List of European dinosaurs

Dinosaurs evolved partway through the Triassic period of the Mesozoic era, around 230 Ma (million years ago). At that time, the earth had one supercontinental landmass, called Pangaea, of which Europe was a part. So it remained throughout the Triassic. By the start of the Jurassic period, some 30 million years later, the supercontinent began to split into Laurasia and Gondwana. The largest inlet from Panthalassa, the superocean that surrounded Pangaea, was called the Tethys Ocean, and as this inlet cut deeper into the supercontinent, much of Europe was flooded.

The Tethys Ocean splitting Laurasia from Gondwana.

By the Cretaceous, from 145 to 66 million years ago, the continents were beginning to approach their present shapes, but not their present positions, and Europe remained tropical. At times, it was a chain of island-microcontinents including Baltica and Iberia.

Europe is relatively rich in fossils from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary, and much of what is known about European dinosaurs dates from this time. During the Maastrichtian the end of the Cretaceous dinosaurs were dominating western and Central Europe as the Tremp Formation in Spain dates back to that age. Examples of dinosaurs from Maastrichtian Europe are Struthiosaurus and Canardia.

Criteria for inclusion

• The genus must appear on the List of dinosaur genera.
• At least one named species of the creature must have been found in Europe.
• This list is a complement to Category:Mesozoic dinosaurs of Europe.

