The 10 Most Famous Dinosaurs

The undisputed king of the dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus Rex is immensely popular thanks to a fawning press, countless starring roles in movies and TV shows, and a really cool name (Greek for "tyrant lizard king"). • 10 Facts About Tyrannosaurus Rex • How Was Tyrannosaurus Rex Discovered? • Why Did T. Rex Have Such Tiny Arms? • T. Rex - Hunter or Scavenger? • T. Rex vs Triceratops - Who Wins? • Tyrannosaurs - The Most Dangerous Dinosaurs More »

Probably the most instantly recognizable of all dinosaurs, Triceratops combined a gentle, plant-eating disposition with fearsome horns that kept hungry tyrannosaurs and raptors at bay. • 10 Facts About Triceratops • How Was Triceratops Discovered? • Triceratops vs. T. Rex - Who Wins? • 10 Famous Horned Dinosaurs That Weren't Triceratops • Ceratopsians - The Horned, Frilled Dinosaurs More »

More than any other dinosaur, Velociraptor can trace its popularity to two blockbuster movies: Jurassic Park and Jurassic World, in which this feathered raptor was portrayed by the much bigger Deinonychus. • 10 Facts About Velociraptor • How Was Velociraptor Discovered? • Velociraptor vs. Protoceratops - Who Wins? • Raptors - The Birdlike Dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period More »

No one knows why Stegosaurus had such distinctive plates along its back--but that hasn't kept this tiny-brained dinosaur from holding a tight grip on the popular imagination. • 10 Facts About Stegosaurus • Why Did Stegosaurus Have Plates on its Back? • How Was Stegosaurus Discovered? • Stegosaurus vs. Allosaurus - Who Wins? • Stegosaurs - The Spiked, Plated Dinosaurs More »

An up-and-comer on the dinosaur popularity charts, Spinosaurus was distinguished by its huge size (a couple of tons heavier than T. Rex!) as well as the mysterious sail on its back. • 10 Facts About Spinosaurus • How Was Spinosaurus Discovered? • Why Did Spinosaurus Have a Sail? • Spinosaurus vs. Sarcosuchus - Who Wins? • Could Spinosaurus Swim? • The Large Theropods More »

Was it a bird? Was it a dinosaur? Or was it something in between? Whatever the case, the exquisitely preserved fossils of Archaeopteryx are among the most famous such artifacts in the world. • 10 Facts About Archaeopteryx • How Was Archaeopteryx Discovered? • Was Archaeopteryx a Bird or a Dinosaur? • Dino-Birds - The Small, Feathered Dinosaurs • How Did Feathered Dinosaurs Learn to Fly? More »

Like Velociraptor (see above), Brachiosaurus owes much of its current popularity to its featured cameo in Jurassic Park, munching placidly on tall trees and sneezing on Ariana Richards--but this huge dinosaur was extremely interesting in its own right • 10 Facts About Brachiosaurus • How Was Brachiosaurus Discovered? • Sauropods - The Biggest Dinosaurs More »

Smaller than Tyrannosaurus Rex, but faster and more vicious, Allosaurus was the all-purpose predator of the late Jurassic period--and may even have hunted its prey (including sauropods and stegosaurs) in packs. • 10 Facts About Allosaurus • How Was Allosaurus Discovered? • Allosaurus vs. Stegosaurus - Who Wins? • The Large Theropods More »

Apatosaurus owes its popularity to the fact that it used to be known as Brontosaurus--a name that epitomized dinosaurs for a whole generation of kids--but beyond that, it's one of the best-attested sauropods of the late Jurassic period • 10 Facts About Apatosaurus • How Was Apatosaurus Discovered? • Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus - What's the Big Deal? • Sauropods - The Biggest Dinosaurs More »

Despite what you saw in Jurassic Park, Dilophosaurus didn't spit poison, it didn't have a neck frill, and it wasn't the size of a labrador retriever. Despite all that, though, this dinosaur remains pretty popular! • 10 Facts about Dilophosaurus • How Was Dilophosaurus Discovered? • The First Dinosaurs More »