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Carnivore dinosaurs

The 94 carnivores in this reference — meat-eating dinosaurs, each with its size, period and classification. See also the herbivores and the full comparison table.

AcrocanthosaurusCretaceousAdasaurusCretaceousAfrovenatorCretaceousAlbertosaurusCretaceousAlectrosaurusCretaceousAlioramusCretaceousAllosaurusJurassicAltispinaxCretaceousAlvarezsaurusCretaceousAnserimimusCretaceousAntrodemusJurassicArchaeopteryxJurassicArchaeornithoidesCretaceousArchaeornithomimusCretaceousAublysodonCretaceousAvimimusCretaceousBahariasaurusDinosaurBaryonyxCretaceousBradycnemeCretaceousCaenagnathusCretaceousCalamospondylusCretaceousCarcharodontosaurusCretaceousCarnotaurusCretaceousCeratosaurusJurassicChilantaisaurusCretaceousChindesaurusTriassicChirostenotesCretaceousCoelophysisTriassicCoelurusDinosaurCompsognathusJurassicConchoraptorCretaceousDaspletosaurusCretaceousDeinocheirusCretaceousDeinodonCretaceousDeinonychusCretaceousDilophosaurusJurassicDromaeosaurusCretaceousDromiceiomimusCretaceousDryptosaurusCretaceousElaphrosaurusJurassicElmisaurusCretaceousEoraptorTriassicErectopusCretaceousEustreptospondylusJurassicFrenguellisaurusTriassicGallimimusCretaceousGarudimimusCretaceousGasosaurusJurassicGenyodectesCretaceousHalticosaurusTriassicHarpymimusCretaceousHeptasteornisCretaceousHerrerasaurusTriassicIndosaurusCretaceousIngeniaCretaceousIschisaurusDinosaurItemirusCretaceousLabocaniaCretaceousLiliensternusTriassicLukousaurusJurassicMacrophalangiaCretaceousMajungasaurusCretaceousMaleevosaurusCretaceousMarshosaurusJurassicMegalosaurusCretaceousMetriacanthosaurusJurassicMicrovenatorCretaceousMononykusCretaceousNoasaurusCretaceousOrnitholestesDinosaurOrnithomimusCretaceousOviraptorCretaceousPiatnitzkysaurusJurassicPiveteausaurusJurassicPoekilopleuronJurassicProcompsognathusTriassicSaltopusTriassicSarcosaurusJurassicSaurornithoidesCretaceousSaurornitholestesCretaceousSegisaurusJurassicShanshanosaurusCretaceousStaurikosaurusTriassicStokesosaurusJurassicStruthiomimusCretaceousSyntarsusJurassicTarascosaurusCretaceousTorvosaurusJurassicTroã–DonCretaceousTyrannosaurusCretaceousUtahraptorCretaceousVelociraptorCretaceousXenotarsosaurusCretaceousYangchuanosaurusJurassic

Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.

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