List of Asian dinosaurs

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This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been found in Asia, other than India. During the Mesozoic, India was not part of Asia. It was part of the supercontinent Gondwana, and then a separate island. More dinosaurs have been found in Asia than any other continent so far.

Alioramus
Caudipteryx
Deinocheirus
Gallimimus
Gigantoraptor
Huayangosaurus
Jinfengopteryx
Khaan
Nanshiungosaurus
Nanyangosaurus
Nipponosaurus
Olorotitan
Prenocephale
Protoceratops
Psittacosaurus
Saurolophus
Tsaagan
Tuojiangosaurus
Udanoceratops
Velociraptor
Wuerhosaurus
Yamaceratops
Yunnanosaurus
NamePeriodDiet[1]Notes
AbrosaurusJurassicherbivoreA Small sauropod that looked a lot like Camarasaurus.
AchillobatorCretaceouscarnivore
AdasaurusCretaceouscarnivore
AgilisaurusJurassicherbivore
AirakoraptorCretaceouscarnivore
AlbalophosaurusCretaceousherbivore
AlectrosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
AlioramusCretaceouscarnivore
AltirhinusCretaceousherbivore
AlxasaurusCretaceouscarnivore
AmtosaurusCretaceousherbivoreBased only on fragments of its skull.
AmurosaurusCretaceousherbivore
AnchiornisJurassiccarnivoreSmallest known dinosaur that is not a bird.
AnserimimusCretaceousomnivore
AralosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ArchaeoceratopsCretaceousherbivore
ArchaeornithoidesCretaceouscarnivore
ArchaeornithomimusCretaceousomnivore
ArkharaviaCretaceousomnivore
ArstanosaurusCretaceousherbivore
AsiaceratopsCretaceousherbivore
AsiatosaurusCretaceousherbivore
AuroraceratopsCretaceousherbivore
AvimimusCretaceousomnivore
BactrosaurusCretaceousherbivore
BagaceratopsCretaceousherbivore
BagaraatanCretaceouscarnivore
BainoceratopsCretaceousherbivore
BakesaurusCretaceous(unknown)Uncertain, see article
BalochisaurusCretaceousherbivore
BanjiCretaceous(unknown)
BaotianmansaurusCretaceousherbivore
BarsboldiaCretaceousherbivore
BeipiaosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
BeishanlongCretaceousomnivore
BellusaurusJurassicherbivore
BienosaurusJurassicherbivore
BissektipeltaCretaceousherbivore
BolongCretaceousherbivore
BorealosaurusCretaceousherbivore
BorogoviaCretaceouscarnivore
BreviceratopsCretaceousherbivore
BrohisaurusJurassicherbivore
ByronosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
CaenagnathasiaCretaceousomnivore
CaudipteryxCretaceousomnivore
CeratonykusCretaceousomnivore
ChangchunsaurusCretaceousherbivore
ChangdusaurusJurassicherbivore
ChaoyangsaurusJurassicherbivore
CharonosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ChialingosaurusJurassicherbivore
ChiayusaurusJurassicherbivore
ChilantaisaurusCretaceouscarnivore
ChingkankousaurusCretaceouscarnivore
ChinshakiangosaurusJurassicherbivore
ChuandongocoelurusJurassiccarnivore
ChuanjiesaurusJurassicherbivore
ChungkingosaurusJurassicherbivore
CitipatiCretaceousomnivore
ConchoraptorCretaceouscarnivore
CrichtonsaurusCretaceousherbivore
CryptovolansCretaceouscarnivore
DaanosaurusJurassicherbivore
DachongosaurusJurassicherbivore
DamalasaurusJurassicherbivore
DashanpusaurusJurassicherbivore
DatousaurusJurassicherbivore
DaxiatitanCretaceousherbivore
DeinocheirusCretaceousherbivoreLargest known ornithomimisaur.
DilongCretaceouscarnivore
DilophosaurusJurassiccarnivore
DongbeititanCretaceousherbivore
DongyangosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ElmisaurusCretaceouscarnivore
EnigmosaurusCretaceousherbivore
EomamenchisaurusJurassicherbivore
EpidendrosaurusJurassiccarnivoreSee article
EpidexipteryxJurassiccarnivore
EquijubusCretaceousherbivore
ErketuCretaceousherbivore
ErliansaurusCretaceousherbivore
ErlikosaurusCretaceousherbivore
EshanosaurusJurassicherbivore
EugongbusaurusJurassicherbivore
EuhelopusCretaceousherbivore
FerganasaurusJurassicherbivore
FerganocephaleJurassicherbivore
FukuiraptorCretaceouscarnivore
FukuisaurusCretaceousherbivore
FukuititanCretaceousherbivore
FulengiaJurassicherbivore
FusuisaurusCretaceousherbivore
FutabasaurusCretaceouscarnivoreName not published officially and later used for a plesiosaur
GadolosaurusCretaceousherbivore
GallimimusCretaceousomnivore
GarudimimusCretaceousomnivore
GasosaurusJurassiccarnivore
GigantoraptorCretaceousomnivore
GigantspinosaurusJurassicherbivore
GilmoreosaurusCretaceousherbivore
GobiceratopsCretaceousherbivore
