Interactive Dinosaurs
48 dinosaurs and other prehistoric reptiles, every one drawn in code. Pick a period or a type, move your pointer, and one will stride, swim or fly after you. Each has facts to open, photos of real fossils, and how we know what we know.
When did it live?
The Triassic
The first dinosaurs: small, fast, and not yet in charge. 252 to 201 million years ago.
1 place · 6 to meet
The Jurassic
The age of giants: long-necks, plated dinosaurs and the first birds. 201 to 145 million years ago.
2 places · 12 to meet
The Cretaceous
Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and the feathered dinosaurs. 145 to 66 million years ago.
3 places · 18 to meet
Sea and sky
Not dinosaurs, but their neighbours: the reptiles that ruled the oceans and the air.
2 places · 12 to meet
What kind of dinosaur?
Theropods
Two legs, hollow bones and, mostly, sharp teeth. Birds are theropods too.
20 to meet
Long-necked plant-eaters
Tiny heads, very long necks and tails, and legs like pillars.
6 to meet
Plated and armoured dinosaurs
Plates, spikes, studs and clubs. Plant-eaters built like tanks.
4 to meet
Horned and dome-headed dinosaurs
Frills, horns, beaks and thick skulls.
3 to meet
Beaked plant-eaters
Duck-billed dinosaurs and their relatives, with hundreds of grinding teeth.
3 to meet
Flying reptiles
Pterosaurs: not dinosaurs, but their close cousins in the sky.
6 to meet
Sea reptiles
Not dinosaurs either: the reptiles that ruled the oceans.
6 to meet
Things to do
A to ZEvery dinosaur in one list. Each has its own page of facts, fossil photos and how we know.
Dinosaurs by typeWhat makes a theropod a theropod? Sort them by group and find out.
My favouritesTick the ones you like best, and earn a badge for every place.
QuizWho is this? Ten quick questions, and a new set every time.
165 million years
Dinosaurs ruled the land for about 165 million years. People have been around for about 300,000. Everything we know about them has been worked out from bones, teeth, footprints and the occasional feather.
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