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dinosaur

dinosaur, member of a class of land-vertebrates which went almost extinct 65 million years ago, with modern birds the only surviving descendants of members of that class

class, taxon, species

Scientific Name: "Dinosauria"
Class: taxon, species, reptile
Parent Class: ▶
animal, eukaryote, reptile, chordate, vertebrate, …
diapsid, Archosauromorpha, non-human animal
Types: ▶
Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Spinosaurus, Triceratops, Giganotosaurus, …
Deinonychus, Allosaurus, Apatosaurus, Stegosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Utahraptor, Diplodocus, Parasaurolophus, Argentinosaurus, Styracosaurus, Iguanodon, Ankylosaurus, Compsognathus, Ceratosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, Amphicoelias, Theropoda, Megalosaurus, Baryonyx, Pachycephalosaurus, Procompsognathus, Albertosaurus, Troodon, Tarbosaurus, Microraptor, Bruhathkayosaurus, Coelophysis, Supersaurus, Acrocanthosaurus, Sauropoda, Oviraptor, titanosaur, Ceratopsia, Camarasaurus, Gallimimus, Massospondylus, Dromaeosaurus, Corythosaurus, Nanotyrannus, Saurischia, Majungasaurus, Edmontosaurus, Maiasaura, hadrosaurid, Therizinosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Tyrannosauroidea, Eoraptor, Hadrosaurus, Ornithischia, Mamenchisaurus, Tyrannosauridae, Mapusaurus, Sauroposeidon, Daspletosaurus, Achillobator, Suchomimus, Ceratopsidae, Euoplocephalus, Dracorex, Megaraptor, Plateosaurus, Carnosauria, Pachyrhinosaurus, Torosaurus, Ankylosauria, Cryolophosaurus, Herrerasaurus, Torvosaurus, Hypsilophodon, Kentrosaurus, Coelurosauria, Lambeosaurus, Psittacosaurus, Ultrasaurus, Gigantoraptor, Tenontosaurus, Eustreptospondylus, Saltasaurus, Sauropodomorpha, Gigantosaurus, Ornitholestes, Dryosaurus, Chasmosaurus, Carcharodontosauridae, Gastonia, Saurolophus, Stegosauria, Centrosaurus, Tyrannotitan, Barosaurus, therizinosaur, Ceratosauria, Edmontonia, Anatotitan, Struthiomimus, Ornithomimus, Muttaburrasaurus, Nigersaurus, Pachycephalosauria, Shantungosaurus, Irritator, Othnielia, Gojirasaurus, Alioramus, Titanosaurus, Saurophaganax, Thyreophora, Abelisaurus, Spinosauridae, Ankylosauridae, ornithopod, Deltadromeus, Deinocheirus, Troodontidae, Alamosaurus, Avialae, Beipiaosaurus, Caudipteryx, Stygimoloch, Bambiraptor, Pentaceratops, Anchisaurus, Ornithomimosauria, Amargasaurus, Yangchuanosaurus, Achelousaurus, Sinosauropteryx, Deinonychosauria, Dryptosaurus, Monoclonius, Camptosaurus, Allosaurid, Prosauropoda, Abelisauridae, Buitreraptor, Afrovenator, Polacanthus, Pyroraptor, Zuniceratops, Mei, Paralititan, Cerapoda, Guanlong, Diclonius, Ouranosaurus, Neovenator, Minmi, Bahariasaurus, Coelophysoidea, Rahonavis, Stokesosaurus, Aucasaurus, Avimimus, Tarascosaurus, Protoavis, Rajasaurus, Brachylophosaurus, Megapnosaurus, Eotriceratops, Saichania, Dromiceiomimus, Allosauroidea, Protarchaeopteryx, Adasaurus, Sinornithosaurus, Staurikosaurus, Eotyrannus, Leaellynasaura, Ampelosaurus, Epanterias, Saurornitholestes, Epidexipteryx, Anchiceratops, Mussaurus, Tetanurae, Monolophosaurus, Tuojiangosaurus, Citipati, Einiosaurus, Oviraptoridae, Leptoceratops, Scelidosaurus, Diplodocoidea, Dilong, Rapetosaurus, Thescelosaurus, Masiakasaurus, Ceratops, Hypacrosaurus, Unenlagia, Nodosaurus, Nothronychus, Angaturama
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur
Experts: Clifford H. Pope
Kingdom: animal
Phylum: chordate
Representing Symbol of: Liaoning Dinosaurs
Theme of: Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park
Freebase ID: "/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000001273c"
Attributes: extinct
Related Websites: ▶
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/dinosaur, http://www.dinodatabase.com, http://www.gspauldino.com, http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/Unit310/000.html, http://www.thescelosaurus.com, …
http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/dml.htm, http://www.dinodata.org/index.php, http://dinobase.gly.bris.ac.uk, http://palaeo-electronica.org, http://www.livescience.com/animals/090621-dinosaur-size.html, http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/dinoappendix/DinoappendixSummer2008.pdf, http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs, http://www.livescience.com/dinosaurs, http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinosaur.html, http://www.dinosaurnews.org, http://www.dinosaur.org, http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/dinosaurs-other-extinct-creatures/index.html, http://skeletaldrawing.com, http://www.paleograveyard.com
OpenCyc ID: "Mx4rwQBqYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA"
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Dinosaur
Aliases: "dinosaur"
Freebase Primary MID: "/m/029tx"

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