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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"
Dinosaur Cladogram

Dinosaur Genera: P


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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.

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Pachycephalosaurus Brown and Schlaikjer, 1943
Pachyrhinosaurus C. M. Sternberg, 1950
Pachysauriscus Kuhn, 1959
Pachysaurops von Huene, 1961
Pachysaurus von Huene, 1908/Fitzinger, 1843
Pachyspondylus Owen, 1854
Palaeopteryx Jensen, 1981
Palaeosauriscus Kuhn, 1959
Palaeoscincus Leidy, 1856
Panoplosaurus Lambe, 1919
Paraiguanodon Brown vide Olshevsky, 1991 [nomen nudum]
Paralititan Smith, Lamanna, Lacovara, Dodson, Smith, Poole, Giegengack and Attia, 2001
Paranthodon Nopcsa, 1929
Pararhabdodon Casanovas-Cladellas, Santafe-Llopis, and Isidro-Llorens, 1993
Parasaurolophus Parks, 1922
Parksosaurus C. M. Sternberg, 1937
Paronychodon Cope, 1876
Parrosaurus Gilmore, 1945
Parvicursor Karhu and Rautian, 1996
Patagonykus Novas, 1996
Patagosaurus Bonaparte, 1979
Patricosaurus Seeley, 1887
Pawpawsaurus Lee, 1996
Pectinodon Carpenter, 1982
Peishansaurus Bohlin, 1953
Pekinosaurus Hunt and Lucas, 1994
Pelecanimimus Perez-Moreno, Sanz, Buscalioni, Moretalia, Ortega, and Rasskin-Gutman, 1994
Pellegrinisaurus Salgado, 1996
Pelorosaurus Mantell, 1850
Peltosaurus Brown vide Chure and McIntosh, 1989 (see also Glut, 1972)/Cope, 1873
Pentaceratops Osborn, 1923
Phaedrolosaurus Dong, 1973
Phuwiangosaurus Martin, Buffetaut, and Suteethorn, 1994
Phyllodon Thulborn, 1973
Piatnitzkysaurus Bonaparte, 1979
Picrodon Seeley, 1898 [nomen dubium]
Pinacosaurus Gilmore, 1933
Pisanosaurus Casamiquela, 1967
Piveteausaurus Taquet and Welles, 1977
Planicoxa DiCroce & Carpenter, 2001
Plateosauravus von Huene, 1932
Plateosaurus von Meyer, 1837
Pleurocoelus Marsh, 1888
Pleuropeltus Seeley, 1881
Podokesaurus Talbot, 1911
Poekilopleuron Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1838
Polacanthoides Nopcsa, 1928
Polacanthus Owen vide [Anonymous] 1865
Polyodontosaurus Gilmore, 1932
Polyonax Cope, 1874
Ponerosteus Olshevsky, 2000

Prenocephale Maryanska and Osmólska, 1974
Priconodon Marsh, 1888
Priodontognathus Seeley, 1875
Probactrosaurus Rozhdestvensky, 1966
Proceratops Lull, 1906
Proceratosaurus von Huene, 1926
Procerosaurus Fritsch, 1905/von Huene, 1902
Procheneosaurus Matthew, 1920
Procompsognathus E. Fraas, 1913
Prodeinodon Osborn, 1924
Proiguanodon van den Broeck, 1900 [nomen nudum]
Prosaurolophus Brown, 1916
Protarchaeopteryx Ji Q. and Ji S., 1997
Protiguanodon Osborn, 1923
Protoavis Chatterjee, 1991
Protoceratops Granger and Gregory, 1923
Protognathosaurus Olshevsky, 1991
Protognathus Zhang, 1988/Basilewsky, 1950
Protohadros Head, 1998
Protorosaurus Lambe, 1914/von Meyer, 1830
Protrachodon Nopcsa, 1923 [nomen nudum]
Pseudolagosuchus Arcucci, 1987
Pseudotetrasauropus an ichnogenus
Psittacosaurus Osborn, 1923
Pteropelyx Cope, 1889
Pterospondylus Jaekel, 1913
Pyroraptor Allain and Taquet, 2000

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ZoomDinosaurs.com
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"
Dinosaur Cladogram




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