NHMU's Top Dinosaurs
Top Theropod Dinosaurs
Here are our choices for the top theropod dinosaurs found in Utah.
Allosaurus fragilis
(Pronunciation: AL-oh-SORE-us fraj-ILL-iss)
Age: Late Jurassic (~150 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Many localities throughout the Colorado Plateau region of central, eastern, and southern Utah, including Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Emery County, and Dinosaur National Monument, Uintah County.
Image: © 2009 Mark Hallett, Mark Hallett Paleoart
Ceratosaurus nasicornis
(Pronunciation: sir-AT-toe-SORE-us nay-si-CORN-iss)
Age: Late Jurassic (~150 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Emery County, and Dinosaur National Monument, Uintah County.
Image: © Victor Leshyk
Falcarius utahensis
(Pronunciation: fal-CARE-ee-us YOU-tah-EN-siss)
Age: Early Cretaceous (~125 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: southeast of Green River in Grand County, Utah.
Image: © Victor Leshyk
Utahraptor ostrommaysorum
(Pronunciation: YOU-tah-WRAP-tore ah-STROM-ay-SORE-um)
Age: Early Cretaceous (~125 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Dalton Wells Quarry and Gaston Quarry, near Moab, Grand County, Utah.
Image: © Victor Leshyk
Top Ornithischian Dinosaurs
Here are NHMU's choices for top ornithischian dinosaurs.
Diabloceratops eatoni
(Pronunciation: dee-OB-low-sarah-tops ee-TON-eye)
Age: Late Cretaceous (~79.5 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Kane and Garfield counties, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.
Image: © 2009 Mark Hallett, Mark Hallett Paleoart
Gryposaurus monumentensis
(Pronunciation: GRIP-oh-SORE-us MAHN-you-men-TEN-siss)
Age: Late Cretaceous (~76 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Kane and Garfield counties, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.
Image: © Victor Leshyk
Kosmoceratops richardsoni
(Pronunciation: CAHZ-moe-sarah-tops RICH-ard-SOHN-eye)
Age: Late Cretaceous (~76 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Kane and Garfield counties, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, southern Utah.
Image: © 2009 Mark Hallett, Mark Hallett Paleoart
Utahceratops gettyi
(Pronunciation: YOU-tah-sarah-tops GET-ee-eye)
Age: Late Cretaceous (~76 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Kane and Garfield counties, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, southern Utah.
Image: © Victor Leshyk
Stegosaurus armatus
(Pronunciation: STEG-uh-SAWR-us)
Age: Late Jurassic (~150 Million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Emery County, and Dinosaur National Monument, Uintah County.
Top Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs
Check our our picks for Utah's top sauropodomorph dinosaurs.
Abydosaurus mcintoshi
(Pronunciation: uh-BUY-dough-SORE-us MAC-in-TOSH-eye)
Age: Early Cretaceous (~105 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Dinosaur National Monument, Uintah County.
Image: © Victor Leshyk
Camarasaurus
(Pronunciation: cam-AIR-uh-SORE-us)
Age: Late Jurassic (~150 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Many localities throughout the Colorado Plateau region of central, eastern, and southern Utah, including Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Emery County, and Dinosaur National Monument, Uintah County.
Image: © Victor Leshyk
Seitaad ruessi
(Pronunciation: SAY-todd ROO-ess-EYE)
Age: Early Jurassic (~185 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Comb Ridge, San Juan County.
Image: © Victor Leshyk
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