscarnivore
AdasaurusCretaceouscarnivore
AgilisaurusJurassicherbivore
AirakoraptorCretaceouscarnivore
AjancingeniaCretaceousomnivore
AlbalophosaurusCretaceousherbivore
AlbinykusCretaceouscarnivore
AlectrosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
AlioramusCretaceouscarnivore
AltirhinusCretaceousherbivore
AlxasaurusCretaceousherbivore
AmtocephaleCretaceousherbivore
AmtosaurusCretaceousherbivoreBased only on fragments of skull
AmurosaurusCretaceousherbivore
AnchiornisJurassiccarnivoreits describers cited it as important in filling a gap in the transition between the body plans of birds and dinosaurs.
AnserimimusCretaceousomnivore
AorunJurassiccarnivore
AralosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ArchaeoceratopsCretaceousherbivore
ArchaeornithoidesCretaceouscarnivore
ArchaeornithomimusCretaceousomnivore
ArkharaviaCretaceousherbivore
ArstanosaurusCretaceousherbivore
AsiaceratopsCretaceousherbivore
AsiatosaurusCretaceousherbivore
AuroraceratopsCretaceousherbivore
AurornisJurassiccarnivore
AvimimusCretaceousomnivore
BactrosaurusCretaceousherbivore
BagaceratopsCretaceousherbivore
BagaraatanCretaceouscarnivore
BainoceratopsCretaceousherbivore
BakesaurusCretaceous(unknown)Uncertain, see article
BalochisaurusCretaceousherbivore
BanjiCretaceousomnivore
BaotianmansaurusCretaceousherbivore
BarsboldiaCretaceousherbivore
BatyrosaurusCretaceousherbivore
BeipiaosaurusCretaceousherbivore
BeishanlongCretaceousomnivore
BellusaurusJurassicherbivore
BienosaurusJurassicherbivore
BissektipeltaCretaceousherbivore
BolongCretaceousherbivore
BorealosaurusCretaceousherbivore
BorogoviaCretaceouscarnivore
BreviceratopsCretaceousherbivore
BrohisaurusJurassicherbivore
ByronosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
CaenagnathasiaCretaceousomnivore
CaudipteryxCretaceousomnivore
CeratonykusCretaceousomnivore
ChangchunsaurusCretaceousherbivore
ChangdusaurusJurassicherbivore
ChangyuraptorCretaceouscarnivore
ChaoyangsaurusJurassicherbivore
CharonosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ChialingosaurusJurassicherbivore
ChiayusaurusJurassicherbivore
ChilantaisaurusCretaceouscarnivore
ChingkankousaurusCretaceouscarnivore
ChinshakiangosaurusJurassicherbivore
ChoyrodonCretaceousherbivore
ChuandongocoelurusJurassiccarnivore
ChuanjiesaurusJurassicherbivore
ChuanqilongCretaceousherbivore
ChungkingosaurusJurassicherbivore
ChuxiongosaurusJurassicomnivore
CitipatiCretaceousomnivore
ConchoraptorCretaceouscarnivore
ConfuciusornisCretaceousherbivore
CrichtonpeltaCretaceousherbivore
CrichtonsaurusCretaceousherbivore
CryptovolansCretaceouscarnivore
DaanosaurusJurassicherbivore
DachongosaurusJurassicherbivore
DamalasaurusJurassicherbivore
DashanpusaurusJurassicherbivore
DatanglongCretaceouscarnivore
DatousaurusJurassicherbivore
DaxiatitanCretaceousherbivore
DeinocheirusCretaceousomnivore
DilongCretaceouscarnivore
DilophosaurusJurassiccarnivore
DongbeititanCretaceousherbivore
DongyangopeltaCretaceousherbivore
DongyangosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ElmisaurusCretaceouscarnivore
EnigmosaurusCretaceousherbivore
EomamenchisaurusJurassicherbivore
EosinopteryxJurassiccarnivore
EpidendrosaurusJurassiccarnivoreSee article
EpidexipteryxJurassiccarnivore
EquijubusCretaceousherbivore
