data/dinosaurs.json

[
  {
    "name": "Aardonyx",
    "description": "An early stage in the evolution of sauropods."
  },
  {
    "name": "Abelisaurus",
    "description": "\"Abel's lizard\" has been reconstructed from a single skull."
  },
  {
    "name": "Abrictosaurus",
    "description": "An early relative of Heterodontosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Abrosaurus",
    "description": "A close Asian relative of Camarasaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Abydosaurus",
    "description": "This sauropod's intact skull was discovered in 2010."
  },
  {
    "name": "Acanthopholis",
    "description": "No, it's not a city in Greece."
  },
  {
    "name": "Achelousaurus",
    "description": "Might this have been a growth stage of Pachyrhinosaurus?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Achillobator",
    "description": "This fierce raptor was discovered in modern-day Mongolia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Acristavus",
    "description": "This early hadrosaur lacked any ornamentation on its skull."
  },
  {
    "name": "Acrocanthosaurus",
    "description": "The largest meat-eating dinosaur of the early Cretaceous period."
  },
  {
    "name": "Acrotholus",
    "description": "North America's earliest bone-headed dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Adamantisaurus",
    "description": "This titanosaur was named 50 years after its discovery."
  },
  {
    "name": "Adasaurus",
    "description": "This raptor's hind claws were unusually small."
  },
  {
    "name": "Adeopapposaurus",
    "description": "A close relative of Massospondylus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Aegyptosaurus",
    "description": "Try and guess which country this dinosaur was found in."
  },
  {
    "name": "Aeolosaurus",
    "description": "Could this titanosaur have reared up on its hind legs?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Aerosteon",
    "description": "This air-boned dinosaur may have breathed like a bird."
  },
  {
    "name": "Afrovenator",
    "description": "One of the few carnivores ever to be dug up in northern Africa."
  },
  {
    "name": "Agathaumas",
    "description": "The first ceratopsian dinosaur ever discovered."
  },
  {
    "name": "Agilisaurus",
    "description": "This \"agile lizard\" was one of the earliest ornithopods."
  },
  {
    "name": "Agujaceratops",
    "description": "It was once classified as a species of Chasmosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Agustinia",
    "description": "A large, spiny-backed sauropod."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ajkaceratops",
    "description": "The first ceratopsian ever to be discovered in Europe."
  },
  {
    "name": "Alamosaurus",
    "description": "No, it wasn't named after the Alamo, but it should have been."
  },
  {
    "name": "Alaskacephale",
    "description": "Can you guess which state this pachycephalosaur was found in?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Albalophosaurus",
    "description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be discovered in Japan."
  },
  {
    "name": "Albertaceratops",
    "description": "The most basal \"centrosaurine\" yet identified."
  },
  {
    "name": "Albertadromeus",
    "description": "This petite ornithopod was recently discovered in Canada."
  },
  {
    "name": "Albertonykus",
    "description": "A tiny, birdlike, North American dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Albertosaurus",
    "description": "This carnivorous dinosaur was a close relative of T. Rex."
  },
  {
    "name": "Alectrosaurus",
    "description": "Few specimens of this \"unmarried lizard\" have been found."
  },
  {
    "name": "Aletopelta",
    "description": "The first ankylosaur known to have lived in Mexico."
  },
  {
    "name": "Alioramus",
    "description": "Everything we know about this tyrannosaur is based on a single skull."
  },
  {
    "name": "Allosaurus",
    "description": "The apex predator of late Jurassic North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Altirhinus",
    "description": "This \"high-nosed\" plant eater resembled an early hadrosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Alvarezsaurus",
    "description": "A bird-like dinosaur of the late Cretaceous."
  },
  {
    "name": "Alwalkeria",
    "description": "This Indian dinosaur was one of the earliest saurischians."
  },
  {
    "name": "Alxasaurus",
    "description": "An early relative of the bizarre Therizinosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Amargasaurus",
    "description": "A bizarre, spined sauropod from South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Amazonsaurus",
    "description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be found in the Amazon basin."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ammosaurus",
    "description": "This may (or may not) have been the same dinosaur as Anchisaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ampelosaurus",
    "description": "One of the best-known of the armored titanosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Amphicoelias",
    "description": "Could it have been the biggest dinosaur that ever lived?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Amurosaurus",
    "description": "The most complete hadrosaur to be discovered in Russia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Anabisetia",
    "description": "The best-attested South American ornithopod."
  },
  {
    "name": "Anatosaurus",
    "description": "This dinosaur is now known as either Anatotitan or Edmontosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Anatotitan",
    "description": "This hadrosaur's name means \"giant duck\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Anchiceratops",
    "description": "This dinosaur had a distinctively shaped frill."
  },
  {
    "name": "Anchiornis",
    "description": "A four-winged dino-bird that resembled Microraptor."
  },
  {
    "name": "Anchisaurus",
    "description": "One of the first dinosaurs ever to be dug up in the U.S."
  },
  {
    "name": "Andesaurus",
    "description": "This titanosaur rivaled Argentinosaurus in size."
  },
  {
    "name": "Angaturama",
    "description": "A Brazilian relative of Spinosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Angolatitan",
    "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in Angola."
  },
  {
    "name": "Angulomastacator",
    "description": "This dinosaur had a strangely shaped upper jaw."
  },
  {
    "name": "Animantarx",
    "description": "This \"living fortress\" was discovered in an unusual way."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ankylosaurus",
    "description": "This dinosaur was the Cretaceous equivalent of a Sherman tank."
  },
  {
    "name": "Anodontosaurus",
    "description": "This \"toothless lizard\" actually had a full set of choppers."
  },
  {
    "name": "Anserimimus",
    "description": "This \"goose mimic\" didn&rsquo;t bear much of a resemblance."
  },
  {
    "name": "Antarctopelta",
    "description": "The first dinosaur fossil ever discovered in Antarctica."
  },
  {
    "name": "Antarctosaurus",
    "description": "This titanosaur may or may not have lived in Antarctica."
  },
  {
    "name": "Antetonitrus",
    "description": "Either a very late prosauropod or a very early sauropod."
  },
  {
    "name": "Anzu",
    "description": "This Oviraptor relative was recently discovered in North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Aorun",
    "description": "A small theropod of late Jurassic Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Apatosaurus",
    "description": "The dinosaur formerly known as Brontosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Appalachiosaurus",
    "description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be found in Alabama."
  },
  {
    "name": "Aquilops",
    "description": "The earliest ceratopsian ever to be discovered in North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Aragosaurus",
    "description": "Named after the Aragon region of Spain."
  },
  {
    "name": "Aralosaurus",
    "description": "Not much is known about this central Asian duck-billed dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Archaeoceratops",
    "description": "Possibly the smallest ceratopsian that ever lived."
  },
  {
    "name": "Archaeopteryx",
    "description": "This ancient dino-bird was about the size of a modern pigeon."
  },
  {
    "name": "Archaeornithomimus",
    "description": "A likely ancestor of Ornithomimus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Arcovenator",
    "description": "This fierce abelisaur was recently discovered in France."
  },
  {
    "name": "Arcusaurus",
    "description": "This prosauropod was recently discovered in South Africa."
  },
  {
    "name": "Argentinosaurus",
    "description": "Possibly the largest dinosaur that ever lived."
  },
  {
    "name": "Argyrosaurus",
    "description": "A plus-sized titanosaur from South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Aristosuchus",
    "description": "This \"noble crocodile\" was actually a dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Arrhinoceratops",
    "description": "This ceratopsian was named for its \"missing\" nose horn."
  },
  {
    "name": "Astrodon",
    "description": "The official state dinosaur of Maryland."
  },
  {
    "name": "Asylosaurus",
    "description": "This \"unharmed lizard\" escaped destruction in World War II."
  },
  {
    "name": "Atlasaurus",
    "description": "This sauropod had unusually long legs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Atlascopcosaurus",
    "description": "Named after a manufacturer of digging equipment."
  },
  {
    "name": "Atrociraptor",
    "description": "This \"cruel thief\" wasn't as atrocious as its name implies."
  },
  {
    "name": "Aublysodon",
    "description": "This tyrannosaur was named after a single tooth."
  },
  {
    "name": "Aucasaurus",
    "description": "This predator was a close relative of Carnotaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Auroraceratops",
    "description": "A close relative of Archaeoceratops."
  },
  {
    "name": "Australodocus",
    "description": "This sauropod was found in modern-day Tanzania."
  },
  {
    "name": "Australovenator",
    "description": "A recently discovered carnivore from Australia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Austroraptor",
    "description": "The largest raptor from South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Austrosaurus",
    "description": "This titanosaur was discovered near a train station."
  },
  {
    "name": "Avaceratops",
    "description": "This ceratopsian is represented by a single juvenile."
  },
  {
    "name": "Aviatyrannis",
    "description": "This \"grandmother tyrant\" was one of the first tyrannosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Avimimus",
    "description": "A particularly bird-like cousin of Oviraptor."
  },
  {
    "name": "Bactrosaurus",
    "description": "One of the earliest of the duck-billed dinosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Bagaceratops",
    "description": "A small ceratopsian from central Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Bagaraatan",
    "description": "No one is quite sure how to classify this theropod."
