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What are Taxonomy and Cladistics How Are Dinosaurs Classified? Dinosaur Genera Not Dinosaurs, but Old and Interesting
Major Dinosaur Families Saurischian Dinosaurs
"Lizard-Hipped"
Ornithischian Dinosaurs
"Bird-Hipped"
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Dinosaur Genera: C


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This is a list of known dinosaur genera (the plural of genus). Click on a dinosaur's name to go to information about it. After each genus name (in italics), the namer(s) of the dinosaur is listed, along with the year it was named. The bold-faced dinosaurs are scientifically valid; the others are either dubious or not yet formally described. Dinosaurs whose authors are listed in red were carnivores (meat-eaters); dinosaurs listed in green were herbivores (plant-eaters)

Terms used in the dinosaur genera list:

nomen dubium - A genus name is described as a nomen dubiumif its classification is not certain. Usually this is because there is insufficient fossil material available.
nomen nudum - A genus name is described as a nomen nudumif it has been insufficiently described or lacks a type species.
Ichnogenus - An ichnogenus is a genus known only from fossilized footprints (or other trace fossils). These may belong to a dinosaur also known from fossilized bones, but it is virtually impossible to determine this.
vide - A genus that was named by the second listed author, but is attributed to the first author(s) by the second.
/ (slash) - A name preoccupied (already in use) by the second indicated author(s). The first authors were unaware of this when they named the dinosaur.

C

Caenagnathasia Currie, Godfrey, and Nessov, 1994 (not 1993)
Caenagnathus R. M. Sternberg, 1940
Calamosaurus Lydekker, 1891
Calamospondylus Fox, 1866
Calamospondylus Lydekker, 1889/Fox, 1866
Callovosaurus Galton, 1980
Camarasaurus Cope, 1877
Camelotia Galton, 1985
Camposaurus Hunt, Lucas, Heckert, Sullivan, and Lockley, 1998
Camptonotus Marsh, 1879/Uhler, 1864 (invalid name for Camptosaurus)
Camptosaurus Marsh, 1885
Campylodon von Huene, 1929/Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832
Campylodoniscus Kuhn, 1961
“Capitalsaurus” Kranz, 1998 [nomen nudum]
Carcharodontosaurus Stromer, 1931
Cardiodon Owen, 1841
Carmelopodus an ichnogenus
Carnosaurus von Huene, 1929 [nomen nudum]
Carnotaurus Bonaparte, 1985
Caseosaurus Hunt, Lucas, Heckert, Sullivan, and Lockley, 1998
Cathetosaurus Jensen, 1988
Caudipteryx Ji Q., Currie, Norell, and Ji S., 1998
Caudocoelus von Huene, 1932
Caulodon Cope, 1877 (= Camarasaurus)
Cedarosaurus Tidwell, Carpenter and Brooks, 1999
Cedarpelta Carpenter, K., Kirkland, J. I., Burge, D. and Bird, J.
Centrosaurus Lambe, 1904/Fitzinger, 1843
Ceratops Marsh, 1888/Rafinesque, 1815
Ceratosaurus Marsh, 1884
Cetiosauriscus von Huene, 1927
Cetiosaurus Owen, 1841
Changtusaurus Zhao, 1983 [nomen nudum]
Charonosaurus Godefroit, Zan and Jin, 2000
Chaoyoungosaurus Zhao, 1983 [nomen nudum]
Chasmosaurus Lambe, 1914
Chassternbergia Bakker, 1988
Cheneosaurus Lambe, 1917
Chialingosaurus Young, 1959
Chiayusaurus Bohlin, 1953 [nomen nudum]
Chihuahuasaurus Ratkevich vide Anonymous, 1997 [nomen nudum]
Chilantaisaurus Hu, 1964
Chindesaurus Long and Murry, 1995
Chingkankousaurus Young, 1958
Chinshakiangosaurus Yeh, 1975 [nomen nudum]
Chirostenotes Gilmore, 1924
Chondrosteosaurus Owen, 1876
Chuandongocoelurus He, 1984
Chuanjiesaurus Fang, Pang, Lu, Zhang, Pan, Wang, Li, and Cheng, 2000
Chubutisaurus del Corro, 1974
Chungkingosaurus Dong, Zhou, and Zhang, 1983
Cionodon Cope, 1874
Cladeiodon Owen, 1841 [nomen nudum]
Citipati Clark, Norell & Barsbold, 2001
Claorhynchus Cope, 1892
Claosaurus Marsh, 1890
Clasmodosaurus Ameghino, 1898
Clevelanotyrannus Bakker, Williams, and Currie vide Currie, 1987 [nomen nudum]
Coelophysis Cope, 1889
Coelosaurus Leidy, 1865/[Anonymous, actually R. Owen] 1854
Coeluroides von Huene and Matley, 1933
Coelurosauravus Piveteau, 1926
Coelurosaurus von Huene, 1929 [nomen nudum]
Coelurosaurichnus von Huene, 1941 (an ichnogenus, probably the same as Grallator)
Coelurus Marsh, 1879
Coloradia Bonaparte, 1978/Blake, 1863
Coloradisaurus Lambert, 1983
Columbosauripus Storer, 1975 (an ichnogenus)
Compsognathus Wagner, 1861
Compsosuchus von Huene and Matley, 1933
Conchoraptor Barsbold, 1986
Corythosaurus Brown, 1914
Craspedodon Dollo, 1883
Crataeomus Seeley, 1881
Craterosaurus Seeley, 1874
Creosaurus Marsh, 1878
Cristatusaurus Taquet and D. A. Russell, 1998
Cryolophosaurus Hammer and Hickerson, 1994
Cryptodraco Lydekker, 1889
Cryptosaurus Seeley, 1869 [nomen dubium]
Cumnoria Seeley, 1888
Cylindricodon Owen vide Ingles and Sawyer, 1979/Jaeger, 1828 (= Hylaeosaurus)


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Major Dinosaur Families Saurischian Dinosaurs
"Lizard-Hipped"
Ornithischian Dinosaurs
"Bird-Hipped"
Dinosaur Cladogram




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