Dinosaurs That Start With U

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Explore a complete list of over 14 dinosaurs that start with the letter U.

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.

Uberabatitan

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

Ubirajara

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

Udanoceratops

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Skull‭ ‬60‭ ‬centimetres long.‭ ‬Body unknown but estimated to be about‭ ‬4‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Ugrunaaluk

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Roughly about‭ ‬10‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Early Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Ultrasaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain.Time Period: Aptian/Albian of the Cretaceous.

Ulughbegsaurus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.‭ ‬Comparison of holotype fossil to other carcharodontosaurid genera suggests a skull size of about‭ ‬90‭ ‬centimetres.‭ ‬Body length of holotype individual about‭ ‬7.5‭ ‬to‭ ‬8‭ ‬meters.Time Period: Turonian of the Cretaceous.

Unaysaurus

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Estimated about‭ ‬2.5‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Late Carnian/early Norian of the Triassic.

Unenlagia

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Estimated between 2 and 3.5 meters long.Time Period: Turonian to Coniacian of the Cretaceous.

Unescoceratops

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Uncertain but estimated to have been around‭ ‬2‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Unquillosaurus

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Length of holotype pubis‭ ‬51.4‭ ‬centimetres long.‭ ‬Total body size uncertain due to overall lack of fossil remains,‭ ‬but roughly estimated to be somewhere between‭ ‬2‭ ‬and‭ ‬3‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Urbacodon

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.Time Period: Cenomanian to Turonian of the Cretaceous.

Utahceratops

Diet: Herbivore.Size: Body length estimated up to about‭ ‬4.5‭ ‬to‭ ‬5‭ ‬meters long,‭ ‬and roughly‭ ‬2‭ ‬meters high at the shoulder.‭ ‬Reconstructed skull is‭ ‬2.3‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Utahraptor

Utahraptor

Diet: Carnivore.Size: Estimated between 5.5 to 7 meters long.Time Period: Barremian of the Cretaceous.

Uteodon

Diet: Herbivore.Size: About‭ ‬5-6‭ ‬meters long.Time Period: Tithonian of the Jurassic.