GobisaurusCretaceousherbivore
GobititanCretaceousherbivore
GongbusaurusJurassicherbivore
GongxianosaurusJurassicherbivore
GoyocephaleCretaceousherbivore/omnivore
GraciliceratopsCretaceousherbivore
GraciliraptorCretaceouscarnivore
GuanlongJurassiccarnivore
GyposaurusJurassicherbivore
HanwulosaurusCretaceousherbivore
HaplocheirusJurassiccarnivore
HarpymimusCretaceousherbivore
HeilongjiangosaurusCretaceousherbivore
HeishansaurusCretaceousherbivore
HelioceratopsCretaceousherbivore
HexinlusaurusJurassicherbivore
HeyuanniaCretaceouscarnivore
HironosaurusCretaceousherbivore
HisanohamasaurusCretaceousherbivore
HomalocephaleCretaceousherbivore/omnivore
HongshanosaurusCretaceousherbivore
HuabeisaurusCretaceousherbivore
HuanghetitanCretaceousherbivore
HuaxiagnathusCretaceouscarnivore
HuayangosaurusJurassicherbivore
HudiesaurusJurassicherbivore
HulsanpesCretaceouscarnivore
IncisivosaurusCretaceousherbivore/omnivore
IngeniaCretaceous(unknown)
IsanosaurusTriassicherbivoreA very early dinosaur
ItemirusCretaceouscarnivore
JaxartosaurusCretaceousherbivore
JeholosaurusCretaceousherbivore
JiangjunosaurusJurassicherbivore
JiangshanosaurusCretaceousherbivore
JinfengopteryxJurassic/Cretaceousomnivore
JingshanosaurusJurassicherbivore
JintasaurusCretaceousherbivore
JinzhousaurusCretaceousherbivore
JiutaisaurusCretaceousherbivore
KagasaurusCretaceous(unknown)
KaijiangosaurusJurassiccarnivore
KatsuyamasaurusCretaceouscarnivore
KelmayisaurusCretaceouscarnivore
KerberosaurusCretaceousherbivore
KhaanCretaceouscarnivore/omnivore
KhetranisaurusCretaceousherbivore
KileskusJurassiccarnivore
KinnareemimusCretaceousomnivore
KlamelisaurusJurassicherbivore
KolCretaceouscarnivore
KoreanosaurusCretaceousherbivore
KulceratopsCretaceousherbivore
KunmingosaurusJurassicherbivore
KuszholiaCretaceous(unknown)
LamaceratopsCretaceousherbivore
LancanjiangosaurusJurassicherbivore
LanzhousaurusCretaceousherbivore
LeshansaurusJurassiccarnivore
LevnesoviaCretaceousherbivore
LiaoceratopsCretaceousherbivore
LiaoningosaurusCretaceousherbivoreSmallest known ankylosaur
LimusaurusJurassicherbivore
LinheraptorCretaceouscarnivore
LuanchuanraptorCretaceouscarnivore
LufengosaurusJurassicherbivore
LukousaurusJurassiccarnivorePossibly a crocodilian rather than a dinosaur
LuoyanggiaCretaceous(unknown)
MachairasaurusCretaceousomnivore
MagnirostrisCretaceousherbivore
MahakalaCretaceouscarnivore
MaleevusCretaceousherbivore
MamenchisaurusJurassicherbivore
MandschurosaurusCretaceousherbivore
MarisaurusCretaceousherbivore
MegacervixosaurusCretaceousherbivore
MeiCretaceouscarnivore
MicroceratusCretaceousherbivore
Microdontosaurus(unknown)herbivoreDating dubious
MicrohadrosaurusCretaceousherbivore
MicropachycephalosaurusCretaceousherbivore
MicroraptorCretaceouscarnivore
MifunesaurusCretaceouscarnivore
MinotaurasaurusCretaceousherbivore
MongolosaurusCretaceousherbivore
MonkonosaurusJurassicherbivore
MonolophosaurusJurassiccarnivore
MononykusCretaceouscarnivore
NanningosaurusCretaceousherbivore
NanshiungosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
NanyangosaurusCretaceousherbivore
NeimongosaurusCretaceousherbivore
NemegtomaiaCretaceouscarnivore/omnivore
NemegtosaurusCretaceousherbivore
NgexisaurusJurassiccarnivore
NipponosaurusCretaceousherbivore
NomingiaCretaceouscarnivore/omnivore
NurosaurusCretaceousherbivore
OlorotitanCretaceousherbivore
OmeisaurusJurassicherbivore
OpisthocoelicaudiaCretaceousherbivore
OshanosaurusJurassicherbivore
OtogosaurusCretaceousherbivore
OviraptorCretaceousomnivore
PakisaurusCretaceousherbivore
ParvicursorCretaceous(unknown)
PedopennaJurassic(unknown)
PeishansaurusCretaceousherbivore
PenelopognathusCretaceousherbivore
PhaedrolosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
PhuwiangosaurusCretaceousherbivore
PinacosaurusCretaceousherbivore
PlatyceratopsCretaceousherbivore
PrenocephaleCretaceousherbivore/omnivore
ProbactrosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ProdeinodonCretaceouscarnivoreDubious, see article
ProtarchaeopteryxCretaceousherbivore/omnivore
ProtoceratopsCretaceousherbivore
ProtognathosaurusJurassicherbivore
PsittacosaurusCretaceousherbivore
PukyongosaurusCretaceousherbivore
QiaowanlongCretaceousherbivore
QingxiusaurusCretaceousherbivore
QinlingosaurusCretaceousherbivore
QuaesitosaurusCretaceousherbivore
RaptorexCretaceouscarnivore