  },
  {
    "name": "Bahariasaurus",
    "description": "This obscure carnivore may have been the size of T. Rex."
  },
  {
    "name": "Balaur",
    "description": "This \"stocky dragon\" was recently discovered in Romania."
  },
  {
    "name": "Bambiraptor",
    "description": "Yes, this tiny raptor was named after you-know-who."
  },
  {
    "name": "Barapasaurus",
    "description": "Probably the first of the giant sauropods."
  },
  {
    "name": "Barilium",
    "description": "Yet another iguanodontid ornithopod of the British Isles."
  },
  {
    "name": "Barosaurus",
    "description": "An enormous plant-eater with a tiny head."
  },
  {
    "name": "Barsboldia",
    "description": "This hadrosaur was named after Rinchen Barsbold."
  },
  {
    "name": "Baryonyx",
    "description": "You wouldn't want to clip this dinosaur's claws."
  },
  {
    "name": "Batyrosaurus",
    "description": "One of the most basal hadrosaurs yet identified."
  },
  {
    "name": "Becklespinax",
    "description": "A strangely named theropod of the early Cretaceous period."
  },
  {
    "name": "Beipiaosaurus",
    "description": "The only known feathered therizinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Beishanlong",
    "description": "This bird mimic weighed over half a ton."
  },
  {
    "name": "Bellusaurus",
    "description": "A herd of this sauropod drowned in a flash flood."
  },
  {
    "name": "Berberosaurus",
    "description": "This \"Berber lizard\" has proven difficult to classify."
  },
  {
    "name": "Bicentenaria",
    "description": "This dinosaur was named for Argentina's 200th anniversary."
  },
  {
    "name": "Bistahieversor",
    "description": "This tyrannosaur had more teeth than T. Rex."
  },
  {
    "name": "Bonapartenykus",
    "description": "This feathered dinosaur was found in close proximity to its eggs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Bonitasaura",
    "description": "This titanosaur wasn't as beautiful as its name implies."
  },
  {
    "name": "Borogovia",
    "description": "This theropod was named after a Lewis Carroll poem."
  },
  {
    "name": "Bothriospondylus",
    "description": "A case study in dinosaur confusion."
  },
  {
    "name": "Brachiosaurus",
    "description": "This dinosaur was a giant, gentle, long-necked plant-eater."
  },
  {
    "name": "Brachyceratops",
    "description": "A little-known ceratopsian from North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Brachylophosaurus",
    "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur's beak looked more like a parrot's."
  },
  {
    "name": "Brachytrachelopan",
    "description": "This sauropod had an unusually short neck."
  },
  {
    "name": "Bravoceratops",
    "description": "This ceratopsian was recently discovered in Texas."
  },
  {
    "name": "Brontomerus",
    "description": "Its name is Greek for \"thunder thighs\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Bruhathkayosaurus",
    "description": "Was this titanosaur bigger than Argentinosaurus?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Buitreraptor",
    "description": "The oldest raptor ever discovered in South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Byronosaurus",
    "description": "This theropod was a close relative of Troodon."
  },
  {
    "name": "Camarasaurus",
    "description": "The most common sauropod of Jurassic North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Camarillasaurus",
    "description": "A ceratosaur of early Cretaceous western Europe."
  },
  {
    "name": "Camelotia",
    "description": "An early member of the line that evolved into sauropods."
  },
  {
    "name": "Camptosaurus",
    "description": "A close relative of Iguanodon."
  },
  {
    "name": "Carcharodontosaurus",
    "description": "Its name means \"great white shark lizard.\" Impressed yet?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Carnotaurus",
    "description": "The shortest arms of any meat-eating dinosaur with horns to match."
  },
  {
    "name": "Caudipteryx",
    "description": "A birdlike dinosaur that changed the views of paleontologists."
  },
  {
    "name": "Centrosaurus",
    "description": "Like a unicorn, this ceratopsian only had one horn."
  },
  {
    "name": "Cerasinops",
    "description": "A small ceratopsian of the late Cretaceous."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ceratonykus",
    "description": "This dino-bird was discovered in Mongolia in 2009."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ceratosaurus",
    "description": "This primitive carnivore is hard to classify."
  },
  {
    "name": "Cetiosauriscus",
    "description": "Not to be confused with the more famous Cetiosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Cetiosaurus",
    "description": "This \"whale lizard\" was once mistaken for the Loch Ness Monster."
  },
  {
    "name": "Changyuraptor",
    "description": "Was this feathered dinosaur capable of flight?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Chaoyangsaurus",
    "description": "An early ceratopsian of the late Jurassic period."
  },
  {
    "name": "Charonosaurus",
    "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur was much bigger than an elephant."
  },
  {
    "name": "Chasmosaurus",
    "description": "The only dinosaur that came with its own awning."
  },
  {
    "name": "Chialingosaurus",
    "description": "One of the earliest Asian stegosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Chilantaisaurus",
    "description": "This large theropod may have been ancestral to Spinosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Chilesaurus",
    "description": "This plant-eating theropod was recently discovered in Chile."
  },
  {
    "name": "Chindesaurus",
    "description": "This early dinosaur was a close relative of Herrerasaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Chirostenotes",
    "description": "This birdlike dinosaur has been known by three different names."
  },
  {
    "name": "Chubutisaurus",
    "description": "This titanosaur was on Tyrannotitan's lunch menu."
  },
  {
    "name": "Chungkingosaurus",
    "description": "This early stegosaur had some primitive characteristics."
  },
  {
    "name": "Citipati",
    "description": "This Mongolian theropod was a close relative of Oviraptor."
  },
  {
    "name": "Claosaurus",
    "description": "This \"broken lizard\" was a primitive hadrosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Coahuilaceratops",
    "description": "It had the longest horns of any known ceratopsian dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Coelophysis",
    "description": "One of the most ancient dinosaurs ever to roam the earth."
  },
  {
    "name": "Coelurus",
    "description": "This tiny dinosaur was a close relative of Compsognathus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Colepiocephale",
    "description": "This thick-skulled dinosaur's name is Greek for \"knucklehead\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Compsognathus",
    "description": "This dinosaur was the size of a chicken, but much meaner."
  },
  {
    "name": "Concavenator",
    "description": "This large theropod had a bizarre hump on its back."
  },
  {
    "name": "Conchoraptor",
    "description": "This \"conch thief\" may have lunched on mollusks."
  },
  {
    "name": "Condorraptor",
    "description": "A small theropod of middle Jurassic South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Coronosaurus",
    "description": "This \"crown lizard\" was once classified as a species of Centrosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Corythosaurus",
    "description": "This \"Corinthian-helmeted\" dino had a distinctive mating call."
  },
  {
    "name": "Crichtonsaurus",
    "description": "This dinosaur was named after the author of Jurassic Park."
  },
  {
    "name": "Cruxicheiros",
    "description": "This \"cross-handed\" dinosaur was named in 2010."
  },
  {
    "name": "Cryolophosaurus",
    "description": "This crested dinosaur was once known as \"Elvisaurus\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Cryptovolans",
    "description": "Was this the same dinosaur as Microraptor?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Cumnoria",
    "description": "It was once mistakenly classified as a species of Iguanodon."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dacentrurus",
    "description": "The first stegosaur ever to be described."
  },
  {
    "name": "Daemonosauru 0s",
    "description": "This \"evil lizard\" was a close relative of Coelophysis."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dahalokely",
    "description": "A rare theropod from the island of Madagascar."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dakotaraptor",
    "description": "This giant raptor was recently discovered in South Dakota."
  },
  {
    "name": "Daspletosaurus",
    "description": "This \"frightful lizard\" was a close cousin of T. Rex."
  },
  {
    "name": "Datousaurus",
    "description": "A medium-sized sauropod from middle Jurassic Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Darwinsaurus",
    "description": "\"Darwin's lizard\" may or may not be a valid dinosaur genus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Deinocheirus",
    "description": "All we know for sure about this dinosaur is the shape of its arms."
  },
  {
    "name": "Deinodon",
    "description": "This \"terrible tooth\" is important from a historical perspective."
  },
  {
    "name": "Deinonychus",
    "description": "One of the most fearsome raptors of the Cretaceous period."
  },
  {
    "name": "Delapparentia",
    "description": "This ornithopod was initially classified as a species of Iguanodon."
  },
  {
    "name": "Deltadromeus",
    "description": "An unusually speedy theropod of the middle Cretaceous."
  },
  {
    "name": "Demandasaurus",
    "description": "A poorly understood sauropod of early Cretaceous Europe."
  },
  {
    "name": "Diabloceratops",
    "description": "It looked like a cross between a Triceratops and a Centrosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Diamantinasaurus",
    "description": "This titanosaur was recently discovered in Australia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Diceratops",
    "description": "Was this two-horned dinosaur really a specimen of Triceratops?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Dicraeosaurus",
    "description": "A medium-sized, spiny-necked sauropod."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dilong",
    "description": "This \"emperor dragon\" may have been an ancestor of T. Rex."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dilophosaurus",
    "description": "This dinosaur was distinguished by the bony crests on its noggin."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dimetrodon",
    "description": "This ancient synapsid had a huge sail on its back."
