Cretaceous Early
Mesozoic
145.0–100.5 Mya
703 dinosaurs
The Cretaceous saw continued dinosaur evolution with the rise of ornithopods and early ceratopsians. Flowering plants first appeared and began to transform terrestrial ecosystems. Spinosaurus and other large theropods lived during this time.
Ceratopsia
None
HerbivoreCeratosuchops inferodios
None
CarnivoreChangchengornis hengdaoziensis
None
CarnivoreChangchunsaurus parvus
None
HerbivoreChangmaornis houi
None
CarnivoreChangmiania liaoningensis
None
HerbivoreChangpeipus carbonicus
None
CarnivoreChangyuraptor yangi
None
CarnivoreChangzuiornis ahgmi
None
CarnivoreChaoyangia beishanensis
None
CarnivoreChapus lockleyi
None
CarnivoreChiappeavis magnapremaxillo
None
CarnivoreChongmingia zhengi
None
CarnivoreChoyrodon barsboldi
None
HerbivoreChuanqilong chaoyangensis
None
HerbivoreChubutisaurus insignis
None
HerbivoreClypeodonta
None
HerbivoreCoelurosauria
None
CarnivoreColumbosauripus amouraensis
None
CarnivoreComahuesaurus windhauseni
None
HerbivoreCompsognathidae
None
CarnivoreComptonatus chasei
None
HerbivoreConcavenator corcovatus
None
CarnivoreConcornis lacustris
None
CarnivoreConfuciusornis
None
CarnivoreConfuciusornis dui
None
CarnivoreConfuciusornis sanctus
None
CarnivoreConfuciusornithidae
None
CarnivoreConvolosaurus marri
None
HerbivoreCorpulentapus
None
CarnivoreCorpulentapus lilasia
None
CarnivoreCratoavis cearensis
None
CarnivoreCratonavis zhui
None
CarnivoreCruralispennia multidonta
None
CarnivoreDakotadon lakotaensis
None
HerbivoreDalianraptor cuhe
None
CarnivoreDaliansaurus liaoningensis
None
CarnivoreDalingheornis liweii
None
CarnivoreDapingfangornis
None
CarnivoreDapingfangornis sentisorhinus
None
CarnivoreDatanglong guangxiensis
None
CarnivoreDaurlong wangi
None
CarnivoreDaxiatitan binglingi
None
HerbivoreDeinonychus
Dromaeosauridae
CarnivoreDeinonychus antirrhopus
None
CarnivoreDelapparentia
None
HerbivoreDelapparentia turolensis
None
HerbivoreDeltapodus curriei
None
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