Dinosaurs That Start With S

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Explore a complete list of over 110 dinosaurs that start with the letter S.

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.

Scolosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Roughly about‭ ‬6-6.5‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Scutellosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: 1.2‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Sinemurian to Pliensbachian of the Jurassic.

Secernosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain due to to holotype not being fullygrown.Time Period: Late Campanian to Early Maastrichtianof the Cretaceous.

Sefapanosaurus

Diet: Herbivore‭?Size: Roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬9‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Norian of the Triassic.

Segisaurus

Diet: Insectivore/Carnivore.Size: Estimate about‭ ‬1‭ ‬meter long,‭ ‬but since this was a sub-adult,‭ ‬full size would have been a little larger.Time Period: Pliensbachian to Toarcian of the Jurassic.

Segnosaurus

Diet: Uncertain,‭ ‬but possibly herbivorous.Size: Estimated at‭ ‬6‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Cenomanian to Turonian of the Cretaceous.

Seitaad

Diet: Herbivore.Size: At least 3 meters long.Time Period: Pleinsbachian of the Jurassic.

Sektensaurus

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

Sellacoxa

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

Serendipaceratops

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Preserved length of the Ulna about‭ ‬16‭ ‬centimetres. When based upon Leptoceratops proportions and scaled to the size of the holotype, roughly estimated at about 2.3 meters longTime Period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Serikornis

Diet: Insectivore‭?Size: Unavailable.Time Period: Late Jurassic.

Shamosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain due to incomplete remains.Time Period: Aptian to Albian of the Cretaceous.

Shanag

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Roughly about‭ ‬1.5‭ ‬meter long.Time Period: Berriasian-Barremian of the Cretaceous.
Shantungosaurus

Shantungosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Largest individuals approaching up to 15 to 16.5 meters long.Time Period: Late Cretaceous.

Shanweiniao

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

Shanxia

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Comparison to other ankylosaurs suggest a size of about‭ ‬3.6‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Late Cretaceous.

Shanyangosaurus

Diet: Carnivore‭?Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.Time Period: Late Cretaceous.

Shaochilong

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Estimated between‭ ‬5‭ ‬and‭ ‬6‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Turonian of the Cretaceous.

Shenzhousaurus

Diet: Uncertain.Size: Estimated‭ ‬1.5‭ ‬meters long.‭ ‬Skull‭ ‬18.5‭ ‬centimetres long.Time Period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Shidaisaurus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Roughly estimated to be around‭ ‬6‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Somewhere between Aalenian to Bathonian stages of the mid Jurassic.

Shingopana

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Estimated up to‭ ‬8‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Aptian/Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.

Shishugounykus

Diet: Uncertain.Size: Uncertain but holotype roughly estimated to have been about‭ ‬14‭ ‬centimetres long.Time Period: Late‭ ‬Jurassic.

Shixinggia

Diet: Uncertain/Omnivore‭?Size: Roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬1.5‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Shri

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Ilium up to‭ ‬183.8‭ ‬millimetres.‭ ‬Pubis‭ ‬192‭ ‬millimetres.‭ ‬Ischium116.8‭ ‬millimetres.‭ ‬Femur‭ ‬-‭ ‬205‭ ‬millimetres.‭ ‬Tibiotarsus‭ ‬-‭ ‬246‭ ‬millimetres.‭ ‬Total body length unknown.Time Period: Late Cretaceous.

Shuangbaisaurus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Skull about‭ ‬54‭ ‬centimetres long.Time Period: Hettangian of the Jurassic.