  },
  {
    "name": "Diplodocus",
    "description": "Thin at one end, much thicker in the middle, and thin again at the far end."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dollodon",
    "description": "Named after the Belgian paleontologist Louis Dollo."
  },
  {
    "name": "Draconyx",
    "description": "This \"dragon claw\" lived in late Jurassic Portugal."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dracopelta",
    "description": "This early ankylosaur was discovered in Portugal."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dracorex",
    "description": "The only dinosaur to be named after the \"Harry Potter\" books."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dracovenator",
    "description": "This \"dragon hunter\" was a close relative of Dilophosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dravidosaurus",
    "description": "This \"dinosaur\" may actually have been a marine reptile."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dreadnoughtus",
    "description": "This huge titanosaur was recently discovered in Argentina."
  },
  {
    "name": "Drinker",
    "description": "Named after the famous paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dromaeosauroides",
    "description": "The only dinosaur ever to be discovered in Denmark."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dromaeosaurus",
    "description": "This \"running lizard\" was probably covered with feathers."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dromiceiomimus",
    "description": "Possibly the fastest dinosaur that ever lived."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dryosaurus",
    "description": "A typical ornithopod of the late Jurassic."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dryptosaurus",
    "description": "The first tyrannosaur to be discovered in the U.S."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dubreuillosaurus",
    "description": "This megalosaur had a long, low snout."
  },
  {
    "name": "Duriavenator",
    "description": "Yet another theropod that was once assigned to Megalosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dyoplosaurus",
    "description": "This ankylosaur was once confused with Euoplocephalus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dysalotosaurus",
    "description": "We know a lot about this dinosaur's growth stages."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dyslocosaurus",
    "description": "Its name means \"hard-to-place lizard\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Dystrophaeus",
    "description": "This Diplodocus-like sauropod was named by Edward Cope."
  },
  {
    "name": "Echinodon",
    "description": "One of the few ornithopods to sport a set of canines."
  },
  {
    "name": "Edmarka",
    "description": "This may have been a species of Torvosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Edmontonia",
    "description": "This armored dinosaur never actually lived in Edmonton."
  },
  {
    "name": "Edmontosaurus",
    "description": "This large, duck-billed herbivore was a contemporary of T. Rex."
  },
  {
    "name": "Efraasia",
    "description": "This Triassic herbivore may have been ancestral to sauropods."
  },
  {
    "name": "Einiosaurus",
    "description": "This ceratopsian was a close relative of Centrosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ekrixinatosaurus",
    "description": "Its name means \"explosion-born lizard\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Elaphrosaurus",
    "description": "A lightweight theropod from the late Jurassic."
  },
  {
    "name": "Elmisaurus",
    "description": "This \"foot lizard\" was a close relative of Oviraptor."
  },
  {
    "name": "Elopteryx",
    "description": "This Transylvanian dinosaur is almost as controversial as Dracula."
  },
  {
    "name": "Elrhazosaurus",
    "description": "Once classified as a species of Valdosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Enigmosaurus",
    "description": "This \"puzzle lizard\" was closely related to Therizinosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Eoabelisaurus",
    "description": "The earliest abelisaurid theropod yet identified."
  },
  {
    "name": "Eobrontosaurus",
    "description": "This \"dawn brontosaurus\" isn't accepted by most experts."
  },
  {
    "name": "Eocarcharia",
    "description": "This \"dawn shark\" prowled the woodlands of northern Africa."
  },
  {
    "name": "Eocursor",
    "description": "This late Triassic reptile was one of the earliest true dinosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Eodromaeus",
    "description": "Yet another ancient theropod from South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Eolambia",
    "description": "An early hadrosaur from North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Eoraptor",
    "description": "This tiny dinosaur was among the first of its kind."
  },
  {
    "name": "Eosinopteryx",
    "description": "A tiny feathered dinosaur of the late Jurassic period."
  },
  {
    "name": "Eotriceratops",
    "description": "This \"dawn Triceratops\" was recently discovered in Canada."
  },
  {
    "name": "Eotyrannus",
    "description": "This early tyrannosaur looked more like a raptor."
  },
  {
    "name": "Epachthosaurus",
    "description": "This \"heavy lizard\" was relatively primitive for its time and place."
  },
  {
    "name": "Epidendrosaurus",
    "description": "Did this tiny dino-bird spend its life up a tree?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Epidexipteryx",
    "description": "This feathered dinosaur predated Archaeopteryx."
  },
  {
    "name": "Equijubus",
    "description": "Its name is Greek for \"horse mane\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Erectopus",
    "description": "This \"upright-footed\" dinosaur is a 19th-century enigma."
  },
  {
    "name": "Erketu",
    "description": "This titanosaur had an unusually long neck."
  },
  {
    "name": "Erliansaurus",
    "description": "A basal therizinosaur from central Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Erlikosaurus",
    "description": "This late therizinosaur roamed the Mongolian forests."
  },
  {
    "name": "Euhelopus",
    "description": "The first sauropod to be discovered in China."
  },
  {
    "name": "Euoplocephalus",
    "description": "Even this ankylosaur's eyelids were armored."
  },
  {
    "name": "Europasaurus",
    "description": "The smallest sauropod ever discovered."
  },
  {
    "name": "Europelta",
    "description": "This early nodosaur was recently discovered in Spain."
  },
  {
    "name": "Euskelosaurus",
    "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in Africa."
  },
  {
    "name": "Eustreptospondylus",
    "description": "A close cousin of Megalosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Fabrosaurus",
    "description": "This early ornithopod may have been a species of Lesothosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Falcarius",
    "description": "A bizarre, feathered theropod from North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ferganasaurus",
    "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in the USSR."
  },
  {
    "name": "Fruitadens",
    "description": "One of the tiniest dinosaurs ever to live in North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Fukuiraptor",
    "description": "One of the few carnivorous dinosaurs ever to be dug up in Japan."
  },
  {
    "name": "Fukuisaurus",
    "description": "This ornithopod was discovered in Japan."
  },
  {
    "name": "Fulgurotherium",
    "description": "Very little is known about this \"lightning beast\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Futalognkosaurus",
    "description": "A very big, and very strangely named sauropod."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gallimimus",
    "description": "This \"chicken mimic\" roamed the plains of the late Cretaceous."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gargoyleosaurus",
    "description": "This \"gargoyle lizard\" was an ancestor of Ankylosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Garudimimus",
    "description": "A relative slowpoke compared to other ornithomimids."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gasosaurus",
    "description": "Yes, that's its real name, and no, it isn't for the reason you think."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gasparinisaura",
    "description": "One of the few ornithopods known to have lived in South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gastonia",
    "description": "This ankylosaur was probably on Utahraptor's lunch menu."
  },
  {
    "name": "Genyodectes",
    "description": "This dinosaur is represented by an impressive set of teeth."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gideonmantellia",
    "description": "Guess what naturalist this dinosaur was named after."
  },
  {
    "name": "Giganotosaurus",
    "description": "Not quite a \"Gigantosaurus,\" but close enough."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gigantoraptor",
    "description": "This huge oviraptorosaur weighed over two tons."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gigantspinosaurus",
    "description": "It may or may not have been a true stegosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gilmoreosaurus",
    "description": "One of the few dinosaurs known to have suffered from cancer."
  },
  {
    "name": "Giraffatitan",
    "description": "Might this \"giant giraffe\" have been a species of Brachiosaurus?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Glacialisaurus",
    "description": "This \"frozen lizard\" was a close relative of Lufengosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gobiceratops",
    "description": "This ceratopsian's tiny skull was found in the Gobi Desert."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gobisaurus",
    "description": "An unusually large ankylosaur of central Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gobivenator",
    "description": "This feathered dinosaur gave Velociraptor a run for its money."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gojirasaurus",
    "description": "This early predator was named after Godzilla."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gondwanatitan",
    "description": "Yet another titanosaur from South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gorgosaurus",
    "description": "Might this tyrannosaur have been a species of Albertosaurus?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Goyocephale",
    "description": "A primitive bonehead from Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Graciliraptor",
    "description": "This tiny dino-bird was a close relative of Microraptor."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gryphoceratops",
    "description": "A tiny ceratopsian of Cretaceous North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gryponyx",
    "description": "This \"hooked claw\" was a distant sauropod ancestor."
  },
  {
    "name": "Gryposaurus",
    "description": "One of the most common of the duck-billed dinosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Guaibasaurus",
    "description": "Was this early dinosaur a theropod or a prosauropod?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Guanlong",
    "description": "Probably the first tyrannosaur ever to walk the earth."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hadrosaurus",
    "description": "The official state dinosaur of New Jersey."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hagryphus",
    "description": "The largest North American oviraptor yet discovered."
  },
  {
    "name": "Halticosaurus",
    "description": "A \"nomen dubium\" theropod of the early 20th century."
  },
  {
    "name": "Haplocanthosaurus",
    "description": "A typical sauropod of the late Jurassic period."