List of European dinosaurs

Valid genera

Name	Year	Formation	Location	Notes	Images
Abditosaurus	2022	Tremp Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Spain	Larger and distantly related to other European sauropods, suggesting it was an immigrant from another continent[1]
Acanthopholis	1867	Chalk Group (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)	England	Possessed keeled oval scutes as well as long spines
Adynomosaurus	2019	Tremp Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Spain	Relatively basal despite its late age[2]
Aepisaurus	1852	Grès verts hevétiques (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	France	Known only from a humerus which shares some features with camarasaurids and titanosaurs[3]
Ajkaceratops	2010	Csehbánya Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian)	Hungary	Originally thought to be a ceratopsian although this identification has been doubted by a later study[4]
Allosaurus	1877	Lourinhã Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	Portugal	Three species, including the type, are known from the United States. The European species may be a synonym of A. fragilis,[5][6][7] but at least one study suggests that it is indeed valid[8]
Alocodon	1973	Cabaços Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)	Portugal	Had vertical grooves on its teeth
Altispinax	1923	Wadhurst Clay Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian)	England	Possessed elongated neural spines that may have supported a hump-like structure as in Concavenator
Amanzia	2020	Reuchenette Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	Switzerland	One bone preserves fossilized cartilage.[9] Originally believed to be a species of Ornithopsis or Cetiosauriscus
Ampelosaurus	1995	Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation, Grès de Labarre, Gres de Saint-Chinian, Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	France	Had three different types of osteoderms, including spines, plates and bulbs
Anoplosaurus	1879	Cambridge Greensand (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	England	Considered an ankylosaur despite the fact no osteoderms have been found. Historically suggested to be an ornithopod
Aragosaurus	1987	Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian)	Spain	Reportedly had a unique ischium
Arcovenator	2014	Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	France	Most closely related to abelisaurids from India and Madagascar[10]
Arenysaurus	2009	Tremp Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Spain	One of the last lambeosaurines prior to their extinction
Aristosuchus	1887	Wealden Group (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	May have had long claws based on referred unguals
Asylosaurus	2007	Avon Fissure Fill (Late Triassic, Rhaetian)	England	Remains originally identified as Thecodontosaurus
Atsinganosaurus	2010	Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	France	Belongs to a unique clade of southwestern European titanosaurs[11]
Aviatyrannis	2003	Alcobaça Formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian to Tithonian)	Portugal	Although originally described as a tyrannosauroid, it may in fact be the oldest known ornithomimosaur[12]
Barilium	2010	Wadhurst Clay Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian)	England	Robust with strong vertebrae and short neural spines
Baryonyx	1986	Weald Clay (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	One specimen was found with the remains of fish and a juvenile iguanodont in its stomach, suggesting it was a generalist predator[13]
Betasuchus	1932	Maastricht Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Netherlands	The first terrestrial vertebrate named from the Maastrichtian stage[14]
Blasisaurus	2010	Arén Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Spain	Only known from a partial skull but can be distinguished from contemporary lambeosaurines[15]
Bothriospondylus	1875	Kimmeridge Clay (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	England	Several specimens have been assigned to this genus, but most of them have been reclassified into different genera
Bradycneme	1975	Sânpetru Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Romania	Potentially an alvarezsaurid[9]
Brighstoneus	2021	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	Possessed a long snout tipped with a low bump
Burianosaurus	2017	Peruc-Korycany Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)	Czech Republic	May be closely allied to the rhabdodontids[16]
Calamosaurus	1891	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	Only known from two cervical vertebrae. Several bones have been referred to it over the years but there is no way to prove all of them belonged to the same genus
Calamospondylus	1866	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian)	England	Only definitively known from a sacrum and associated pelvic elements
Caletodraco	2024	Chalk of the Pays de Caux (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian)	France	Possibly the first known non-South American furileusaurian abelisaurid[17]
Callovosaurus	1980	Oxford Clay (Middle Jurassic, Callovian)	England	The oldest known dryosaurid[18]
Calvarius	2023	Tremp Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Spain	May have been a cursorial biped similar to basal ornithopods despite being more derived
Camarillasaurus	2014	Camarillas Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	Spain	Described as a ceratosaur[19] but has since been reinterpreted as a spinosaurid[20]
Camelotia	1985	Westbury Formation (Late Triassic to Early Jurassic, Rhaetian to Hettangian)	England	One of the largest known non-sauropod sauropodomorphs
Canardia	2013	Marnes d'Auzas Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	France	May have been a close relative of Aralosaurus
