Protoceratops (First horned face) Phonetic Pro-toe-seh-rah-tops Named By Walter W. Granger & William King Gregory - 1923 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 2 meters long Type of Dinosaur P. andrewsi (type), P. hellenikorhinus Type Species A. oshimai (type), A. yujingziensis Found in China. Mongolia When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 80-75 million years ago Protoceratops Facts Protoceratops, […]
Protarchaeopteryx (Before Archaeopteryx) Phonetic Prot-ar-ke-op-teh-riks Named By Q. Ji & S.-A. Ji - 1997 Diet Carnivore Size Estimated up to 50 centimeters long Type of Dinosaur Small Theropod Type Species P. robusta (type) Found in China, Liaoning Province - Yixian Formation When it Lived Early Cretaceous, 130 million years ago Protarchaeopteryx Facts Protarchaeopteryx, meaning “before
Prosaurolophus (Before Saurolophus) Phonetic Pro-sore-o-lo-phus Named By Barnum Brown - 1916 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 9 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species P. maximus (type), P. blackfeetensis Found in Canada, Alberta - Dinosaur Park Formation. USA, Montana - Two Medicine Formation When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 76.5-73 million years ago Prosaurolophus Facts Prosaurolophus,
Procompsognathus (Before elegant jaw) Phonetic Pro-comp-sog-nay-fuss Named By Eberhaad Fraas - 1913 Diet Insectivore/Carnivore Size Estimated 1 meters long Type of Dinosaur Small Theropod Type Species P. triassicus (type) Found in Germany, Baden-Wurttemberg - Lowenstein Formation When it Lived Late Triassic, 210-205 million years ago Procompsognathus Facts Procompsognathus, meaning “before elegant jaw,” is a genus
Proceratosaurus (Before Ceratosaurus) Phonetic Pro-se-rat-o-sore-us Named By Friedrich von Huene - 1926 Diet Carnivore Size Estimated 2 meters long Type of Dinosaur Small Theropod Type Species P. bradleyi (type)A. giganticus (type) Found in England, Gloucestershire, Minchinhampton When it Lived Late Jurassic, 167-164 million years ago Proceratosaurus Facts Proceratosaurus, meaning “before Ceratosaurus,” is a genus of
Probactrosaurus (Before Bactrosaurus) Phonetic Pro-bak-trow-sore-us Named By Anatoly Konstantinovich Rozhdestvensky - 1966 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 6 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species P. gobiensis (type), P. mazongshanensis Found in Mongolia - Dashuigou Formation. Possibly also China, Gansu Province - Lower Red Unit Formation When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 80-70 million years ago
Prenocephale (Sloped head) Phonetic Pree-no-sef-ah-lay Named By Maryanska & Osmolska - 1974 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 2 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species P. prenes (type), P. brevis, P. edmontonensis Found in Mongolia – Gobi Desert When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 70-66 million years ago Prenocephale Facts Prenocephale, which means “sloped head,” is
Polacanthus (Many Spikes) Phonetic Po-la-can-thus Named By Richard Owen - 1865 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 4.5 meters long Type of Dinosaur Armoured Dinosaur Type Species Polacanthus foxii Found in United Kingdom, Isle of Wight, Sussex When it Lived Early Cretaceous, 130-125 million years ago Polacanthus Facts Polacanthus, meaning “many spines,” is a genus of herbivorous
Poekilopleuron (Varied rib) Phonetic Poe-ke-lo-plu-ron Named By Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps - 1838 Diet Carnivore Size Estimated 6-8 meters long Type of Dinosaur Large Theropod Type Species P. bucklandii (type) Found in France When it Lived Late Jurassic, 165 million years ago Poekilopleuron Facts Poekilopleuron, meaning “varied rib,” was a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived
Podokesaurus (swift-footed lizard) Phonetic Poe-doe-key-sore-us Named By Mignon Talbot - 1911 Diet Insectivore/Carnivore Size Estimated 6-7 feet long Type of Dinosaur Small Theropod Type Species P. holyokensis (type) Found in USA, - Portland Formation When it Lived Early Jurassic, 200 million years ago Podokesaurus Facts Podokesaurus was a small carnivorous dinosaur that lived in North