  },
  {
    "name": "Haplocheirus",
    "description": "This feathered dinosaur predated Archaeopteryx by millions of years."
  },
  {
    "name": "Harpymimus",
    "description": "Named after the winged creature of Greek myth."
  },
  {
    "name": "Haya",
    "description": "This dinosaur was named after a horse-headed Mongolian god."
  },
  {
    "name": "Herrerasaurus",
    "description": "This carnivore roamed present-day South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hesperonychus",
    "description": "A tiny North American dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hesperosaurus",
    "description": "The oldest stegosaur discovered in North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Heterodontosaurus",
    "description": "This \"different-toothed\" dinosaur was a dentist's nightmare."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hexing",
    "description": "This early ornithomimid was recently discovered in China."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hexinlusaurus",
    "description": "Named after the Chinese professor He Xin-Lu."
  },
  {
    "name": "Heyuannia",
    "description": "Yet another close relative of Oviraptor."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hippodraco",
    "description": "This \"horse dragon\" was recently discovered in Utah."
  },
  {
    "name": "Homalocephale",
    "description": "This herbivore had a very flat--and very thick--skull."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hongshanosaurus",
    "description": "This early ceratopsian is known by two skulls."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hoplitosaurus",
    "description": "Named after the heavily armored soldiers of classical Greece."
  },
  {
    "name": "Huabeisaurus",
    "description": "A titanosaur from northern China."
  },
  {
    "name": "Huanghetitan",
    "description": "Yet another contender for the biggest dinosaur that ever lived."
  },
  {
    "name": "Huaxiagnathus",
    "description": "One of the biggest dino-birds of its time."
  },
  {
    "name": "Huaxiaosaurus",
    "description": "Might it be an unusually large specimen of Shantungosaurus?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Huayangosaurus",
    "description": "Could this have been the ancestor of all the stegosaurs?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Huehuecanauhtlus",
    "description": "Its name is Aztec for \"ancient duck\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hungarosaurus",
    "description": "The best-attested ankylosaur ever discovered in Europe."
  },
  {
    "name": "Huxleysaurus",
    "description": "Named after the famous biologist Thomas Henry Huxley."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hylaeosaurus",
    "description": "One of the first creatures ever to be called a dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hypacrosaurus",
    "description": "We know a lot about this dinosaur's family life."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hypselosaurus",
    "description": "This titanosaur's eggs were a foot in diameter."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hypselospinus",
    "description": "It was once classified as a species of Iguanodon."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hypsibema",
    "description": "The official state dinosaur of Missouri."
  },
  {
    "name": "Hypsilophodon",
    "description": "This man-sized herbivore liked to eat and run."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ichthyovenator",
    "description": "This sail-backed dinosaur was recently discovered in Laos."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ignavusaurus",
    "description": "Its name means \"cowardly lizard\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Iguanacolossus",
    "description": "A brand-new ornithopod from North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Iguanodon",
    "description": "The second dinosaur in history ever to receive a name."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ilokelesia",
    "description": "A primitive abelisaur from South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Incisivosaurus",
    "description": "This buck-toothed dinosaur was the Cretaceous equivalent of a beaver."
  },
  {
    "name": "Indosuchus",
    "description": "This \"Indian crocodile\" was actually a dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ingenia",
    "description": "A small, birdlike dinosaur from central Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Irritator",
    "description": "This spinosaur was named by a very frustrated paleontologist."
  },
  {
    "name": "Isanosaurus",
    "description": "One of the first sauropods ever to walk the earth."
  },
  {
    "name": "Isisaurus",
    "description": "Otherwise known as the Indian Statistical Institute Lizard."
  },
  {
    "name": "Jainosaurus",
    "description": "Named after the Indian paleontologist Sohan Lal Jain."
  },
  {
    "name": "Janenschia",
    "description": "The earliest titanosaur in the fossil record."
  },
  {
    "name": "Jaxartosaurus",
    "description": "A poorly known hadrosaur from central Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Jeholosaurus",
    "description": "This ornithopod may have had an omnivorous diet."
  },
  {
    "name": "Jeyawati",
    "description": "Its name is Zuni for \"grinding mouth\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Jianchangosaurus",
    "description": "One of the earliest therizinosaurs in the fossil record."
  },
  {
    "name": "Jinfengopteryx",
    "description": "This feathered dinosaur was once thought to be a true bird."
  },
  {
    "name": "Jingshanosaurus",
    "description": "A close relative of Yunnanosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Jinzhousaurus",
    "description": "This Asian dinosaur was one of the first hadrosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Jobaria",
    "description": "A strange, short-tailed African sauropod."
  },
  {
    "name": "Judiceratops",
    "description": "The earliest Chasmosaurus ancestor yet identified."
  },
  {
    "name": "Juratyrant",
    "description": "This early tyrannosaur was discovered in England."
  },
  {
    "name": "Juravenator",
    "description": "Why didn't this presumed \"dino-bird\" have feathers?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Kaatedocus",
    "description": "This Diplodocus relative had a characteristic grin."
  },
  {
    "name": "Kaijiangosaurus",
    "description": "This might have been the same dinosaur as Gasosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Kazaklambia",
    "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur was discovered in Kazakhstan."
  },
  {
    "name": "Kentrosaurus",
    "description": "A smaller, African cousin of Stegosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Kerberosaurus",
    "description": "Named after the three-headed dog of Greek myth."
  },
  {
    "name": "Khaan",
    "description": "Few small mammals dared face the wrath of this dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Kileskus",
    "description": "Yet another \"basal\" tyrannosaur from central Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Kinnareemimus",
    "description": "This \"bird mimic\" dinosaur was recently discovered in Thailand."
  },
  {
    "name": "Kol",
    "description": "It's tied with Mei for \"shortest dinosaur name\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Koreaceratops",
    "description": "There's evidence that this ceratopsian liked to go swimming."
  },
  {
    "name": "Koreanosaurus",
    "description": "Guess what country this ornithopod was discovered in."
  },
  {
    "name": "Kosmoceratops",
    "description": "This ceratopsian had a bizarre, downward-folding frill."
  },
  {
    "name": "Kotasaurus",
    "description": "One of the few sauropods to be discovered in India."
  },
  {
    "name": "Kritosaurus",
    "description": "A famous, but poorly understood hadrosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Kryptops",
    "description": "This dinosaur came equipped with its own face mask."
  },
  {
    "name": "Kukufeldia",
    "description": "Yet another ornithopod that was once lumped in with Iguanodon."
  },
  {
    "name": "Kulindadromeus",
    "description": "Why did this ornithopod dinosaur have feathers?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Kundurosaurus",
    "description": "This hadrosaur was discovered in the far east of Russia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Labocania",
    "description": "It may or may not have been a true tyrannosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Lagosuchus",
    "description": "Could this have been the ancestor of all the dinosaurs?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Lambeosaurus",
    "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur had a hatchet-shaped crest on its noggin."
  },
  {
    "name": "Lamplughsaura",
    "description": "This early sauropod was discovered in India."
  },
  {
    "name": "Lanzhousaurus",
    "description": "This herbivore's teeth were half a foot long."
  },
  {
    "name": "Laosaurus",
    "description": "This dubious ornithopod was named by Othniel C. Marsh."
  },
  {
    "name": "Lapparentosaurus",
    "description": "This sauropod was discovered in Madagascar."
  },
  {
    "name": "Laquintasaura",
    "description": "The first plant-eating dinosaur ever to be discovered in Venezuela."
  },
  {
    "name": "Latirhinus",
    "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur had an enormous nose."
  },
  {
    "name": "Leaellynasaura",
    "description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be named after a little girl."
  },
  {
    "name": "Leinkupal",
    "description": "The latest surviving diplodocid sauropod."
  },
  {
    "name": "Leonerasaurus",
    "description": "This prosauropod was recently discovered in Argentina."
  },
  {
    "name": "Leptoceratops",
    "description": "One of the most primitive of all ceratopsians."
  },
  {
    "name": "Leshansaurus",
    "description": "Did this meat-eater feast on small, armored dinosaurs?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Lesothosaurus",
    "description": "One of the earliest of all the ornithischian dinosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Lessemsaurus",
    "description": "Named after the popular science writer Don Lessem."
  },
  {
    "name": "Lexovisaurus",
    "description": "One of the oldest European stegosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Leyesaurus",
    "description": "A newly discovered prosauropod from South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Liaoceratops",
    "description": "A tiny ceratopsian of early Cretaceous Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Liaoningosaurus",
    "description": "One of the smallest ankylosaurs in the fossil record."
  },
  {
    "name": "Liliensternus",
    "description": "One of the largest carnivores of the Triassic period."
  },
  {
    "name": "Limaysaurus",
    "description": "It was once classified as a species of Rebbachisaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Limusaurus",
    "description": "Was this toothless theropod a vegetarian?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Linhenykus",
    "description": "This tiny dinosaur had single-clawed hands."
  },
  {
    "name": "Linheraptor",
    "description": "This Mongolian raptor was discovered in 2008."
  },
  {
    "name": "Linhevenato",
    "description": "r This troodont was recently discovered in Mongolia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Lophorhothon",
    "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in Alabama."