Cardiodon	1841	Forest Marble Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian)	England	The first sauropod ever named.[21] Known only from a tooth
Ceratosuchops	2021	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	Differs from Baryonyx in subtle details of its skull
Cetiosauriscus	1927	Oxford Clay (Middle Jurassic, Callovian)	England	Has been assigned to a variety of positions around Eusauropoda[22][23][24]
Cetiosaurus	1841	Rutland Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bajocian to Bathonian)	England	The first sauropod known from decent remains. Once believed to be a large seagoing animal
Chondrosteosaurus	1876	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	The air sacs in its vertebrae were originally believed to be filled with cartilage
Compsognathus	1859	Alcobaça Formation?, Canjuers Lagerstätte, Solnhofen Limestone (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)	France Germany Portugal?	One of the smallest known non-avian dinosaurs
Comptonatus	2024	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)	England	One of the most completely known ornithopod taxa from the Isle of Wight
Concavenator	2010	La Huérguina Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	Spain	Preserves bumps on its ulna which have been interpreted as quill knobs,[25] although they might have been muscle attachments instead[26]
Craspedodon	1883	Lonzée Member (Late Cretaceous, Santonian)	Belgium	May be the first neoceratopsian known from Europe[27]
Craterosaurus	1874	Woburn Sands Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian)	England	Potentially synonymous with Regnosaurus
Cruxicheiros	2010	Chipping Norton Limestone (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian)	England	Inconsistent in phylogenetic placement
Cryptosaurus	1869	Ampthill Clay (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)	England	Only known from a single femur
Cumnoria	1888	Kimmeridge Clay (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	England	May be a species of Camptosaurus[28] or something a little more basal[29]
Dacentrurus	1902	Alcobaça Formation, Argiles d'Octeville, Kimmeridge Clay, Lourinhã Formation, Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, Kimmeridgian to Berriasian)	England France Portugal Spain	Known from abundant remains. Lived in a broad range
Demandasaurus	2011	Castrillo de la Reina Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)	Spain	Most closely related to African rebbachisaurids, suggesting a faunal exchange[30]
Dinodocus	1884	Lower Greensand Group (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	The only known humerus is almost complete, missing only small portions
Dolichosuchus	1932	Löwenstein Formation (Late Triassic, Norian)	Germany	Originally classified as a stem-crocodile
Dornraptor	2024	Blue Lias?/Charmouth Mudstone Formation? (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian)	England	Originally thought to belong to Scelidosaurus,[31] its remains were then informally named "Merosaurus" before their formal description in 2024[32]
Draconyx	2001	Lourinhã Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)	Portugal	May have been a member of an ornithopod clade that did not appear in North America, unlike other groups of Late Jurassic animals[33]
Dracopelta	1980	Lourinhã Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)	Portugal	The structure of its limbs suggests it might have had a cursorial lifestyle[34]
Dracoraptor	2016	Blue Lias (Early Jurassic, Hettangian)	Wales	May have been a shore dweller due to its island habitat[35]
Dromaeosauroides	2003	Jydegaard Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian)	Denmark	A referred coprolite has been found which contains fish remains, but it could instead belong to a turtle[36]
Dubreuillosaurus	2005	Calcaire de Caen (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian)	France	Would have lived in a coastal mangrove swamp
Duriatitan	2010	Kimmeridge Clay (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	England	Originally named as a species of Cetiosaurus
Duriavenator	2008	Inferior Oolite (Middle Jurassic, Bajocian)	England	The basalmost known member of the Megalosaurinae, which aligns with its stratigraphic position[37]
Echinodon	1861	Purbeck Group (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian)	England	Originally misidentified as a herbivorous lizard
Efraasia	1973	Löwenstein Formation (Late Triassic, Norian)	Germany	Some remains assigned to this genus were originally classified in separate genera
Emausaurus	1990	Ciechocinek Formation (Early Jurassic, Toarcian)	Germany	One of the oldest and basalmost thyreophorans
Eotyrannus	2001	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	Possessed grasping hands with three long fingers
Eousdryosaurus	2014	Lourinhã Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	Portugal	Described as a dryosaurid[38] but one study suggests a close relationship with elasmarians[39]
Erectopus	1923	La Penthiève Beds (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	France	One of the youngest known European carnosaurs
Eucamerotus	1872	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	Preserves extensive evidence of pneumatization
Eucercosaurus	1879	Cambridge Greensand (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	England	Sometimes considered an ankylosaur but one study assigns it to Iguanodontia[40]
Euronychodon	1991	Argiles et sables de Taveiro (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	Portugal	Only known from teeth. Another species has been found in Uzbekistan
Europasaurus	2006	Süntel Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	Germany	Much smaller than other sauropods due to its isolated island habitat[41]
