Outline of dinosaurs

Outline of dinosaurs


The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to dinosaurs:

Contents

Nature of dinosaurs

Main article: Dinosaurs

Types of dinosaurs

By period

By region

Dinosaur fossils

  • Fossil
  • Ichnotaxon
    • List of dinosaur ichnogenera
    • List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur tracks
  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils
  • List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
  • List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera
  • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

Fields that study dinosaurs

History of dinosaurs

Biology of dinosaurs

Dinosaur resources

Dinosaurs in culture

Animals commonly mistaken as dinosaurs

  • Pterosaurs (also known as pterodactyls))
  • Extinct marine reptiles, such as:

Persons influential in dinosaurs

See also

Tyrannoskull.jpg Dinosaurs portal

References

External links


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