  },
  {
    "name": "Lophostropheus",
    "description": "This theropod lived near the Triassic/Jurassic boundary."
  },
  {
    "name": "Loricatosaurus",
    "description": "This stegosaur was once classified as a species of Lexovisaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Lourinhanosaurus",
    "description": "Not to be confused with Lourinhasaurus, below."
  },
  {
    "name": "Lourinhasaurus",
    "description": "Not to be confused with Lourinhanosaurus, above."
  },
  {
    "name": "Luanchuanraptor",
    "description": "A small, poorly understood Asian raptor."
  },
  {
    "name": "Lufengosaurus",
    "description": "A common sight at Chinese natural history museums."
  },
  {
    "name": "Lurdusaurus",
    "description": "This ornithopod resembled a giant sloth."
  },
  {
    "name": "Lusotitan",
    "description": "This sauropod was once classified as a species of Brachiosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Lycorhinus",
    "description": "This dinosaur was once thought to be a mammal-like reptile."
  },
  {
    "name": "Lythronax",
    "description": "This tyrannosaur lived on the island of Laramidia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Machairasaurus",
    "description": "This \"short scimitar lizard\" was a close relative of Oviraptor."
  },
  {
    "name": "Macrogryphosaurus",
    "description": "Otherwise known as the Big Enigmatic Lizard."
  },
  {
    "name": "Magnapaulia",
    "description": "The largest lambeosaurine hadrosaur yet identified."
  },
  {
    "name": "Magnirostris",
    "description": "This ceratopsian had an unusually big beak."
  },
  {
    "name": "Magnosaurus",
    "description": "Once thought to be a species of Megalosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Magyarosaurus",
    "description": "This dwarf titanosaur was probably confined to a small island."
  },
  {
    "name": "Mahakala",
    "description": "This dino-bird was named after a Buddhist deity."
  },
  {
    "name": "Maiasaura",
    "description": "This \"good mother lizard\" kept close tabs on her young."
  },
  {
    "name": "Majungasaurus",
    "description": "Fairly--or unfairly--known as the \"cannibal dinosaur\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Malawisaurus",
    "description": "The first titanosaur to be found with an intact skull."
  },
  {
    "name": "Mamenchisaurus",
    "description": "The longest-necked dinosaur that ever lived."
  },
  {
    "name": "Manidens",
    "description": "A strangely toothed relative of Heterodontosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Mantellisaurus",
    "description": "Named after the famous fossil hunter Gideon Mantell."
  },
  {
    "name": "Mantellodon",
    "description": "This Iguanodon refugee may or may not deserve its own genus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Mapusaurus",
    "description": "This huge carnivore was closely related to Giganotosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Marshosaurus",
    "description": "Named after the famous paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh."
  },
  {
    "name": "Martharaptor",
    "description": "This dinosaur was named after a Utah paleontologist."
  },
  {
    "name": "Masiakasaurus",
    "description": "A bizarre, buck-toothed predator of the late Cretaceous."
  },
  {
    "name": "Massospondylus",
    "description": "This small, lithe, bipedal plant-eater roamed the plains of South Africa."
  },
  {
    "name": "Maxakalisaurus",
    "description": "One of the biggest titanosaurs ever found in Brazil."
  },
  {
    "name": "Medusaceratops",
    "description": "This frilled dinosaur was a close relative of Centrosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Megalosaurus",
    "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered and named."
  },
  {
    "name": "Megapnosaurus",
    "description": "Its name is Greek for \"big dead lizard\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Megaraptor",
    "description": "Despite its name, it wasn't really a raptor."
  },
  {
    "name": "Mei",
    "description": "The current record-holder for \"shortest dinosaur name\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Melanorosaurus",
    "description": "Probably the largest prosauropod that ever lived."
  },
  {
    "name": "Mendozasaurus",
    "description": "This titanosaur was ancestral to Futalognkosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Mercuriceratops",
    "description": "This ceratopsian was discovered on the U.S./Canada border."
  },
  {
    "name": "Metriacanthosaurus",
    "description": "Yet another dinosaur that was once mistaken for Megalosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Microceratops",
    "description": "Probably the smallest ceratopsian that ever lived."
  },
  {
    "name": "Micropachycephalosaurus",
    "description": "The current record-holder for longest dinosaur name."
  },
  {
    "name": "Microraptor",
    "description": "This tiny feathered dinosaur had four wings rather than two."
  },
  {
    "name": "Microvenator",
    "description": "This \"tiny hunter\" actually measured 10 feet from head to tail."
  },
  {
    "name": "Minmi",
    "description": "An early (and very dumb) ankylosaur from Australia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Minotaurasaurus",
    "description": "Named after the half-man, half-bull of Greek myth."
  },
  {
    "name": "Miragaia",
    "description": "This stegosaur had an unusually long neck."
  },
  {
    "name": "Mirischia",
    "description": "Its name means \"wonderful pelvis\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Mochlodon",
    "description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be discovered in Austria."
  },
  {
    "name": "Mojoceratops",
    "description": "This ceratopsian had a heart-shaped frill."
  },
  {
    "name": "Monkonosaurus",
    "description": "The first dinosaur ever to be discovered in modern-day Tibet."
  },
  {
    "name": "Monoclonius",
    "description": "Might this have been a species of Centrosaurus?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Monolophosaurus",
    "description": "This Jurassic predator had a single crest on its skull."
  },
  {
    "name": "Mononykus",
    "description": "This dinosaur may have dug into termite mounds for its lunch."
  },
  {
    "name": "Montanoceratops",
    "description": "A primitive ceratopsian of the late Cretaceous period."
  },
  {
    "name": "Mussaurus",
    "description": "This \"mouse lizard\" lived in Triassic South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Muttaburrasaurus",
    "description": "The most complete dinosaur fossil ever found in Australia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Mymoorapelta",
    "description": "Named after the Mygand-Moore quarry in Colorado."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nankangia",
    "description": "A recently discovered oviraptor from China."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nanosaurus",
    "description": "This \"tiny lizard\" was named by Othniel C. Marsh."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nanotyrannus",
    "description": "Could this have been a juvenile T. Rex?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Nanshiungosaurus",
    "description": "A bizarre therizinosaur from Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nanuqsaurus",
    "description": "This \"polar lizard\" was recently discovered in Alaska."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nanyangosaurus",
    "description": "An iguanodontid ornithopod of middle Cretaceous Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nasutoceratops",
    "description": "This dinosaur had horns like a modern steer."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nebulasaurus",
    "description": "This \"nebula lizard\" was recently discovered in China."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nedcolbertia",
    "description": "Named after the famous paleontologist Edwin Colbert."
  },
  {
    "name": "Neimongosaurus",
    "description": "A rare therizinosaur from inner Mongolia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nemegtomaia",
    "description": "This dinosaur had a bizarrely shaped skull."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nemegtosaurus",
    "description": "This titanosaur has been recreated from a single, incomplete skull."
  },
  {
    "name": "Neovenator",
    "description": "One of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs of western Europe."
  },
  {
    "name": "Neuquenraptor",
    "description": "It may actually be a species (or specimen) of Unenlagia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Neuquensaurus",
    "description": "Was this titanosaur really a species of Saltasaurus?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Nigersaurus",
    "description": "This African sauropod had a huge number of teeth."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nipponosaurus",
    "description": "This hadrosaur was discovered on the island of Sakhalin."
  },
  {
    "name": "Noasaurus",
    "description": "Were this predator's giant claws on its hands, or on its feet?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Nodocephalosaurus",
    "description": "This armored dinosaur has been reconstructed from a single skull."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nodosaurus",
    "description": "One of the first armored dinosaurs ever discovered in North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nomingia",
    "description": "This small dinosaur had a peacock-like tail."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nothronychus",
    "description": "The first therizonosaur to be found outside Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Notohypsilophodon",
    "description": "A rare South American ornithopod."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nqwebasaurus",
    "description": "One of the few theropods to be discovered in sub-Saharan Africa."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nuthetes",
    "description": "This raptor was named after the modern monitor lizard."
  },
  {
    "name": "Nyasasaurus",
    "description": "Could this be the earliest dinosaur in the fossil record?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Ojoceratops",
    "description": "A very close relative of Triceratops."
  },
  {
    "name": "Olorotitan",
    "description": "One of the most complete dinosaur fossils ever found in Russia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Omeisaurus",
    "description": "One of the most common Chinese sauropods."
  },
  {
    "name": "Oohkotokia",
    "description": "Its name is Blackfoot for \"large stone\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Opisthocoelicaudia",
    "description": "A clumsily named titanosaur of the late Cretaceous period."
  },
  {
    "name": "Orkoraptor",
    "description": "The southernmost theropod ever to live in South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ornithodesmus",
    "description": "This mysterious raptor was once thought to be a pterosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ornitholestes",
    "description": "This \"bird robber\" probably preyed on small lizards instead."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ornithomimus",
    "description": "This \"bird mimic\" resembled a modern ostrich."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ornithopsis",
    "description": "This \"bird face\" was actually a genus of titanosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Orodromeus",
    "description": "This tiny herbivore was on Troodon's dinner menu."