Europatitan	2017	Castrillo de la Reina Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)	Spain	Some of this genus' remains include several vertebrae. The specific name, eastwoodi, honors director Clint Eastwood
Europelta	2013	Escucha Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	Spain	Almost the entire skeleton is known
Eustreptospondylus	1964	Oxford Clay (Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Callovian to Oxfordian)	England	May have swum between islands similar to a Komodo dragon[42]
Fylax	2021	Figuerola Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Spain	Lived very late despite its comparatively basal position[43]
Galvesaurus	2005	Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)	Spain	Also spelled Galveosaurus. Two sets of paleontologists named the same fossil seemingly unaware of each other's work, although there is evidence that one of them had plaigiarized the others, but misspelled the name[44]
Garrigatitan	2021	Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	France	Known from remains of both adults and subadults
Garumbatitan	2023	Arcillas de Morella Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	Spain	Had a reduced claw on the third toe
Genusaurus	1995	Bevons Beds (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	France	Has been suggested to be either a noasaurid[45] or an abelisaurid[46]
Gideonmantellia	2012	Camarillas Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	Spain	Originally misidentified as a specimen of Hypsilophodon
Gigantosaurus	1869	Kimmeridge Clay (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	England	May have possessed osteoderms
Haestasaurus	2015	Wealden Group (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Valanginian)	England	Preserves impressions of differently-sized hexagonal scales
Halticosaurus	1908	Löwenstein Formation (Late Triassic, Norian)	Germany	Historically conflated with the bones of unrelated animals
Heptasteornis	1975	Sânpetru Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Romania	Once believed to be a giant prehistoric owl
Hesperonyx	2024	Lourinhã Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	Portugal	Only known from the remains of the fore- and hindlimbs
Histriasaurus	1998	Unnamed formation (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian to Barremian)	Croatia	Despite being discovered in Europe, it may have lived between southern Europe and Africa in life[47]
Horshamosaurus	2015	Weald Clay (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	A supposed tibia has been reinterpreted as an ischium[48]
Hungarosaurus	2005	Csehbánya Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian)	Hungary	Possessed an elevated shoulder which may be an adaptation to high-browsing[49]
Hylaeosaurus	1833	Bückeberg Formation?, Grinstead Clay Formation, Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian)	England Germany?	One of the three animals originally used to define the Dinosauria, along with Iguanodon and Megalosaurus
Hypselosaurus	1869	Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	France	Several spherical eggs have been attributed to this taxon
Hypselospinus	2010	Wadhurst Clay Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian)	England	Had elongated neural spines projecting from the top of its vertebrae
Hypsilophodon	1869	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian to Barremian)	England	May have been a deer-like low browser that fed on young shoots and roots
Iberospinus	2022	Papo Seco Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	Portugal	Basal yet already displays some adaptations for a semiaquatic lifestyle
Iguanodon	1825	Arcillas de Morella Formation, Camarillas Formation, Sainte-Barbe Clays Formation, Wadhurst Clay Formation, Weald Clay, Wealden Group, Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)	Belgium England Germany? Spain	Multiple remains are known which make it one of the best known dinosaurs
Iliosuchus	1932	Taynton Limestone Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian)	England	Only known from three ilia
Iuticosaurus	1993	Upper Greensand Formation, Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian to Barremian)	England	Two species have been named, each from a single caudal vertebra
Juratyrant	2013	Kimmeridge Clay (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)	England	Originally named as a species of Stokesosaurus
Juravenator	2006	Torleite Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	Germany	Impressions of both scales and feathers are known. The tail preserves structures that may be integumentary sense organs like those of crocodiles, which it may have used to prey on fish at night[50]
Lexovisaurus	1957	Oxford Clay (Middle Jurassic, Callovian)	England	Its pelvis was greatly enlarged
Liliensternus	1984	Trossingen Formation (Late Triassic, Norian to Rhaetian)	Germany	Although commonly depicted with a head crest, there is no evidence for such a feature
Lirainosaurus	1999	Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation?, Sierra Perenchiza Formation, Sobrepena Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	France? Spain	For a titanosaur, it was small and had a relatively gracile build
Lohuecotitan	2016	Villalba de la Sierra Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	Spain	May have had "bulb-and-root"-type osteoderms, which are abundant at the type locality[51]
Lophostropheus	2007	Moon-Airel Formation (Late Triassic to Early Jurassic, Rhaetian to Hettangian)	France	The only substantially well-known theropod from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary[52]
Loricatosaurus	2008	Marnes à Belemnopsis latesulcatus Formation, Oxford Clay (Middle Jurassic, Callovian)	England France	Had narrow, flat plates on its back and round, pointed spines that ran along the tail
