DinoFact
When and Where Dinosaurs Lived
Facts about the age of dinosaurs — the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous — and where dinosaurs lived around the world.
- That supercontinent is called Pangaea.
- Dinosaurs lived on every continent on Earth.
- Allosaurus was a top hunter of the Jurassic.
- T. rex and Triceratops lived in the Cretaceous.
- Yi was a carnivore theropod from the Late Jurassic.
- The age of dinosaurs is also called the Mesozoic Era.
- Tawa was a carnivore theropod from the Late Triassic.
- The Jurassic period is named after the Jura Mountains.
- Stegosaurus lived in the Jurassic, not the Cretaceous.
- Yi lived during the Late Jurassic in what is now China.
- Anzu was an omnivore theropod from the Late Cretaceous.
- Mei was a carnivore theropod from the Early Cretaceous.
- The Triassic was the first part of the age of dinosaurs.
- Khaan was an omnivore theropod from the Late Cretaceous.
- Almas was a carnivore theropod from the Late Cretaceous.
- Dinosaurs lived on every continent, including Antarctica.
- Dinosaur fossils have been found on all seven continents.
- Those periods are the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous.
- There are dinosaur fossils on display on every continent.
- The Jurassic was when giant long-necked dinosaurs roamed.
- The Cretaceous was the last part of the age of dinosaurs.
- Eoraptor was an omnivore theropod from the Late Triassic.
- Guanlong was a carnivore theropod from the Late Jurassic.
- Balaur was a carnivore theropod from the Late Cretaceous.
- Zuul was a herbivore ankylosaur from the Late Cretaceous.
- Over time, the continents drifted to where they are today.
- Sinraptor was a carnivore theropod from the Late Jurassic.
- Troodon was a carnivore theropod from the Late Cretaceous.
- Jobaria was a herbivore sauropod from the Middle Jurassic.
- Tornieria was a herbivore sauropod from the Late Jurassic.
- Miragaia was a herbivore stegosaur from the Late Jurassic.
- Dilong was a carnivore theropod from the Early Cretaceous.
- Suuwassea was a herbivore sauropod from the Late Jurassic.
- Allosaurus was a carnivore theropod from the Late Jurassic.
- Citipati was an omnivore theropod from the Late Cretaceous.
- Anchiornis was a carnivore theropod from the Late Jurassic.
- Diplodocus was a herbivore sauropod from the Late Jurassic.
- Barosaurus was a herbivore sauropod from the Late Jurassic.
- Yinlong was a herbivore ceratopsian from the Late Jurassic.
- Minmi was a herbivore ankylosaur from the Early Cretaceous.
- Shuvuuia was a carnivore theropod from the Late Cretaceous.
- Nomingia was an omnivore theropod from the Late Cretaceous.
- Limusaurus was a herbivore theropod from the Late Jurassic.
- Mei lived during the Early Cretaceous in what is now China.
- Yangchuanosaurus was a large Jurassic meat-eater from China.
- The earliest dinosaurs were small and lived in the Triassic.
- Baryonyx was a carnivore theropod from the Early Cretaceous.
- Coelophysis was a carnivore theropod from the Late Triassic.
- Torvosaurus was a carnivore theropod from the Late Jurassic.
- Oviraptor was an omnivore theropod from the Late Cretaceous.
- Mononykus was a carnivore theropod from the Late Cretaceous.
- Apatosaurus was a herbivore sauropod from the Late Jurassic.
- Supersaurus was a herbivore sauropod from the Late Jurassic.
- Yinlong lived during the Late Jurassic in what is now China.
- Unenlagia was a carnivore theropod from the Late Cretaceous.
- Isisaurus was a herbivore sauropod from the Late Cretaceous.
- Turiasaurus was a herbivore sauropod from the Late Jurassic.
- Vulcanodon was a herbivore sauropod from the Early Jurassic.
- Tarchia was a herbivore ankylosaur from the Late Cretaceous.
- Lythronax was a carnivore theropod from the Late Cretaceous.