All Dinosaurs belong to one of three orders, SAURISCHIA, ORNITHISCHIA, ot THECODONTIA. These are distinguished by the configuration of their hips, but they most likely evolved from the same ancestor. Saurischians are the lizard-hipped dinosaurs and have two suborders: THEROPODA, two legged meat eaters; and SAUROPODOMORPHA, which are gigantic quadrupedal plant-eaters as well as the smaller and more diverse prosauropods. Ornithischians, all plant-eaters, have three suborders: ORNITHOPODA, such as the duck-billed dinosaurs; THYREOPHORA, heavy-bodied ankylosaurs and stegosaurs; and MARGINOCEPHALIA, horned dinosaurs and pachycephalosaurs. THECODONTIA is a newly formed group, comparitively.
- Acrocanthosaurus -- Top-Spined Lizard
- Early Cretaceous, found in Oklahoma. Saurischia-Theropoda-Carnosauria
- Albertosaurus -- Alberta Reptile
- Late Cretaceous, found in Alberta, Canada and Oklahoma. Saurischia-Theropoda-Carnosauria
- Allosaurus -- Different Reptile
- Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, found in the Rockies, Tanzania, and Australia. Saurischia-Theropoda-Carnosauria
- Anatosaurus -- Duck Reptile
- Late Cretaceous, found in Alberta, Montana, and New Jersey. Ornithischia-Ornithopoda-Hadrosauridae
- Anchisaurus -- Near Reptile
- Late Triassic to Early Jurassic, found in Connecticut and South Africa. Saurischia-Sauropodomorpha-Prosauropoda
- Apatosaurus -- Deceptive Reptile
- Late Jurassic, found in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Oklahoma. Saurischia-Sauropodomorpha-Sauropoda
- Archaeopteryx -- Ancient Wing
- Late Jurassic, found in Bavaria and Germany. Saurischia-Theropoda-Coelurosauria
- Avimimus -- Bird Mimic
- Late Cretaceous, found in Mongolia. Saurischia-Theropoda-Coelurosauria
- Barosaurus -- Heavy Reptile
- Late Jurassic, found in Utah, Wyoming, and Tanzania. Saurischia-Sauropodomorpha-Sauropoda
- Baryonyx -- Heavy Claw
- Early Cretaceous, found in England. Saurischia-Theropoda-Coelurosauria (maybe Carnosauria)
- Brachiosaurus -- Arm Reptile
- Late Jurassic, found in Colorado and Tanzania. Saurischia-Sauropodomorpha-Sauropoda
- Camarasaurus -- Chambered Reptile
- Late Jurassic, found in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Oklahoma. Saurischia-Sauropodomorpha-Sauropoda
- Camptosaurus -- Bent Reptile
- Late Jurassic, found in Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, and Portugal. Ornithischia-Ornithopoda-Camptosauridae
- Carnotaurus -- Carnivorous Bull
- Early Cretaceous, found in Argentina. Saurischia-Theropoda-Carnosauria
- Ceratosaurus -- Horned Reptile
- Late Jurassic, found in Colorado and Tanzania. Saurischia-Theropoda-Carnosauria
- Chasmosaurus -- Ravine Reptile
- Late Cretaceous, found in Alberta, Canada. Ornithischia-Marginocephalia-Ceratopsia
- Chirostenotes -- Slender Hands
- Late Cretaceous, found in Alberta, Canada. Saurischia-Theropoda-Coelurosauria