Losillasaurus	2001	Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous?, Kimmeridgian to Berriasian?)	Spain	Was heterodont, having four types of teeth, one of which was heart-shaped[53]
Lourinhanosaurus	1998	Lourinhã Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)	Portugal	More than one hundred eggs have been referred to this taxon
Lourinhasaurus	1998	Lourinhã Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	Portugal	Closely related to Camarasaurus but with proportionately longer forelimbs
Lusotitan	2003	Lourinhã Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)	Portugal	Originally named as a European species of Brachiosaurus
Lusovenator	2020	Lourinhã Formation (Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, Kimmeridgian to Berriasian)	Portugal	The oldest carcharodontosaurian known from Eurasia
Macrurosaurus	1869	Cambridge Greensand, Chalk Group? (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	England	Only known from a series of caudal vertebrae
Magnamanus	2016	Golmayo Formation (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian to Barremian)	Spain	Possessed relatively enlarged hands
Magnosaurus	1932	Inferior Oolite (Middle Jurassic, Bajocian)	England	Confusingly, a referred specimen was simultaneously named as a species of this genus and of Sarcosaurus
Magyarosaurus	1932	Sânpetru Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Romania	An insular dwarf titanosaur that was one of the smallest of its group
Mantellisaurus	2007	Arcillas de Morella Formation, La Huérguina Formation, Lower Greensand Group, Sainte-Barbe Clays Formation, Vectis Formation, Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)	Belgium England Germany? Spain	Several specimens are known. Distinguishable from the contemporary Iguanodon by its more gracile build
Marmarospondylus	1875	Forest Marble Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian)	England	Usually assigned to the genus Bothriospondylus, but this cannot be confirmed
Matheronodon	2017	Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	France	Had extremely specialized dentition that may have been an adaptation to feeding on tough monocot plants[54]
Megalosaurus	1824	Chipping Norton Limestone, Taynton Limestone Formation (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian)	England	The first non-avian dinosaur scientifically named and described
Metriacanthosaurus	1964	Oxford Clay (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)	England	Possessed relatively tall neural spines for a carnosaur
Miragaia	2009	Lourinhã Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)	Portugal	Had an extremely elongated neck made up of seventeen vertebrae. May be synonymous with Dacentrurus[55][56]
Mochlodon	1881	Csehbánya Formation, Gosau Group (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Campanian)	Austria Hungary	The type specimen was originally named as a species of Iguanodon
Morelladon	2015	Arcillas de Morella Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	Spain	Possessed a low sail on its back supported by elongated neural spines
Morinosaurus	1874	Unnamed formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	France	Poorly known
Neosodon	1885	Sables et Grès à Trigonia gibbosa (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)	France	No species are assigned to this genus. Popularly associated with "Iguanodon" praecursor but is in fact a separate taxon[57]
Neovenator	1996	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian to Barremian)	England	Had a complex series of neurovascular canals lining its snout[58]
Normanniasaurus	2013	Poudingue Ferrugineux (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	France	Represents a European radiation of basal titanosaurs[59]
Notatesseraeraptor	2019	Klettgau Formation (Late Triassic, Norian)	Switzerland	Combines features of different groups of basal theropods
Nuthetes	1854	Lulworth Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian)	England	Only known from jaws and teeth. Traditionally identified as a dromaeosaurid but it might be a proceratosaurid instead[60]
Obelignathus	2025	Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	France	Originally named as a species of Rhabdodon, but was given its own genus due to morphological and phylogenetic differences[61]
Oblitosaurus	2023	Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)	Spain	The largest ornithopod known from the Late Jurassic of Europe
Oceanotitan	2019	Lourinhã Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	Portugal	Potentially the oldest known somphospondylian[62]
Ohmdenosaurus	1978	Posidonia Shale (Early Jurassic, Toarcian)	Germany	Originally misidentified as a plesiosaur
Oplosaurus	1852	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	The holotype tooth was pointed, which led to its misidentification as a carnivorous reptile[63]
Ornithodesmus	1887	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	Historically conflated with the remains of the pterosaur Istiodactylus
Ornithopsis	1870	Wealden Group (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England Germany?	Originally believed to be an intermediate form between birds, pterosaurs and dinosaurs
Orthomerus	1883	Maastricht Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Netherlands	Potentially dubious and undiagnostic[64]
Ostromia	2017	Painten Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)	Germany	Considered a small pterosaur until it was redescribed as a specimen of Archaeopteryx in 1970.[65] Some of its features are similar to those of Anchiornis
Owenodon	2009	Lulworth Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian)	England	Has been assigned to Iguanodon and Camptosaurus before it received its own genus