RincheniaCretaceousomnivore
RuyangosaurusCretaceousherbivore
SahaliyaniaCretaceousherbivore
SaichaniaCretaceousherbivore
SanchusaurusCretaceousherbivoreMay be synonymous with Gallimimus.
SangonghesaurusJurassic/Cretaceousherbivore
SanpasaurusJurassicherbivoreDubious, see article
SaurolophusCretaceousherbivore
SauroplitesCretaceousherbivore
SaurornithoidesCretaceouscarnivore
ScansoriopteryxJurassic/Cretaceous(unknown)
SegnosaurusCretaceousherbivore/omnivore
ShamosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ShanagCretaceouscarnivore
ShantungosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ShanweiniaoCretaceous(unknown)
ShanxiaCretaceousherbivore
ShanyangosaurusCretaceous(unknown)
ShaochilongCretaceouscarnivore
ShenzhousaurusCretaceousherbivore
ShidaisaurusJurassic(unknown)
ShixinggiaCretaceouscarnivore/omnivore
ShuangmiaosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ShunosaurusJurassicherbivore
ShuvuuiaCretaceous(unknown)
SiamosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
SiamotyrannusCretaceouscarnivore
SiluosaurusCretaceousherbivore
SimilicaudipteryxCretaceousomnivore
SinocalliopteryxCretaceouscarnivore
SinoceratopsCretaceousherbivore
SinocoelurusJurassiccarnivore
SinopliosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
SinornithoidesCretaceouscarnivore
SinornithomimusCretaceousherbivore
SinornithosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
SinosauropteryxCretaceouscarnivore
SinosaurusTriassic/Jurassiccarnivore
SinovenatorCretaceouscarnivore
SinraptorJurassiccarnivore
SinusonasusCretaceouscarnivore
SinotyrannusCretaceouscarnivore
SonidosaurusCretaceousherbivore
SPS 100/44Cretaceouscarnivore/omnivore
StegosauridesCretaceousherbivore
SugiyamasaurusCretaceousherbivore
SulaimanisaurusCretaceousherbivore
SuzhousaurusCretaceousherbivore
SzechuanoraptorJurassicherbivore
SzechuanosaurusJurassiccarnivore
TalarurusCretaceousherbivore
TangvayosaurusCretaceousherbivore
TaniusCretaceousherbivore
TarbosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
TarchiaCretaceousherbivore
TatisaurusJurassicherbivore
TherizinosaurusCretaceousherbivoreHad huge claws
TianchisaurusJurassicherbivore
TianyulongCretaceousherbivore
TianyuraptorCretaceouscarnivore
TianzhenosaurusCretaceousherbivore
TienshanosaurusJurassicherbivore
TitanosaurusCretaceousherbivore
TochisaurusCretaceousomnivore
TonganosaurusJurassicherbivore
TonouchisaurusCretaceous(unknown)
TroodonCretaceouscarnivoreKnown from teeth discovered in Siberia. Also lived in North America
TsaaganCretaceouscarnivore
TsagantegiaCretaceousherbivore
TsintaosaurusCretaceousherbivore
TsuchikurasaurusCretaceouscarnivore
TugulusaurusCretaceous(unknown)
TuojiangosaurusJurassicherbivore
TuranoceratopsCretaceousherbivoreFirst ceratopsid found outside North America (though ceratopsians are known from elsewhere)
TylocephaleCretaceousherbivore
UdanoceratopsCretaceousherbivore
UltrasaurusCretaceousherbivoreDubious, see article
UrbacodonCretaceouscarnivore
VelociraptorCretaceouscarnivoreFeathered
VitakridrindaCretaceouscarnivore
WakinosaurusCretaceouscarnivore
WannanosaurusCretaceousherbivore
WuerhosaurusCretaceousherbivoreStegosaurid that survived until the Cretaceous
WulagasaurusCretaceousherbivore
XianshanosaurusCretaceousherbivore
XiaosaurusJurassicherbivore
XinjiangovenatorCretaceous(unknown)
XiongguanlongCretaceouscarnivore
XixianykusCretaceous(unknown)
XixiasaurusCretaceouscarnivore
XixiposaurusJurassicomnivore
XuanhanosaurusJurassiccarnivore
XuanhuaceratopsJurassicherbivore
YamaceratopsCretaceousherbivore
YandangornisCretaceouscarnivore
YandusaurusJurassicherbivore
YangchuanosaurusJurassiccarnivore
YibinosaurusJurassicherbivore
YimenosaurusJurassicherbivore
YingshanosaurusJurassicherbivoreThe only fossil specimen of this species has apparently been lost.
YinlongJurassicherbivore
YixianosaurusCretaceous(unknown)
YuanmousaurusJurassicherbivore
YunnanosaurusJurassicherbivore
YunxiansaurusCretaceousherbivore
ZanabazarCretaceouscarnivore
ZhejiangosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ZhongornisCretaceous(unknown)Seems intermediary between Archaeopteryx and birds
ZhongyuansaurusCretaceousherbivore
ZhuchengosaurusCretaceousherbivore
ZigongosaurusJurassicherbivore
ZizhongosaurusJurassicherbivore
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Timeline