ErketuCretaceousherbivore
ErliansaurusCretaceousherbivore
ErlikosaurusCretaceousherbivore
EshanosaurusJurassicherbivore
EugongbusaurusJurassicherbivore
EuhelopusCretaceousherbivore
FerganasaurusJurassicherbivore
FerganocephaleJurassicherbivore
FukuiraptorCretaceouscarnivore
FukuisaurusCretaceousherbivore
FukuititanCretaceousherbivore
FukuivenatorCretaceousunknown
FulengiaJurassicherbivore
FusuisaurusCretaceousherbivore
FutabasaurusCretaceouscarnivoreName not published officially and later used for a plesiosaur
GadolosaurusCretaceousherbivore
GallimimusCretaceousomnivore
GannansaurusCretaceousherbivore
GanzhousaurusCretaceousomnivore
GarudimimusCretaceousomnivore
GasosaurusJurassiccarnivore
GigantoraptorCretaceousomnivore
GigantspinosaurusJurassicherbivore
GilmoreosaurusCretaceousherbivore
GobiceratopsCretaceousherbivore
GobisaurusCretaceousherbivore
GobititanCretaceousherbivore
GobivenatorCretaceouscarnivore
GongbusaurusJurassicherbivore
GongpoquansaurusCretaceousherbivore
GongxianosaurusJurassicherbivore
GoyocephaleCretaceousherbivore/omnivore
GraciliceratopsCretaceousherbivore
GraciliraptorCretaceouscarnivore
GuanlongJurassiccarnivore
GyposaurusJurassicherbivore
HanwulosaurusCretaceousherbivore
HaplocheirusJurassiccarnivore
HarpymimusCretaceousherbivore
HayaCretaceousherbivore/omnivore
HeilongjiangosaurusCretaceousherbivore
HeishansaurusCretaceousherbivore
HelioceratopsCretaceousherbivore
HexingCretaceousherbivore
HexinlusaurusJurassicherbivore
HeyuanniaCretaceouscarnivore
HomalocephaleCretaceousherbivore/omnivore
HongshanosaurusCretaceousherbivore
HuabeisaurusCretaceousherbivore
HuanghetitanCretaceousherbivore
HuaxiagnathusCretaceouscarnivore
HuaxiaosaurusCretaceousherbivore
HuayangosaurusJurassicherbivore
HudiesaurusJurassicherbivore
HulsanpesCretaceouscarnivore
IchthyovenatorCretaceouscarnivore
IncisivosaurusCretaceousherbivore/omnivore
IsanosaurusTriassicherbivoreA very early Sauropod
ItemirusCretaceouscarnivore
JaxartosaurusCretaceousherbivore
JeholosaurusCretaceousherbivore
JianchangosaurusCretaceousherbivore
JiangjunosaurusJurassicherbivore
JiangshanosaurusCretaceousherbivore
JiangxisaurusCretaceousomnivore
JinfengopteryxJurassic/Cretaceousomnivore
JingshanosaurusJurassicherbivore
JintasaurusCretaceousherbivore
JinzhousaurusCretaceousherbivore
JiutaisaurusCretaceousherbivore
KaijiangosaurusJurassiccarnivore
KazaklambiaCretaceousherbivore
KelmayisaurusCretaceouscarnivore
KerberosaurusCretaceousherbivore
KhaanCretaceouscarnivore/omnivore
KhetranisaurusCretaceousherbivore
KileskusJurassiccarnivore
KinnareemimusCretaceousomnivore
KlamelisaurusJurassicherbivore
KolCretaceouscarnivore
KoreaceratopsCretaceousherbivore
KoreanosaurusCretaceousherbivore
KoreanosaurusCretaceouscarnivore?
KoshisaurusCretaceousherbivore
KundurosaurusCretaceousherbivore
KulceratopsCretaceousherbivore
KulindadromeusJurassicherbivore
KunmingosaurusJurassicherbivore
KuszholiaCretaceous(unknown)
LamaceratopsCretaceousherbivore
LancanjiangosaurusJurassicherbivore
LanzhousaurusCretaceousherbivore
LeshansaurusJurassiccarnivore
LevnesoviaCretaceousherbivore
LiaoceratopsCretaceousherbivore
LiaoningosaurusCretaceouscarnivoreSmallest known non-avian dinosaurs and a fully meat-eating ornithischian dinosaur.