Paludititan	2010	Sânpetru Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Romania	Some of its bones are identical to those of Magyarosaurus, but their synonymy cannot be confirmed
Pararhabdodon	1993	Tremp Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Spain	The first lambeosaurine identified from Europe
Pareisactus	2019	Tremp Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Spain	Represented by a single scapula recovered from a hadrosaur bonebed
Pelecanimimus	1994	La Huérguina Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	Spain	Preserves extensive soft tissue impressions revealing the presence of a keratinous head crest and a pelican-like gular pouch
Pelorosaurus	1850	Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian)	England	The first sauropod identified as a terrestrial animal
Pendraig	2021	Pant-y-Ffynnon Quarry (Late Triassic, Rhaetian)	Wales	Would have lived on a dry limestone island[66]
Petrustitan	2025	Sânpetru Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Romania	Formerly identified as a species of Magyarosaurus, but it is markedly different from that genus
Phyllodon	1973	Alcobaça Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	Portugal	The front and back of its teeth were asymmetrical
Piveteausaurus	1977	Marnes de Dives (Middle Jurassic, Callovian)	France	Has been suggested to be a species of Proceratosaurus
Plateosaurus	1837	Klettgau Formation, Löwenstein Formation, Lunde Formation, Trossingen Formation (Late Triassic, Norian)	France? Germany Norway  Switzerland	Known from over a hundred skeletons, several of them nearly complete
Pneumatoraptor	2010	Csehbánya Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian)	Hungary	One study suggests a position as a possible early palaeognath[67]
Poekilopleuron	1836	Calcaire de Caen (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian)	France	Its holotype was found alongside fish remains[68]
Polacanthus	1865	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	Possessed a flat sacral shield dotted with small bumps
Portellsaurus	2021	Margas de Mirambell Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	Spain	Closely related to Ouranosaurus[69]
Priodontognathus	1875	Lower Calcareous Grit (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)	England	Only known from a single maxilla with teeth
Proa	2012	Escucha Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	Spain	The tip of its jaw was shaped like the bow of a ship
Proceratosaurus	1926	Great Oolite Group (Middle Jurassic, Bathonian)	England	Preserves a small horn on its snout which may have anchored a crest as in the related Guanlong
Procompsognathus	1913	Löwenstein Formation (Late Triassic, Norian)	Germany	Has been suggested to be non-dinosaurian
Protathlitis	2023	Arcillas de Morella Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	Spain	Large but basal for a spinosaurid
Pterospondylus	1913	Trossingen Formation (Late Triassic, Norian)	Germany	Known from only a single, large vertebra
Pyroraptor	2000	Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	France	Its holotype specimen was exposed by a forest fire
Qunkasaura	2024	Villalba de la Sierra Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	Spain	May have been closely related to Abditosaurus[70]
Regnosaurus	1848	Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Valanginian)	England	Potentially a stegosaur similar to Huayangosaurus[71]
Rhabdodon	1869	Grès de Labarre, Gres de Saint-Chinian, Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation, Villalba de la Sierra Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	France Spain	Although most rhabdodontids are insular dwarfs, this genus may represent an instance of island gigantism as it is much larger than other members of its family[72]
Riabininohadros	2020	Unnamed formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Crimea ( Ukraine de jure)	Possessed a femur so unique it has no morphological equivalents across all of Iguanodontia
Riojavenatrix	2024	Enciso Group (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Aptian)	Spain	Originally identified as a specimen of Baryonyx
Riparovenator	2021	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	Had elongated spines projecting from its caudal vertebrae somewhat similar to those of Spinosaurus
Ruehleia	2001	Trossingen Formation (Late Triassic, Norian)	Germany	Known from a single, nearly complete skeleton
Saltriovenator	2018	Saltrio Formation (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian)	Italy	The biggest theropod from the Early Jurassic yet known
Sarcolestes	1893	Oxford Clay (Middle Jurassic, Callovian)	England	Originally misidentified as a carnivorous dinosaur
Sarcosaurus	1921	Scunthorpe Mudstone (Early Jurassic, Hettangian to Sinemurian)	England	Has been variously suggested to be in different positions at the base of Neotheropoda[73][74][75][76]
Scelidosaurus	1859	Charmouth Mudstone Formation (Early Jurassic, Sinemurian to Pliensbachian)	England	Carried hundreds of small osteoderms in several rows along its back
Schleitheimia	2020	Klettgau Formation (Late Triassic, Norian)	Switzerland	Possessed a relatively enlarged ilium
Scipionyx	1998	Pietraroja Plattenkalk (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	Italy	So well preserved that several internal organs and their positions in life could be accurately reconstructed
Sciurumimus	2012	Torleite Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	Germany	Had a bushy tail similar to that of a squirrel
Soriatitan	2017	Golmayo Formation (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian to Barremian)	Spain	The first confirmed brachiosaurid known from Early Cretaceous Europe
