Deinonychus vs Kentrosaurus

A detailed side-by-side comparison of Deinonychus and Kentrosaurus, covering size, diet, classification, geologic period, and discovery history.

Side-by-Side Comparison

गुण Deinonychus Kentrosaurus
वैज्ञानिक नाम Deinonychus antirrhopus Kentrosaurus aethiopicus
वर्गीकरण Dromaeosauridae Stegosauria
युग Cretaceous Early Jurassic Late
आहार Carnivore Herbivore
लंबाई 3.4 m 4.5 m
Height 0.9 m 1.5 m
वजन 73 kg 700 kg
खोज वर्ष 1969 1915
खोज स्थान Montana, USA Tendaguru Formation, Tanzania
नामकर्ता John Ostrom Edwin Hennig

Size Comparison

Deinonychus 3.4 m

about the size of a human adult

Kentrosaurus 4.5 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Weight Comparison

Deinonychus 73 kg

about 1 adult humans

Kentrosaurus 700 kg

about 10 adult humans

Timeline Comparison

Deinonychus
145.0 Mya Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100.5 Mya
Kentrosaurus
161.5 Mya Jurassic Late (Mesozoic) 145.0 Mya

Diet Comparison

Deinonychus

Carnivore

Deinonychus was a meat-eating predator, hunting other animals for food.

Kentrosaurus

Herbivore

Kentrosaurus was a plant-eater, feeding on vegetation like ferns, conifers, and cycads.

Classification Comparison

Deinonychus

Clade: Theropoda

Group: Dromaeosauridae

(Raptors)

Kentrosaurus

Clade: Thyreophora

Group: Stegosauria

(Plated dinosaurs)

Did You Know?

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Kentrosaurus weighed roughly 10x more than Deinonychus.

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Deinonychus was a carnivore while Kentrosaurus was a herbivore.

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Deinonychus lived during the Cretaceous Early while Kentrosaurus lived during the Jurassic Late, separated by roughly 61 million years.

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Kentrosaurus was discovered 54 years earlier, in 1915.

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Deinonychus belonged to Dromaeosauridae while Kentrosaurus belonged to Stegosauria.

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