Dinosaurs That Start With D

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Discover a complete list of over 54 dinosaurs that start with the letter D.

Each dinosaur listed has a dedicated page with information on classification, diet, size, fossil evidence, geographic distribution, and maps of known fossil locations, where available. Pages may also include size comparison charts, fossil representations, and in-depth descriptions based on current scientific research.

The amount of information varies by species, depending on the completeness of fossil discoveries.

Daanosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Holotype roughly estimated to be around‭ ‬4‭ ‬meters long,‭ ‬but this is confirmed as a juvenile.‭ ‬Full adult size is unknown.Time Period: Oxfordian of the Jurassic.

Dacentrurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: About 7-‬8‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic.

Daemonosaurus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Estimated at 1.5 meters long.Time Period: Norian of the Triassic.

Dahalokely

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Unknown due to lack of remains,‭ ‬but roughly estimated to have been around‭ ‬3.5 to 4‭ ‬meters long,‭ ‬but only if it was built like other abelisaurids.Time Period: Turonian of the Cretaceous.

Dakotadon

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Unknown due to lake of remains.Time Period: Valanginian of the Cretaceous.
Dakotaraptor

Dakotaraptor

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Estimated at about‭ ‬5.5‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Late Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Dalianraptor

Diet: Carnivore‭?Size: Roughly up to‭ ‬80‭ ‬centimetres long.Time Period: Early Cretaceous.

Daliansaurus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: About‭ ‬1‭ ‬meter long.Time Period: Early Cretaceous.

Dalingheornis

Diet: Uncertain.Size: Unavailable.Time Period: Barremian‭ ‬of the Cretaceous.

Dapingfangornis

Diet: Unavailable.Size: Unavailable.Time Period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Dashanpusaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Unavailable.Time Period: Bathonian/Callovian of the Jurassic.
Daspletosaurus

Daspletosaurus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: 8-9‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Datanglong

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Estimated about‭ ‬7-8‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Early Cretaceous.

Datonglong

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.Time Period: Cenomanian‭ ‬of the Cretaceous.

Datousaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: About‭ ‬15‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic.

Daxiatitan

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain but roughly estimated to be around‭ ‬21‭ ‬meters long for the holotype, possibly longer.Time Period: Early Cretaceous.
Deinocheirus

Deinocheirus

Diet: Uncertain.Size: Estimated between 10 to possibly up to 11 meters long.Time Period: Late Campanian/Early Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Deinonychus

Deinonychus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: 3.4‭ ‬meters long,‭ ‬possibly larger.

Delapparentia

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Estimated about‭ ‬10‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Barremian of the Cretaceous.

Deltadromeus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Estimated‭ ‬8‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.

Demandasaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain,‭ ‬but estimated at somewhere between‭ ‬10‭ ‬and‭ ‬12‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Late Barremian to Early Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Diabloceratops

Diabloceratops

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains but comparisons of Diabloceratops skull material to the skulls of similar sized centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaurs are from animals with body lengths between 5 and six meters long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Diamantinasaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Estimated 15-16 meters long.Time Period: Albian of the Cretaceous.
Dicraeosaurus

Dicraeosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: 12‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Late Jurassic.
Dilong

Dilong

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Up to‭ ‬2‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Barremian of the Cretaceous.