  },
  {
    "name": "Orthomerus",
    "description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be discovered in Holland."
  },
  {
    "name": "Oryctodromeus",
    "description": "The only ornithopod known to have lived in burrows."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ostafrikasaurus",
    "description": "Could this have been the earliest known spinosaur?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Othnielia",
    "description": "Named after the famous paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh."
  },
  {
    "name": "Othnielosaurus",
    "description": "Also named after the famous paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ouranosaurus",
    "description": "Scientists can't decide if this herbivore had a sail or a hump."
  },
  {
    "name": "Overosaurus",
    "description": "This dwarf titanosaur was announced to the world in 2013."
  },
  {
    "name": "Oviraptor",
    "description": "Turns out that this \"egg thief\" got a bad rap."
  },
  {
    "name": "Oxalaia",
    "description": "This spinosaur was recently discovered in Brazil."
  },
  {
    "name": "Ozraptor",
    "description": "Not much is known about this Australian theropod."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pachycephalosaurus",
    "description": "This plant-eater gave new meaning to the word \"blockhead\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pachyrhinosaurus",
    "description": "This \"thick-nosed lizard\" roamed the North American forests."
  },
  {
    "name": "Palaeoscincus",
    "description": "This \"ancient skink\" was actually an armored dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Paluxysaurus",
    "description": "The official Texas state dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pampadromaeus",
    "description": "This \"Pampas runner\" was ancestral to sauropods."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pamparaptor",
    "description": "This raptor was discovered in the Argentinian Pampas."
  },
  {
    "name": "Panamericansaurus",
    "description": "This titanosaur was named after an energy company."
  },
  {
    "name": "Panoplosaurus",
    "description": "A squat, stocky nodosaur of the late Cretaceous."
  },
  {
    "name": "Panphagia",
    "description": "Its name is Greek for \"eats everything\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pantydraco",
    "description": "No, this dinosaur didn't wear you-know-what."
  },
  {
    "name": "Paralititan",
    "description": "This huge sauropod was discovered recently in Egypt."
  },
  {
    "name": "Paranthodon",
    "description": "This stegosaur was discovered over 150 years ago."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pararhabdodon",
    "description": "The western European equivalent of Tsintaosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Parasaurolophus",
    "description": "Possibly the loudest dinosaur ever to roam the earth."
  },
  {
    "name": "Parksosaurus",
    "description": "It was once classified as a species of Thescelosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Paronychodon",
    "description": "This \"tooth taxon\" didn't make it out of the 19th century."
  },
  {
    "name": "Parvicursor",
    "description": "One of the smallest dinosaurs yet identified."
  },
  {
    "name": "Patagosaurus",
    "description": "This \"Patagonian lizard\" hailed from South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pawpawsaurus",
    "description": "This ancient nodosaur was discovered in Texas."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pedopenna",
    "description": "One of the earliest known dino-birds."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pegomastax",
    "description": "This dinosaur was covered with porcupine-like bristles."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pelecanimimus",
    "description": "This \"pelican mimic\" sported over 200 teeth."
  },
  {
    "name": "Peloroplites",
    "description": "This \"monstrous Hoplite\" was recently discovered in Utah."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pelorosaurus",
    "description": "The first sauropod ever to be discovered."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pentaceratops",
    "description": "This \"five-horned\" herbivore really had only three."
  },
  {
    "name": "Philovenator",
    "description": "As its name says this dinosaur \"loved to hunt\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Phuwiangosaurus",
    "description": "This titanosaur was discovered in modern-day Thailand."
  },
  {
    "name": "Piatnitzkysaurus",
    "description": "Its teeth were as sharp as its name is funny."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pinacosaurus",
    "description": "Did this ankylosaur roam central Asia in herds?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Pisanosaurus",
    "description": "One of the earliest known ornithischian dinosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Piveteausaurus",
    "description": "No one is quite sure what to make of this theropod dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Planicoxa",
    "description": "A medium-sized iguanodont of early Cretaceous North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Plateosaurus",
    "description": "This herd dinosaur blackened the plains of the late Triassic."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pleurocoelus",
    "description": "It was the official state dinosaur of Texas."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pneumatoraptor",
    "description": "This \"air thief\" was recently discovered in Hungary."
  },
  {
    "name": "Podokesaurus",
    "description": "One of the earliest dinosaurs to live in eastern North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Poekilopleuron",
    "description": "It may (or may not) have been a species of Megalosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Polacanthus",
    "description": "An extremely spiky ankylosaur of the middle Cretaceous."
  },
  {
    "name": "Prenocephale",
    "description": "This \"bonehead\" had a round, thick skull."
  },
  {
    "name": "Prenoceratops",
    "description": "A close relative of Leptoceratops."
  },
  {
    "name": "Proa",
    "description": "This ornithopod was named after its prow-shaped jaw."
  },
  {
    "name": "Probactrosaurus",
    "description": "An early stage in hadrosaur evolution."
  },
  {
    "name": "Proceratosaurus",
    "description": "Despite its name, not a close relative of Ceratosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Procompsognathus",
    "description": "Was it an archosaur or an early dinosaur?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Propanoplosaurus",
    "description": "This baby ankylosaur was recently discovered in Maryland."
  },
  {
    "name": "Prosaurolophus",
    "description": "The likely ancestor of both Saurolophus and Parasaurolophus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Protarchaeopteryx",
    "description": "Before Archaeopteryx? It actually lived millions of years later."
  },
  {
    "name": "Protoceratops",
    "description": "A famous dinosaur with a very funky frill."
  },
  {
    "name": "Protohadros",
    "description": "Despite its name, it wasn't really the \"first\" hadrosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Psittacosaurus",
    "description": "This dinosaur's noggin wouldn't have looked out of place on a parrot."
  },
  {
    "name": "Puertasaurus",
    "description": "This titanosaur rivaled Argentinosaurus in size."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pyroraptor",
    "description": "This \"fire thief\" prowled the plains of prehistoric France."
  },
  {
    "name": "Qantassaurus",
    "description": "Named after the national airline of Australia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Qianzhousaurus",
    "description": "This long-snouted tyrannosaur has been nicknamed Pinocchio Rex."
  },
  {
    "name": "Qiaowanlong",
    "description": "An Asian relative of Brachiosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Qiupalong",
    "description": "This \"bird mimic\" dinosaur was recently discovered in China."
  },
  {
    "name": "Quaesitosaurus",
    "description": "This titanosaur may have had remarkably sharp hearing."
  },
  {
    "name": "Quilmesaurus",
    "description": "This dinosaur was named after an indigenous South American tribe."
  },
  {
    "name": "Rahiolisaurus",
    "description": "This Indian dinosaur is represented by seven tangled individuals."
  },
  {
    "name": "Rahonavis",
    "description": "Was it a raptor-like bird or a bird-like raptor?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Rajasaurus",
    "description": "This \"prince lizard\" lived in what is now modern-day India."
  },
  {
    "name": "Rapator",
    "description": "No, this mysterious Australian theropod wasn't a raptor."
  },
  {
    "name": "Rapetosaurus",
    "description": "The only sauropod ever to be discovered on modern-day Madagascar."
  },
  {
    "name": "Raptorex",
    "description": "A pint-sized precursor of T. Rex."
  },
  {
    "name": "Rebbachisaurus",
    "description": "A poorly understood sauropod from northern Africa."
  },
  {
    "name": "Regaliceratops",
    "description": "This ceratopsian had a huge, crown-shaped frill."
  },
  {
    "name": "Regnosaurus",
    "description": "This stegosaur lived in what is now modern-day England."
  },
  {
    "name": "Rhabdodon",
    "description": "A possible \"missing link\" between Iguanodon and Hypsilophodon."
  },
  {
    "name": "Rhinorex",
    "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur had an unusually large nose."
  },
  {
    "name": "Rhoetosaurus",
    "description": "A medium-sized sauropod from Down Under."
  },
  {
    "name": "Richardoestesia",
    "description": "Named after the paleontologist Richard Estes."
  },
  {
    "name": "Rinchenia",
    "description": "Named after the famous paleontologist Rinchen Barsbold."
  },
  {
    "name": "Rinconsaurus",
    "description": "A modestly sized titanosaur of South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Riojasaurus",
    "description": "One of the few prosauropods known to have lived in South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Rubeosaurus",
    "description": "A ceratopsian dinosaur from the Two Medicine Formation."
  },
  {
    "name": "Rugops",
    "description": "This wrinkly-faced carnivore probably fed on abandoned carcasses."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sahaliyania",
    "description": "This hadrosaur's name is Manchurian for \"black\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Saichania",
    "description": "This ankylosaur's name is Chinese for \"beautiful\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Saltasaurus",
    "description": "The first armored sauropod ever to be discovered."
  },
  {
    "name": "Saltopus",
    "description": "Experts aren't sure if this was a dinosaur or an archosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sanjuansaurus",
    "description": "An early theropod from South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Santanaraptor",
    "description": "Named after Brazil's Santana formation."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sarahsaurus",
    "description": "This prosauropod had unusually strong hands."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sarcolestes",
    "description": "The most likely ancestor of the ankylosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sarcosaurus",
    "description": "This \"flesh lizard\" roamed early Jurassic England."