Stenopelix	1857	Obernkirchen Sandstein (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian)	Germany	Possibly closely related to basal ceratopsians from Late Jurassic China[77]
Streptospondylus	1832	Marnes de Dives?/Marnes de Villers? (Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Callovian to Oxfordian)	France	Originally believed to represent a marine crocodile
Struthiosaurus	1871	Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation, Gosau Group, Sânpetru Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian to Maastrichtian)	Austria France Hungary? Romania	Analysis of its braincase suggests poor hearing and a sluggish, solitary lifestyle[78]
Syngonosaurus	1879	Cambridge Greensand (Early Cretaceous, Albian)	England	Usually considered a synonym of Acanthopholis but it has been reinterpreted as an iguanodont[40]
Tamarro	2021	Tremp Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Spain	May have been closely related to Asian troodontids[79]
Tanystrosuchus	1963	Löwenstein Formation (Late Triassic, Norian)	Germany	The only known vertebra was once misidentified as a phytosaur
Tarascosaurus	1991	Fuvelian Beds (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	France	If an abelisaurid it would be one of the few northern members of the group
Tastavinsaurus	2008	Forcall Formation, Xert Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	Spain	Could represent an obscure group of macronarians called Laurasiformes[80]
Teinurosaurus	1928	Mont-Lambert Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian)	France	Poorly known
Telmatosaurus	1903	Sânpetru Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Romania	One specimen preserves a facial deformity caused by an ameloblastoma[81]
Tethyshadros	2009	Calcare di Aurisina (Late Cretaceous, Campanian)	Italy	Had limbs adapted for high speed but were too short for running[49]
Thecocoelurus	1923	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	Has been assigned to a variety of theropod groups throughout history
Thecodontosaurus	1836	Magnesian Conglomerate (Late Triassic, Rhaetian)	England	Could have been an extremely fast bipedal runner[82]
Thecospondylus	1882	Wealden Group (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian to Hauterivian)	England	Indeterminate within Dinosauria
Torvosaurus	1979	Kimmeridge Clay?, Lourinhã Formation, Ornatenton Formation, Vega Formation? (Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, Callovian to Tithonian)	England? Germany Portugal Spain?	The type species was found in the United States. Several species lived around the world, including in Europe, but T. gurneyi is the only non-North American species to receive a formal name. It represents Europe's largest terrestrial predator[83]
Transylvanosaurus	2022	Pui Beds (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Romania	Had an unusually wide skull compared to other rhabdodontids
Trimucrodon	1973	Lourinhã Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	Portugal	Possessed wedge-shaped teeth
Tuebingosaurus	2022	Trossingen Formation (Late Triassic, Norian)	Germany	Although originally assigned to Plateosaurus, it contains several features that point to a more derived position
Turiasaurus	2006	Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian to Tithonian)	Spain	Extremely large despite not being a member of Neosauropoda
Uriash	2025	Densuș-Ciula Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Romania	One of the largest European sauropods
Valdosaurus	1977	Weald Clay, Wealden Group, Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Barremian)	England	Large and similar to Dryosaurus
Vallibonavenatrix	2019	Arcillas de Morella Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	Spain	One of the most complete spinosaurids known from Iberia
Variraptor	1998	Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian)	France	May be closely related to Bambiraptor[67]
Vectaerovenator	2020	Lower Greensand Group (Early Cretaceous, Aptian)	England	Only known from four vertebrae but are distinct enough to be classified as their own genus
Vectidromeus	2024	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	Originally described as a relative of the coeval Hypsilophodon, but a subsequent analysis suggests possible dryosaurid affinities for this genus[84]
Vectipelta	2023	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian to Barremian)	England	May have been more closely related to Asian ankylosaurs than to European ones[85]
Vectiraptor	2021	Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	Shares some features with North American dromaeosaurids
Velocipes	1932	Lissauer Breccia (Late Triassic, Norian)	Poland	Has been considered a dubious, indeterminate vertebrate[86]
Volgatitan	2018	Unnamed formation (Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian)	Russia	Closely related to South American titanosaurs
Vouivria	2017	Calcaires de Clerval (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian)	France	The oldest known titanosauriform
Wiehenvenator	2016	Ornatenton Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian)	Germany	Before its formal description, it had been nicknamed the "Minden Monster"
Xenoposeidon	2007	Wealden Group (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian to Valanginian)	England	Only known from a single, very unique vertebra
Yaverlandia	1971	Vectis Formation?, Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian)	England	Originally misidentified as a pachycephalosaur because of its thick skull roof
Zalmoxes	2003	Densuş-Ciula Formation, Sânpetru Formation, Sebeş Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian)	Romania	Two species of contrasting sizes have been named
Zby	2014	Lourinhã Formation (Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian)	Portugal	Originally believed to be a specimen of Turiasaurus

