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.

Sinraptor

Diet: Carnivore.Size: 7.6 meters long.Time Period: Late Jurassic.

Sinusonasus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Roughly about‭ ‬1-1.2‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Hauterivian of the Cretaceous.

Skorpiovenator

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Roughly estimated at about 6 meters long.Time Period: Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.

Smitanosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.Time Period: Late Jurassic.

Sonidosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Estimated about‭ ‬9‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanian‭ ‬of the Cretaceous.

Sonorasaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: About‭ ‬15‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Albian/Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.

Soriatitan

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Roughly estimated to be between‭ ‬13-14‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Hauterivian/Barremian of the Cretaceous.

Sphaerotholus

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

Spiclypeus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Reconstructed skull length‭ ‬1.67‭ ‬meters.‭ ‬Total body length‭ ‬uncertain due to lack of remains but roughly estimated at‭ ‬4.5‭ ‬to‭ ‬6‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanisn of the Cretaceous.

Spicomellus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.Time Period: Bathonian-Callovian of the Jurassic.

Spinophorosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: About‭ ‬13 to 14‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Middle Jurassic,‭ ‬possibly up to Oxfordian of the late Jurassic.‭ ‬See main text for details.

Spinops

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossils material.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Spinosaurus

Spinosaurus

Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore.Size: Estimates highly variable amongst sources and rangeanywhere between 12.6 and 18 meters total body length. Skull lengthestimated between 1.5 and 1.75 meters long.Time Period: Albian to Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.

Spinostropheus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Estimated around‭ ‬4‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Tithonian of the Jurassic.

Staurikosaurus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: About‭ ‬2.25‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Carnian of the Triassic.

Stegoceras

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Estimated at about‭ ‬2‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Stegosaurus

Stegosaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Largest individuals up to 9 meters long.Time Period: Kimmeridgian to the Tithonian of the Jurassic.
Stegouros

Stegouros

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Estimated between‭ ‬1.8‭ ‬and‭ ‬2‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Stellasaurus

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

Stenonychosaurus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Up to‭ ‬2.4‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.‭

Stenopelix

Diet: Presumed a herbivore due to its ceratopsian lineage.Size: Estimated at up to 1.5 meters long.Time Period: Barremian of the Cretaceous.

Stokesosaurus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Estimated‭ ‬3‭ ‬-‭ ‬4‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic.

Stormbergia

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain due to lack of post cranial remains.Time Period: Hettangian/Sinemurian of the Jurassic.

Streptospondylus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Uncertain,‭ ‬but roughly estimated to be up to‭ ‬7‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Upper Callovian/Early Oxfordian of the Jurassic.

Struthiomimus

Diet: Evidence leans towards it being Herbivore.Size: 4.3‭ ‬meters long,‭ ‬1.4‭ ‬meters high at thehip.Time Period: Late Campanian/Early Maastrichtian ofthe Cretaceous.