  },
  {
    "name": "Saturnalia",
    "description": "The earliest dinosaur known to have had a herbivorous diet."
  },
  {
    "name": "Saurolophus",
    "description": "One of the few hadrosaurs known to have lived on two continents."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sauroniops",
    "description": "This dinosaur's name means \"Eye of Sauron\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sauropelta",
    "description": "This ankylosaur's armor helped keep raptors at bay."
  },
  {
    "name": "Saurophaganax",
    "description": "The official state dinosaur of Oklahoma."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sauroposeidon",
    "description": "One of the tallest dinosaurs ever to walk the earth."
  },
  {
    "name": "Saurornithoides",
    "description": "A Troodon-like predator from central Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Saurornitholestes",
    "description": "A close cousin of Velociraptor."
  },
  {
    "name": "Savannasaurus",
    "description": "This titanosaur was recently discovered in Australia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Scansoriopteryx",
    "description": "This early proto-bird probably lived in trees."
  },
  {
    "name": "Scelidosaurus",
    "description": "Among the earliest of all the armored dinosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Scipionyx",
    "description": "One of the most perfectly preserved dinosaur fossils ever found."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sciurumimus",
    "description": "This \"squirrel mimic\" was one of the earliest feathered dinosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Scolosaurus",
    "description": "It was once classified as a species of Euoplocephalus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Scutellosaurus",
    "description": "Probably the smallest of all the armored dinosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Secernosaurus",
    "description": "The first hadrosaur to be discovered in South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Seitaad",
    "description": "This small dinosaur may have been buried in an avalanche."
  },
  {
    "name": "Segisaurus",
    "description": "An early dinosaur closely related to Coelophysis."
  },
  {
    "name": "Segnosaurus",
    "description": "One of the most unusual (and poorly understood) Cretaceous dinosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Seismosaurus",
    "description": "It was huge, to be sure, but might it have been a species of Diplodocus?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Sellosaurus",
    "description": "Another early prosauropod of the Triassic period."
  },
  {
    "name": "Serendipaceratops",
    "description": "Was this really an Australian ceratopsian?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Shamosaurus",
    "description": "This Mongolian ankylosaur was a close relative of Gobisaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Shanag",
    "description": "A basal raptor of early Cretaceous Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Shantungosaurus",
    "description": "The biggest of all the duck-billed dinosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Shaochilong",
    "description": "Its name is Chinese for \"shark-toothed dragon\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Shenzhousaurus",
    "description": "A small, primitive ornithomimid from China."
  },
  {
    "name": "Shunosaurus",
    "description": "Anatomically speaking, probably the best known of all the sauropods."
  },
  {
    "name": "Shuvosaurus",
    "description": "Was this meat eater an early dinosaur or a two-legged crocodile?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Shuvuuia",
    "description": "Scientists can't decide if it was a dinosaur or a bird."
  },
  {
    "name": "Siamodon",
    "description": "This ornithopod was recently discovered in Thailand."
  },
  {
    "name": "Siamosaurus",
    "description": "This may (or may not) have been a spinosaur from Thailand."
  },
  {
    "name": "Siamotyrannus",
    "description": "Despite its name, it wasn't a true tyrannosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Siats",
    "description": "One of the largest theropods ever to live in North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sigilmassasaurus",
    "description": "Was this really a species of Carcharodontosaurus?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Silvisaurus",
    "description": "This primitive nodosaur was discovered in Kansas."
  },
  {
    "name": "Similicaudipteryx",
    "description": "The juveniles may have been differently feathered than the adults."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sinocalliopteryx",
    "description": "The biggest \"dino-bird\" yet discovered."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sinoceratops",
    "description": "A rare ceratopsian from late Cretaceous China."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sinornithoides",
    "description": "A small, feathered dinosaur closely related to Troodon."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sinornithomimus",
    "description": "This ornithomimid is known from over a dozen skeletons."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sinornithosaurus",
    "description": "A typical dino-bird of the early Cretaceous."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sinosauropteryx",
    "description": "The first dinosaur proven to have feathers."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sinosaurus",
    "description": "It was once classified as an Asian species of Dilophosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sinotyrannus",
    "description": "This \"Chinese tyrant\" was an ancient ancestor of tyrannosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sinovenator",
    "description": "This \"Chinese hunter\" preyed on its fellow dino-birds."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sinraptor",
    "description": "Despite its name, this allosaur wasn't any better or worse than other dinosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sinusonasus",
    "description": "It sounds like a disease, but it was actually a feathered dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Skorpiovenator",
    "description": "This \"scorpion hunter\" really ate meat."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sonorasaurus",
    "description": "The remains of this sauropod were discovered in Arizona."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sphaerotholus",
    "description": "Yet another dome-headed dino from North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Spinophorosaurus",
    "description": "This early sauropod had a \"thagomizer\" on its tail."
  },
  {
    "name": "Spinops",
    "description": "This ceratopsian was named 100 years after its bones were found."
  },
  {
    "name": "Spinosaurus",
    "description": "This dinosaur was distinguished by the sail-like structure on its back."
  },
  {
    "name": "Spinostropheus",
    "description": "This theropod was once thought to be a species of Elaphrosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Staurikosaurus",
    "description": "Another primitive theropod of the Triassic period."
  },
  {
    "name": "Stegoceras",
    "description": "This small herbivore was built for high-speed head-butting."
  },
  {
    "name": "Stegosaurus",
    "description": "The small-brained, spike-tailed, plant-eating dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Stenopelix",
    "description": "Experts aren't sure how to classify this dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Stokesosaurus",
    "description": "Some experts think this was the earliest tyrannosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Struthiomimus",
    "description": "This \"ostrich mimic\" roamed the plains of North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Struthiosaurus",
    "description": "The smallest nodosaur yet discovered."
  },
  {
    "name": "Stygimoloch",
    "description": "Its name means \"demon from the river of death.\" Got your attention yet?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Styracosaurus",
    "description": "Winner of the \"most elaborate head display\" competition."
  },
  {
    "name": "Suchomimus",
    "description": "A fish-eating dinosaur with a distinct crocodilian profile."
  },
  {
    "name": "Sulaimanisaurus",
    "description": "One of the few dinosaurs ever to be discovered in Pakistan."
  },
  {
    "name": "Supersaurus",
    "description": "No, it didn't wear a cape, but this giant dino was still impressive."
  },
  {
    "name": "Suuwassea",
    "description": "Its name is Native American for \"ancient thunder\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Suzhousaurus",
    "description": "A large, early Cretaceous therizinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Szechuanosaurus",
    "description": "This theropod was a close relative of Sinraptor."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tachiraptor",
    "description": "The first meat-eating dinosaur ever to be discovered in Venezuela."
  },
  {
    "name": "Talarurus",
    "description": "This ankylosaur was discovered in the Gobi Desert."
  },
  {
    "name": "Talos",
    "description": "This dinosaur was found with an injured big toe."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tangvayosaurus",
    "description": "This Laotian titanosaur was closely related to Phuwiangosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tanius",
    "description": "Not much is known about this Chinese hadrosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tanycolagreus",
    "description": "This mysterious theropod was once thought to be a species of Coelurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Taohelong",
    "description": "The first \"polacanthine\" ankylosaur ever to be discovered in Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tapuiasaurus",
    "description": "A recently discovered titanosaur from South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tarascosaurus",
    "description": "The only known abelisaur of the northern hemisphere."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tarbosaurus",
    "description": "The second-biggest tyrannosaur after T. Rex."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tarchia",
    "description": "Its name means \"brainy,\" but that may be an exaggeration."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tastavinsaurus",
    "description": "This titanosaur was discovered in Spain."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tatankacephalus",
    "description": "A brand-new ankylosaur from North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tatankaceratops",
    "description": "Was this really a juvenile specimen of Triceratops?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Tataouinea",
    "description": "No, this dinosaur wasn't named after Tatooine in Star Wars."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tawa",
    "description": "This ancient theropod points to a South American origin for dinosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tazoudasaurus",
    "description": "This Vulcanodon relative was one of the earliest sauropods."
  },
  {
    "name": "Technosaurus",
    "description": "This early herbivore was named after Texas Tech university."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tehuelchesaurus",
    "description": "This sauropod was named after an indigenous South American people."
  },
  {
    "name": "Telmatosaurus",
    "description": "This duck-billed dinosaur was discovered in Transylvania."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tendaguria",
    "description": "This Tanzanian sauropod has proven difficult to classify."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tenontosaurus",
    "description": "This long-tailed herbivore was hunted by Deinonychus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Teratophoneus",
    "description": "This \"monstrous murderer\" wasn't all that big."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tethyshadros",
    "description": "One of the few dinosaurs to be found in modern-day Italy."
  },
  {
    "name": "Texacephale",
    "description": "This Texan pachycephalosaur was named in 2010."
  },
  {
    "name": "Thecocoelurus",
    "description": "Is this the earliest ornithomimid in the fossil record?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Thecodontosaurus",
    "description": "The first prosauropod ever to be discovered."
