Dinosaur Facts

    Dinosaurs / Records

    Dinosaur records

    Top ten in each category. Sizes are estimates and the order shifts as new fossils are described.

    Longest

    1. Patagotitan 37 m
    2. Argentinosaurus 36 m
    3. Supersaurus 35 m
    4. Alamosaurus 32 m
    5. Turiasaurus 31 m
    6. Futalognkosaurus 30 m
    7. Xinjiangtitan 30 m
    8. Brachiosaurus 28 m
    9. Paralititan 28 m
    10. Barosaurus 27 m

    Heaviest

    1. Argentinosaurus 71 t
    2. Patagotitan 57 t
    3. Brachiosaurus 45 t
    4. Alamosaurus 42 t
    5. Turiasaurus 41 t
    6. Supersaurus 38 t
    7. Giraffatitan 37 t
    8. Paralititan 37 t
    9. Dreadnoughtus 35 t
    10. Futalognkosaurus 35 t

    Tallest at the hip

    1. Argentinosaurus 7 m
    2. Alamosaurus 6.5 m
    3. Patagotitan 6.5 m
    4. Ruyangosaurus 6.5 m
    5. Lusotitan 6 m
    6. Sauroposeidon 6 m
    7. Daxiatitan 5.5 m
    8. Dreadnoughtus 5.5 m
    9. Hudiesaurus 5.5 m
    10. Puertasaurus 5.5 m

    Shortest

    1. Epidexipteryx 0.25 m
    2. Liaoningosaurus 0.3 m
    3. Anchiornis 0.34 m
    4. Archaeopteryx 0.4 m
    5. Liaoceratops 0.5 m
    6. Mei 0.5 m
    7. Pegomastax 0.5 m
    8. Aquilops 0.6 m
    9. Caenagnathasia 0.6 m
    10. Echinodon 0.6 m

    Lightest

    1. Epidexipteryx 0.19 kg
    2. Anchiornis 0.21 kg
    3. Mei 0.57 kg
    4. Fruitadens 0.63 kg
    5. Archaeopteryx 0.71 kg
    6. Sinosauropteryx 0.71 kg
    7. Mahakala 0.84 kg
    8. Echinodon 0.87 kg
    9. Liaoningosaurus 0.87 kg
    10. Pegomastax 1.1 kg

    Earliest

    1. Bagualosaurus 233.2 Ma
    2. Buriolestes 233.2 Ma
    3. Gnathovorax 233.2 Ma
    4. Pampadromaeus 233.2 Ma
    5. Staurikosaurus 233.2 Ma
    6. Saturnalia 233 Ma
    7. Mbiresaurus 232 Ma
    8. Eodromaeus 231.4 Ma
    9. Eoraptor 231.4 Ma
    10. Herrerasaurus 231.4 Ma

    Latest

    1. Acheroraptor 66 Ma
    2. Aeolosaurus 66 Ma
    3. Alamosaurus 66 Ma
    4. Ampelosaurus 66 Ma
    5. Ankylosaurus 66 Ma
    6. Anzu 66 Ma
    7. Argyrosaurus 66 Ma
    8. Baurutitan 66 Ma
    9. Bonapartenykus 66 Ma
    10. Charonosaurus 66 Ma

    Longest-lived genus

    1. Yunnanosaurus 33 million years
    2. Psittacosaurus 25 million years
    3. Ruyangosaurus 24.5 million years
    4. Eucnemesaurus 18 million years
    5. Rhabdodon 18 million years
    6. Struthiosaurus 17.6 million years
    7. Massospondylus 17 million years
    8. Lufengosaurus 16 million years
    9. Mamenchisaurus 16 million years
    10. Huabeisaurus 15.4 million years

    Most widespread

    1. Dacentrurus 4 countries
    2. Iguanodon 4 countries
    3. Struthiosaurus 4 countries
    4. Carcharodontosaurus 3 countries
    5. Massospondylus 3 countries
    6. Plateosaurus 3 countries
    7. Psittacosaurus 3 countries
    8. Abrictosaurus 2 countries
    9. Aegyptosaurus 2 countries
    10. Aeolosaurus 2 countries

    Longest names

    1. Carcharodontosaurus 19 letters
    2. Archaeornithomimus 18 letters
    3. Opisthocoelicaudia 18 letters
    4. Pachycephalosaurus 18 letters
    5. Brachylophosaurus 17 letters
    6. Gigantspinosaurus 17 letters
    7. Haplocanthosaurus 17 letters
    8. Heterodontosaurus 17 letters
    9. Macrogryphosaurus 17 letters
    10. Nodocephalosaurus 17 letters

    Shortest names

    1. Mei 3 letters
    2. Zby 3 letters
    3. Anzu 4 letters
    4. Fona 4 letters
    5. Tawa 4 letters
    6. Zuul 4 letters
    7. Khaan 5 letters
    8. Minmi 5 letters
    9. Dilong 6 letters
    10. Erketu 6 letters

    Largest in each group

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