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.

Shuangmiaosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossils remains.Time Period: Albian of the Cretaceous.
Shunosaurus

Shunosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Roughly about 9.5 meters long.Time Period: Bathonian to Callovian of the Jurassic.

Shuvuuia

Diet: Insectivore‭?Size: About‭ ‬60‭ ‬centimetres long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Siamodon

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.Time Period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Siamosaurus

Diet: Piscivore.Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.Time Period: Early Cretaceous.

Siamotyrannus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Roughly about‭ ‬6‭ ‬to‭ ‬7‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Berriasian-Barremian of the Cretaceous.

Siamraptor

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains, but holotype individual roughly estimated to be around 7 meters long.Time Period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Siats

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Holotype individual estimated to be about‭ ‬9‭‬meters long.‭ ‬Fully grown adult are estimated to have approached‭‬12‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.

Sibirotitan

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Roughly about 15 meters long.Time Period: Early Cretaceous.

Sierraceratops

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Skull under‭ ‬2‭ ‬meters long.‭ ‬Full body length estimated at about‭ ‬4.5‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanian-Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Sigilmassasaurus

Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.Time Period: Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.

Silutitan

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

Silvisaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Skull‭ ‬25‭ ‬centimetres long.‭ ‬Body estimated to be about‭ ‬4‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Albian to‭ ‬Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.

Sinankylosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.Time Period: Late Cretaceous.
Sinocalliopteryx

Sinocalliopteryx

Diet: Carnivore.Size: 2.37‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Barremian to Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Sinocephale

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.Time Period: Late Cretaceous.
Sinoceratops

Sinoceratops

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Skull is estimated to have measured as much as 1.8 meters long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Sinocoelurus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Unknown.Time Period: Tithnonian of the Jurassic.

Sinornithoides

Diet: Carnivore.Size: About‭ ‬1‭ ‬meter long,‭ ‬but holotype is of a subadult,‭ ‬a fully grown adult would likely be slightly larger.Time Period: Aptian‭? ‬of the Cretaceous.

Sinornithomimus

Diet: Uncertain,‭ ‬but thought to be more herbivorous rather than omnivorous like similar dinosaurs.Size: 2‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Due to the uncertain nature of the Ulansuhai Formation at the time of writing,‭ ‬Sinornithomimus lived either during the Aptian to Albian or the Turonian stages of the Cretaceous,‭ ‬but the latter is more commonly accepted.
Sinornithosaurus

Sinornithosaurus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Around 120 ‬centimetres long.Time Period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Sinosauropteryx

Sinosauropteryx

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Up to‭ ‬107‭ ‬centimetres long.Time Period: Barremian to Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Sinosaurus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: About‭ ‬5.6‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: ‭ ‬Sinemurian of the Jurassic.

Sinotyrannus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Estimated at‭ about ‬9 to 10‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Sinovenator

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Just under a meter long.Time Period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.