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.
Demandasaurus darwini
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HerbivoreDicraeosaurinae
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HerbivoreDictyoolithus
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Dilong
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CarnivoreDilong paradoxus
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CarnivoreDiluvicursor pickeringi
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HerbivoreDingavis longimaxilla
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CarnivoreDinosauria
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Diplodocoidea
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HerbivoreDongbeititan dongi
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HerbivoreDongyangopelta yangyanensis
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HerbivoreDromaeopodus
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CarnivoreDromaeopodus shandongensis
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CarnivoreDromaeosauriformipes rarus
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CarnivoreDromaeosauripus
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CarnivoreDromaeosauripus hamanensis
None
CarnivoreDromaeosauripus jinjuensis
None
CarnivoreDromaeosauripus yongjingensis
None
CarnivoreDromaeosauroides bornholmensis
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CarnivoreDunhuangia cuii
None
CarnivoreEchinodon becklesii
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HerbivoreElaphrosaurinae
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CarnivoreElongatoolithus yangjiagouensis
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CarnivoreElrhazosaurus nigeriensis
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HerbivoreEmiliasaura alessandrii
None
HerbivoreEnaliornis barretti
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CarnivoreEnaliornis sedgwicki
None
CarnivoreEoalulavis hoyasi
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CarnivoreEocarcharia dinops
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CarnivoreEocathayornis walkeri
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CarnivoreEoconfuciusornis zhengi
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CarnivoreEoenantiornis buhleri
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CarnivoreEogranivora edentulata
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CarnivoreEolambia caroljonesa
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HerbivoreEopengornis martini
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CarnivoreEotyrannus lengi
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CarnivoreEquijubus normani
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HerbivoreErectopus superbus
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CarnivoreEubrontes glenrosensis
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CarnivoreEubrontes nobitai
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CarnivoreEubrontes platypus
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CarnivoreEubrontidae
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CarnivoreEuenantiornithes
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CarnivoreEuhelopus
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HerbivoreEuhelopus zdanskyi
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HerbivoreEuornithopoda
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HerbivoreEuropatitan eastwoodi
None
HerbivoreEuropelta carbonensis
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