  },
  {
    "name": "Theiophytalia",
    "description": "Its name means \"garden of the gods\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Therizinosaurus",
    "description": "What did Little Orphan Annie say to this dinosaur? \"Reaping lizards!\""
  },
  {
    "name": "Thescelosaurus",
    "description": "Did paleontologists find this dinosaur's mummified heart?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Tianchisaurus",
    "description": "This dinosaur's species name honors \"Jurassic Park\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tianyulong",
    "description": "Why did this ornithopod have feathers?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Tianyuraptor",
    "description": "A small, long-legged raptor from eastern Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tianzhenosaurus",
    "description": "This ankylosaur's skull has been spectacularly preserved."
  },
  {
    "name": "Timimus",
    "description": "The only ornithomimid ever discovered in Australia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Titanoceratops",
    "description": "The biggest of all the horned, frilled dinosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Titanosaurus",
    "description": "This sauropod may&mdash;or may not&mdash;have been a unique member of its genus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tochisaurus",
    "description": "A large troodont of late Cretaceous Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tornieria",
    "description": "This sauropod has a complicated taxonomic history."
  },
  {
    "name": "Torosaurus",
    "description": "Was it really an elderly specimen of Triceratops?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Torvosaurus",
    "description": "One of the largest predators of Jurassic North America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Triceratops",
    "description": "The famous, three-horned, plant-eating dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Trinisaura",
    "description": "The first ornithopod ever to be discovered in Antarctica."
  },
  {
    "name": "Troodon",
    "description": "Possibly the smartest dinosaur that ever lived."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tsaagan",
    "description": "One of the earliest raptors yet discovered."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tsintaosaurus",
    "description": "Also known as the \"Unicorn Dinosaur\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tuojiangosaurus",
    "description": "One of the most well-known Chinese stegosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Turanoceratops",
    "description": "What was this ceratopsian doing in late Cretaceous Asia?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Turiasaurus",
    "description": "The largest dinosaur ever to be discovered in Europe."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tylocephale",
    "description": "The tallest-domed of all the pachycephalosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tyrannosaurus Rex",
    "description": "The once&mdash;and always&mdash;king of the dinosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Tyrannotitan",
    "description": "We know very little about this fearsomely named dinosaur."
  },
  {
    "name": "Uberabatitan",
    "description": "Discovered in the Uberaba region of Brazil."
  },
  {
    "name": "Udanoceratops",
    "description": "The largest ceratopsian to run on two legs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Unaysaurus",
    "description": "One of the oldest prosauropods yet discovered."
  },
  {
    "name": "Unenlagia",
    "description": "This bird-like raptor was native to South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Unescoceratops",
    "description": "Named after the United Nation's UNESCO."
  },
  {
    "name": "Urbacodon",
    "description": "This Troodon-like predator was discovered in Uzbekistan."
  },
  {
    "name": "Utahceratops",
    "description": "Guess what state this dinosaur was discovered in."
  },
  {
    "name": "Utahraptor",
    "description": "Probably the biggest raptor that ever lived."
  },
  {
    "name": "Uteodon",
    "description": "It was once classified as a species of Camptosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Vagaceratops",
    "description": "This big-frilled dinosaur was closely related to Kosmoceratops."
  },
  {
    "name": "Vahiny",
    "description": "Its name is Malagasy for \"traveler\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Valdoraptor",
    "description": "This early \"bird mimic\" dinosaur lived in England."
  },
  {
    "name": "Valdosaurus",
    "description": "This ornithopod was discovered on the Isle of Wight."
  },
  {
    "name": "Variraptor",
    "description": "The first raptor ever to be discovered in France."
  },
  {
    "name": "Velafrons",
    "description": "A new addition to the duck-billed dinosaur family."
  },
  {
    "name": "Velociraptor",
    "description": "This dinosaur was vicious but a lot smaller than you thought."
  },
  {
    "name": "Velocisaurus",
    "description": "A small, speedy theropod of late Cretaceous South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Venenosaurus",
    "description": "This \"poison lizard\" was really a gentle plant-eater."
  },
  {
    "name": "Veterupristisaurus",
    "description": "One of the earliest carcharodontosaurs yet identified."
  },
  {
    "name": "Vulcanodon",
    "description": "An early sauropod of the Jurassic period."
  },
  {
    "name": "Wannanosaurus",
    "description": "Probably the smallest of all the bone-headed dinosaurs."
  },
  {
    "name": "Wellnhoferia",
    "description": "Was it really a species of Archaeopteryx?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Wendiceratops",
    "description": "This dinosaur honors Canadian fossil hunter Wendy Sloboda."
  },
  {
    "name": "Willinakaqe",
    "description": "A rare duck-billed dinosaur from South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Wintonotitan",
    "description": "Another new titanosaur from Australia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Wuerhosaurus",
    "description": "Could this have been the last of the stegosaurs?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Wulagasaurus",
    "description": "The earliest saurolophine hadrosaur in the fossil record."
  },
  {
    "name": "Xenoceratops",
    "description": "This \"alien horned face\" was announced in 2012."
  },
  {
    "name": "Xenoposeidon",
    "description": "Experts aren't sure how to classify this sauropod."
  },
  {
    "name": "Xenotarsosaurus",
    "description": "A poorly understood abelisaur from South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Xiaosaurus",
    "description": "A small ornithopod from late Jurassic Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Xiaotingia",
    "description": "This feathered dinosaur predated Archaeopteryx."
  },
  {
    "name": "Xinjiangtitan",
    "description": "This huge sauropod was a close relative of Mamenchisaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Xiongguanlong",
    "description": "A small, primitive tyrannosaur from Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Xixianykus",
    "description": "A long-legged dino-bird from eastern Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Xuanhanosaurus",
    "description": "You didn't think there'd be so many \"X\"'s on this list, did you?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Xuanhuaceratops",
    "description": "An early ceratopsian of the late Jurassic."
  },
  {
    "name": "Xuwulong",
    "description": "This iguanodontid ornithopod was recently discovered in China."
  },
  {
    "name": "Yamaceratops",
    "description": "No, it didn't have a sweet potato for a head."
  },
  {
    "name": "Yandusaurus",
    "description": "A small ornithopod of middle Jurassic China."
  },
  {
    "name": "Yangchuanosaurus",
    "description": "A large theropod of late Jurassic Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Yaverlandia",
    "description": "A classic case of mistaken dinosaur identity."
  },
  {
    "name": "Yi Qi",
    "description": "This strange Jurassic dinosaur had bat-like wings."
  },
  {
    "name": "Yimenosaurus",
    "description": "One of the better-known Chinese prosauropods."
  },
  {
    "name": "Yinlong",
    "description": "This \"hidden dragon\" was an early ceratopsian."
  },
  {
    "name": "Yixianosaurus",
    "description": "How did this dino-bird use its long fingers?"
  },
  {
    "name": "Yizhousaurus",
    "description": "The earliest intact sauropod yet discovered."
  },
  {
    "name": "Yongjinglong",
    "description": "This titanosaur was recently discovered in China."
  },
  {
    "name": "Yueosaurus",
    "description": "This basal ornithopod was discovered by construction workers."
  },
  {
    "name": "Yulong",
    "description": "The smallest oviraptor yet identified."
  },
  {
    "name": "Yunnanosaurus",
    "description": "One of the last prosauropods to walk the earth."
  },
  {
    "name": "Yutyrannus",
    "description": "The largest feathered tyrannosaur yet identified."
  },
  {
    "name": "Zalmoxes",
    "description": "A strange-looking ornithopod from Romania."
  },
  {
    "name": "Zanabazar",
    "description": "Named after a Buddhist spiritual leader."
  },
  {
    "name": "Zapalasaurus",
    "description": "This \"diplodocoid\" sauropod lived in early Cretaceous South America."
  },
  {
    "name": "Zby",
    "description": "This dinosaur's name was inversely proportional to its size."
  },
  {
    "name": "Zephyrosaurus",
    "description": "Otherwise known as the Western Wind Lizard."
  },
  {
    "name": "Zhanghenglong",
    "description": "A transitional hadrosaur of late Cretaceous Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Zhejiangosaurus",
    "description": "The first identified nodosaur from Asia."
  },
  {
    "name": "Zhenyuanlong",
    "description": "Also known as the \"fluffy feathered poodle from hell\"."
  },
  {
    "name": "Zhongyuansaurus",
    "description": "The only known ankylosaur to lack a tail club."
  },
  {
    "name": "Zhuchengceratops",
    "description": "It probably figured on the lunch menu of Zhuchengtyrannus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Zhuchengosaurus",
    "description": "This hadrosaur was even bigger than Shantungosaurus."
  },
  {
    "name": "Zhuchengtyrannus",
    "description": "This Asian tyrannosaur was the size of T. Rex."
  },
  {
    "name": "Zuniceratops",
    "description": "This horned dinosaur was discovered by an eight-year-old boy."
  },
  {
    "name": "Zuolong",
    "description": "It was named after General Tso, of Chinese restaurant fame."
  },
  {
    "name": "Zupaysaurus",
    "description": "This \"devil lizard\" was one of the earliest theropods."
  }
]