Dinosaurs That Start With G

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Explore a complete list of over 46 dinosaurs that start with the letter G.

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.

Galeamopus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Holotype individual roughly about 27 meters long based upon 1.44 meter femur, 0.98 meter fibula and scaled to standard diplodocine diplodocid sauropod proportions.Time Period: Kimmerigian of the Jurassic.

Galleonosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.Time Period: Early Cretaceous.
Gallimimus

Gallimimus

Diet: Uncertain but possible omnivore.Size: Holotype individual about 6 meters long. Isolated fossils suggest that some individuals may have grown larger.Time Period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Galvesaurus alt, Galveosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: About‭ ‬16‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Tithonian/Berriasian‭ (‬Jurassic/Cretaceous‭) ‬boundary.

Gannansaurus

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

Ganzhousaurus

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

Gargoyleosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Estimated about‭ ‬3‭ ‬to‭ ‬4‭ ‬meters long.‭ ‬Skull‭ ‬29‭ ‬centimetres long.Time Period: Kimmerdigian to Tithonian of the Jurassic.

Garrigatitan

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains,‭ ‬but holotype,‭ ‬which is a juvenile/subadult is roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬4-6‭ ‬meters long at the time of death.‭ ‬Fully grown adults would have been larger.Time Period: Late Campanian/Early Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Garudimimus

Diet: Uncertain,‭ ‬but usually thought to be an omnivore.Size: Estimated around 3.5 to‭ ‬4‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Cenomanian to Santonian or Turonian to Campanian of the Cretaceous.‭ ‬At the time of writing there is some confusion regarding the age of the Bayan Shireh Formation.‭ ‬See main text for details.

Gasosaurus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Estimated between‭ ‬3.5‭ ‬and‭ ‬4‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Bathonian to Callovian of the Jurassic.

Gasparinisaura

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Roughly about 1.7 meters long.Time Period: Turonian to Coniacian of the Cretaceous.

Gastonia

Diet: Herbivore.Size: 5 meters long.Time Period: Barremian to Albian of the Cretaceous.

Geminiraptor

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Uncertain due to lack of post cranial remains, but possibly about 1.5 meters long..Time Period: Barremian of the Cretaceous.

Genyodectes

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.Time Period: Aptian/Albian‭? ‬of the Cretaceous.

Geranosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.Time Period: Early Jurassic.
Giganotosaurus

Giganotosaurus

Diet: Carnivore.‭Size: Estimated between‭ ‬12‭ ‬and‭ ‬13‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.
Gigantoraptor

Gigantoraptor

Diet: Unknown.Size: 8‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Gigantosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.Time Period: Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic‭?

Gigantspinosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Around‭ ‬4.2‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Oxfordian of the Jurassic.

Gilmoreosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Up to about‭ ‬6‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Giraffatitan

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Approximately‭ ‬26‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Kimmeridgian to Tithonian of the Jurassic.

Glacialisaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.Time Period: Sinemurian of the Jurassic.

Glishades

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Glyptodontopelta

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.Time Period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Gnathovorax

Gnathovorax

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Skull roughly about‭ ‬25‭ ‬centimetres long.‭ ‬Possibly up to‭ ‬2.5‭ ‬meters long for holotype individual.‭Time Period: Carnian of the Triassic.