Invalid and potentially valid genera

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  Archaeopteryx
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  Balaur
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  Delapparentia
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  Dinheirosaurus
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  Elopteryx
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  Gresslyosaurus
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  Huxleysaurus
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  "Ischyrosaurus"
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  Koutalisaurus
• 
  Kukufeldia
• 
  "Liassaurus"
• 
  Mantellodon
• 
  "Newtonsaurus"
• 
  Pantydraco
• 
  Suchosaurus
• 
  Therosaurus
• 
  Valdoraptor
• 
  Wellnhoferia

• Agrosaurus macgillivrayi: Originally mistakenly thought to be from Australia. It is now thought to be more likely from England and possibly a synonym of Thecodontosaurus.
• Archaeopteryx: A well-known taxon that combines bird-like pennaceous feathers with the teeth, claws and long tail of reptiles. It is usually considered a basal avialan but it might also be a non-avian deinonychosaur closely related to dromaeosaurids.
• Balaur bondoc: A strange paravian that possessed a suite of unique features, such as robust muscles, two sickle claws, a didactyl manus and a deep gut. It may have been an island-dwelling herbivore or omnivore. Studies show it either as a dromaeosaurid (possibly a velociraptorine or unenlagiine) or a basal avialan. It may be a synonym of Elopteryx.
• "Bihariosaurus bauxiticus": Although sometimes presented as a valid taxon, it is actually a nomen nudum.
• Ceratosaurus: Some specimens, mostly teeth, from Portugal and Switzerland have been assigned to this genus, but not to a specific species.
• Darwinsaurus evolutionis: May be a synonym of either Hypselospinus or Mantellisaurus.
• Delapparentia turolensis: Said to be indistinguishable from Iguanodon.
• Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis: Possibly a second species of Supersaurus.
• Elopteryx nopcsai: Has been placed in different maniraptoran groups throughout history. A recent study suggests an avialan position for the taxon based on new fossil material.
• Gresslyosaurus: Often thought to be synonymous with Plateosaurus, although several differences between them have been noted.
• Huxleysaurus hollingtoniensis: Potentially a synonym of Hypselospinus.
• "Ischyrosaurus": The generic name Ischyrosaurus is preoccupied. The dinosaur may be a synonym of Ornithopsis.
• Koutalisaurus kohlerorum: Usually seen as a synonym of Pararhabdodon, but it could also be its own taxon.
• Kukufeldia tilgatensis: May be a synonym of Barilium.
• "Liassaurus huenei": Could potentially be a second specimen of Sarcosaurus.
• Lusitanosaurus liasicus: Although originally described as an early thyreophoran, later research has questioned this assignment and considered it a non-dinosaurian archosauromorph.
• Mantellodon carpenteri: Known from a single specimen from Maidstone affectionally nicknamed a "Mantell-piece". While originally thought to be a specimen of Iguanodon, it may in fact be a synonym of Mantellisaurus.
• "Newtonsaurus" cambrensis: Said to be an early theropod, but it may be indeterminate within Archosauria.
• Oligosaurus adelus: May be synonymous with Mochlodon.
• Ornithomerus gracilis: May be synonymous with Mochlodon.
• Pachysauriscus ajax: Usually seen as a synonym of Plateosaurus, but a 2023 review considered it distinct.
• Pantydraco caducus: Originally named as a species of Thecodontosaurus and indeed it may belong to that genus.
• Polacanthoides ponderosus: Potentially a synonym of Hylaeosaurus, Polacanthus or both (a chimera).
• Proplanicoxa galtoni: May be a junior synonym of Mantellisaurus.
• Rhadinosaurus alcimus: Suggested to be synonymous with Struthiosaurus, but it might have been a crocodilian instead.
• Sellacoxa pauli: Possibly synonymous with Barilium.
• Stegosaurus: Some bones from Portugal have been assigned to this genus, but not to a particular species.
• Suchosaurus: Two species have been named, both from teeth. They are indistinguishable from those of baryonychines and may in fact belong to Baryonyx.
• Taveirosaurus costai: Only known from teeth. Initially thought to be an ornithischian but it might be a eutriconodont mammal instead.
• Therosaurus: This genus was named to accommodate the original type species of Iguanodon, I. anglicus. However, it was named before the type species was transferred to I. bernissartensis, so it remains a junior synonym of Iguanodon.
• Valdoraptor oweni: Potentially a junior synonym of Thecocoelurus.
• Wellnhoferia grandis: May be another specimen of Archaeopteryx.

Timeline

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

See also

• Dinosaurs portal
• Europe portal

• Category: Cretaceous paleontological sites of Europe
• List of European birds
• List of dinosaur finds in the United Kingdom