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This is a timeline of selected dinosaurs from the list above. Time is measured in Ma, megaannum, along the x-axis.

MesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceousOlorotitanCharonosaurusWulagasaurusVitakridrindaRuyangosaurusQingxiusaurusTherizinosaurusSaurolophusNemegtosaurusGallimimusDeinocheirusBreviceratopsBorogoviaAvimimusAlioramusAdasaurusTarbosaurusTylocephaleHulsanpesConchoraptorPlatyceratopsVelociraptorTsaaganShuvuuiaOviraptorKhaanCitipatiProtoceratopsDongyangosaurusQuaesitosaurusNipponosaurusBissektipeltaCaenagnathasiaAralosaurusBactrosaurusUrbacodonEnigmosaurusZhejiangosaurusXiongguanlongBeishanlongMicroraptorYixianosaurusLiaoningosaurusEquijubusAuroraceratopsArchaeoceratopsBeipiaosaurusSinosauropteryxSinovenatorMei (dinosaur)IncisivosaurusDilong (dinosaur)JinzhousaurusPsittacosaurusFukuiraptorDongbeititanWuerhosaurusScansoriopteryxPedopennaEpidexipteryxTuojiangosaurusMamenchisaurusYinlongGuanlongChialingosaurusHuayangosaurusYandusaurusAbrosaurusLufengosaurusLukousaurusIsanosaurusMesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceous

Criteria for inclusion

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Notes

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  1. Diet is sometimes hard to determine for dinosaurs and should be considered a "best guess"