LimusaurusJurassicherbivore
LingwulongJurassicherbivore
LinhenykusCretaceouscarnivore
LinheraptorCretaceouscarnivore
LinhevenatorCretaceouscarnivore
LiubangosaurusCretaceousherbivore
LuanchuanraptorCretaceouscarnivore
LufengosaurusJurassicherbivore
LuoyanggiaCretaceous(unknown)
MachairasaurusCretaceousomnivore
MagnirostrisCretaceousherbivore
MahakalaCretaceouscarnivore
MaleevusCretaceousherbivore
MamenchisaurusJurassicherbivore
MandschurosaurusCretaceousherbivore
MarisaurusCretaceousherbivore
MegacervixosaurusCretaceousherbivore
MeiCretaceouscarnivore
MicroceratusCretaceousherbivore
Microdontosaurus(unknown)herbivoreDating dubious
MicrohadrosaurusCretaceousherbivore
MicropachycephalosaurusCretaceousherbivore
MicroraptorCretaceouscarnivore
MinotaurasaurusCretaceousherbivore
MongolosaurusCretaceousherbivore
MonkonosaurusJurassicherbivore
MonolophosaurusJurassiccarnivore
MononykusCretaceouscarnivore
MosaiceratopsCretaceousherbivore
NankangiaCretaceousomnivore
NanningosaurusCretaceousherbivore
NanshiungosaurusCretaceousherbivore
NanyangosaurusCretaceousherbivore
NebulasaurusJurassicherbivore
NeimongosaurusCretaceousherbivore
NemegtomaiaCretaceouscarnivore/omnivore
NemegtosaurusCretaceousherbivore
NgexisaurusJurassiccarnivore
NingyuansaurusCretaceousomnivore
NipponosaurusCretaceousherbivore
NomingiaCretaceouscarnivore/omnivore
NurosaurusCretaceousherbivore
OlorotitanCretaceousherbivore
OmeisaurusJurassicherbivore
OpisthocoelicaudiaCretaceousherbivore
OshanosaurusJurassicherbivore
OtogosaurusCretaceousherbivore
OviraptorCretaceousomnivore
PachysuchusJurassicherbivore
PakisaurusCretaceousherbivore
ParvicursorCretaceous(unknown)
PedopennaJurassic(unknown)
PeishansaurusCretaceousherbivore
PenelopognathusCretaceousherbivore
PhaedrolosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
PhilovenatorCretaceousomnivore
PhuwiangosaurusCretaceousherbivore
PinacosaurusCretaceousherbivore
PlatyceratopsCretaceousherbivore
PlesiohadrosCretaceousherbivore
PrenocephaleCretaceousherbivore/omnivore
ProbactrosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ProdeinodonCretaceouscarnivoreDubious, see article
ProtarchaeopteryxCretaceousherbivore/omnivore
ProtoceratopsCretaceousherbivore
ProtognathosaurusJurassicherbivore
PsittacosaurusCretaceousherbivore
PukyongosaurusCretaceousherbivore
QianzhousaurusCretaceouscarnivore
QiaowanlongCretaceousherbivore
QingxiusaurusCretaceousherbivore
QinlingosaurusCretaceousherbivore
QiupalongCretaceousomnivore
QuaesitosaurusCretaceousherbivore
RaptorexCretaceouscarnivore
RatchasimasaurusCretaceousherbivore
RincheniaCretaceousomnivore
RuyangosaurusCretaceousherbivore
SahaliyaniaCretaceousherbivore
SaichaniaCretaceousherbivore
SanchusaurusCretaceousherbivoreMay be synonymous with Gallimimus.
SangonghesaurusJurassic/Cretaceousherbivore
SanpasaurusJurassicherbivore-
SaurolophusCretaceousherbivore
SauroplitesCretaceousherbivore
SaurornithoidesCretaceouscarnivore
ScansoriopteryxJurassic/Cretaceous(unknown)
SegnosaurusCretaceousherbivore/omnivore
ShamosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ShanagCretaceouscarnivore
ShantungosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ShanweiniaoCretaceous(unknown)
ShanxiaCretaceousherbivore
ShanyangosaurusCretaceous(unknown)
ShaochilongCretaceouscarnivore
ShenzhousaurusCretaceousherbivore
ShidaisaurusJurassic(unknown)
ShixinggiaCretaceouscarnivore/omnivore
ShuangmiaosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ShunosaurusJurassicherbivore
ShuvuuiaCretaceous(unknown)
SiamodonCretaceousherbivore
SiamosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
SiamotyrannusCretaceouscarnivore
SiluosaurusCretaceousherbivore
SimilicaudipteryxCretaceousomnivore
SinocalliopteryxCretaceouscarnivore
SinoceratopsCretaceousherbivore
SinocoelurusJurassiccarnivore
SinopliosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
SinornithoidesCretaceouscarnivore
SinornithomimusCretaceousherbivore
SinornithosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
SinosauropteryxCretaceouscarnivore
SinosaurusTriassic/Jurassiccarnivore
SinovenatorCretaceouscarnivore
SinraptorJurassiccarnivore
SinusonasusCretaceouscarnivore
SinotyrannusCretaceouscarnivore
SonidosaurusCretaceousherbivore
