Dinosaurs That Start With L

Explore a complete list of over 64 dinosaurs that start with the letter L.

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.

Lexovisaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain but possibly about‭ ‬5‭ ‬to‭ ‬6‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Mid to Late Jurassic.

Leyesaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Skull 18 centimetres long. Total length estimated about ‬2.5‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Usually credited as early Jurassic.

Liaoceratops

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Holotype skull is‭ ‬154‭ ‬millimetres long.Time Period: Barremian/Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Liaoningosaurus

Diet: Herbivore/omnivore?Size: 34‭ ‬centimetres long for the holotype,‭ ‬but this is a juvenile.‭ ‬Adults would have been larger.Time Period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Liaoningotitan

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

Ligabueino

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Estimated about‭ 80‭ ‬centimetres long for the holotype,‭ ‬though this is believed to be of a juvenile.‭ ‬Adults would have been larger.Time Period: Barremian/Early Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Ligabuesaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Unavailable.Time Period: Albian of the Cretaceous.

Liliensternus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: 5.15‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Norian of the Triassic.

Limaysaurus

Diet: Herbiovore.Size: About 15 meters long.Time Period: Aptian/Albian of the Cretaceous.

Limenavis

Diet: Unceratin.Size: Unavailable.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Limusaurus

Diet: Herbivore‭?Size: Around‭ ‬1.7‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Oxfordian of the Jurassic.

Lingwulong

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Roughly 19 to 20 meters long.Time Period: Toarcian to Bajocian of the Jurassic.

Lingyuanosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain.Time Period: Early Cretaceous.

Linhenykus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Estimated around 90 centimetres long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Linheraptor

Diet: Carnivore.Size: 1.8‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Linhevenator

Diet: Carnivore.Size: At least‭ ‬2‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Lirainosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Estimated to be somewhere between‭ ‬8‭ ‬and‭ ‬10‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanian to early Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Liubangosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Unknown.Time Period: Early Cretaceous.

Llukalkan

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Reconstructed skull size roughly‭ ‬46‭ ‬centimetres long.Time Period: Santonian of the Cretaceous.

Lohuecotitan

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

Longipteryx

Diet: Piscivore‭?Size: Skeletal length about‭ ‬15‭ ‬centimetres long.Time Period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Lophorhothon

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Holotype roughly estimated at about‭ ‬4.5‭ ‬meters.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Lophostropheus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Around 5-5.2 meters long.Time Period: Rhaetian of the Triassic/Hettangian of the Jurassic.

Loricatosaurus

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

Loricosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Impossible to know due to severe lack of skeletal remains.Time Period: Campanian/Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.