SPS 100/44Cretaceouscarnivore/omnivore
StegosauridesCretaceousherbivore
SugiyamasaurusCretaceousherbivore
SulaimanisaurusCretaceousherbivore
SuzhousaurusCretaceousherbivore
SzechuanoraptorJurassicherbivore
SzechuanosaurusJurassiccarnivore
TalarurusCretaceousherbivore
TambatitanisCretaceousherbivore
TangvayosaurusCretaceousherbivore
TaniusCretaceousherbivore
TaohelongCretaceousherbivore
TarbosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
TarchiaCretaceousherbivore
TatisaurusJurassicherbivore
TherizinosaurusCretaceousherbivoreHad huge claws
TianchisaurusJurassicherbivore
TianyulongCretaceousherbivore
TianyuraptorCretaceouscarnivore
TianzhenosaurusCretaceousherbivore
TienshanosaurusJurassicherbivore
TochisaurusCretaceousomnivore
TonganosaurusJurassicherbivore
TonouchisaurusCretaceous(unknown)
TsaaganCretaceouscarnivore
TsagantegiaCretaceousherbivore
TsintaosaurusCretaceousherbivore
TugulusaurusCretaceous(unknown)
TuojiangosaurusJurassicherbivore
TuranoceratopsCretaceousherbivoreFirst ceratopsid found outside North America (though ceratopsians are known from elsewhere)
TylocephaleCretaceousherbivore
UdanoceratopsCretaceousherbivore
UltrasaurusCretaceousherbivoreDubious, see article
UrbacodonCretaceouscarnivore
VelociraptorCretaceouscarnivoreFeathered
VitakridrindaCretaceouscarnivore
VitakrisaurusCretaceouscarnivore
WakinosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
WannanosaurusCretaceousherbivore
WuerhosaurusCretaceousherbivoreStegosaurid that lived during the Cretaceous
WulagasaurusCretaceousherbivore
WulatelongCretaceousomnivore
XianshanosaurusCretaceousherbivore
XiaosaurusJurassicherbivore
XiaotingiaJurassiccarnivore
XinjiangovenatorCretaceous(unknown)
XinjiangtitanJurassicherbivore
XiongguanlongCretaceouscarnivore
XixianykusCretaceous(unknown)
XixiasaurusCretaceouscarnivore
XixiposaurusJurassicomnivore
XuanhanosaurusJurassiccarnivore
XuanhuaceratopsJurassicherbivore
XuwulongCretaceousherbivore
YamaceratopsCretaceousherbivore
YandangornisCretaceouscarnivore
YandusaurusJurassicherbivore
YangchuanosaurusJurassiccarnivore
YibinosaurusJurassicherbivore
YimenosaurusJurassicherbivore
YingshanosaurusJurassicherbivore-
YinlongJurassicherbivore
YixianosaurusCretaceous(unknown)
YizhousaurusJurassicherbivore
YongjinglongCretaceousherbivore
YuanmousaurusJurassicherbivore
YueosaurusCretaceousherbivore
YulongCretaceousomnivore
YunganglongCretaceousherbivore
YunnanosaurusJurassicherbivore
YunxianosaurusCretaceousherbivore
YutyrannusCretaceouscarnivore
ZanabazarCretaceouscarnivore
ZhanghenglongCretaceousherbivore
ZhejiangosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ZhongornisCretaceous(unknown)Seems intermediary between Archaeopteryx and birds
ZhongyuansaurusCretaceousherbivore
ZhuchengceratopsCretaceousherbivore
ZhuchengtyrannusCretaceouscarnivore
ZigongosaurusJurassicherbivore
ZizhongosaurusJurassicherbivore
ZuolongJurassiccarnivore

Timeline

This is a timeline of selected dinosaurs from the list above. Time is measured in Ma, megaannum, along the x-axis.

MesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceousSaurornithoidesOlorotitanCharonosaurusWulagasaurusVitakridrindaRuyangosaurusQingxiusaurusTherizinosaurusSaurolophusNemegtosaurusGallimimusDeinocheirusBreviceratopsBorogoviaAvimimusAlioramusAdasaurusTarbosaurusTylocephaleHulsanpesConchoraptorPlatyceratopsVelociraptorTsaaganShuvuuiaOviraptorKhaanCitipati (dinosaur)PukyongosaurusProtoceratopsDongyangosaurusQuaesitosaurusNipponosaurusBissektipeltaCaenagnathasiaAralosaurusBactrosaurusUrbacodonEnigmosaurusZhejiangosaurusXiongguanlongBeishanlongMicroraptorYixianosaurusLiaoningosaurusEquijubusAuroraceratopsArchaeoceratopsBeipiaosaurusSinosauropteryxSinovenatorMei (dinosaur)IncisivosaurusDilong (dinosaur)JinzhousaurusPsittacosaurusFukuiraptorDongbeititanWuerhosaurusScansoriopteryxPedopennaEpidexipteryxTuojiangosaurusMamenchisaurusYinlongGuanlongChialingosaurusHuayangosaurusYandusaurusAbrosaurusLufengosaurusLukousaurusIsanosaurusMesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceous

See also

Notes

  1. Diet is sometimes hard to determine for dinosaurs and should be considered a "best guess"
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