List of fictional dinosaurs
This list of fictional dinosaurs is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals and is a collection of various notable dinosaur characters that appear in various works of fiction. It is limited to well-referenced examples of dinosaurs in literature, film, television, comics, animation, video games and mythology and applies only to non-avian dinosaur species that lived from the Triassic Period until the end of the Cretaceous.
Literature
Film and Television
Name |
Species |
Film/Show |
Notes |
Barney |
Tyrannosaurus Rex |
Barney And Friends |
The friendly, optimistic, 200,000,000-year-old, purple title character of the iconic PBS series, Barney & Friends. |
Baby |
Apatosaurus |
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend |
The youngest of the group, found by an American family in an African jungle. |
Baby Bop |
Triceratops |
Barney And Friends |
A three-year-old green girl and a companion of Barney's. |
B.J. |
Protoceratops |
Barney And Friends |
A seven-year-old yellow boy and another companion of Barney's. |
Dorothy |
Megalosaurus |
The Wiggles |
One of the regular characters, who has also featured in her own programme. |
Earl Sinclair |
Megalosaurus |
Dinosaurs (TV series) |
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Fran Sinclair |
Allosaurus |
Robbie Sinclair |
Hypsilophodon |
Charlene Sinclair |
Protoceratops |
Baby Sinclair |
Megalosaurus |
Elvis |
Tyrannosaurus Rex |
Prehysteria! |
A group of preserved baby dinosaurs, found and stolen by Rico Sarno and adopted by Frank Taylor. |
Paula |
Brachiosaurus |
Jagger |
Stegosaurus |
Hammer |
Chasmosaurus |
Madonna |
Pteranodon |
Godzilla |
Godzillasaurus |
Godzilla |
Also known as King of the Monsters, a fictional dinosaur from Japanese Daikaiju films |
Anguirus |
Ankylosaurus |
Godzilla Raids Again |
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Baragon |
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Frankenstein Conquers the World |
Gorosaurus |
Gorosaurus |
King Kong Escapes |
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Indominus Rex |
Indominus Rex |
Jurassic World |
A genetically engineered carnivore whose DNA features Tyrannosaurus rex, Giganotosaurus, Rugops, Majungasaurus, and Carnotaurus.[1]genetics |
Paleosaurus |
Palaeosaurus |
Behemoth, the Sea Monster |
A prehistoric gargantuan dinosaur saturated by radiation. |
Rhedosaurus |
Rhedosaurus |
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms |
A frozen carnivore unleashed from the Arctic by a nuclear bomb test. |
Riff |
Saurolophus |
Barney And Friends |
An orange six-year-old boy and another companion of Barney's. |
Theodore Rex |
Tyrannosaurus Rex |
Theodore Rex |
A genetically created dinosaur who teams up with Whoopi Goldberg to investigate a murder. |
Titanosaurus |
Titanosaurus |
Terror of Mechagodzilla |
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Yonggary |
Ceratosaurus |
Reptilian |
A mutant dinosaur. |
Animation
Name |
Species |
Show |
Notes |
Aladar |
Iguanodon |
Dinosaur |
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Arlo |
Apatosaurus |
The Good Dinosaur |
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Buddy |
Tyrannosaurus rex |
Dinosaur Train |
He likes to ask questions and form hypotheses. |
Craig |
Triceratops |
CollegeHumor |
A male brown dinosaur who is friends with Todd and has a crush on Sheila. |
Dark Varga |
Tyrannosaurus |
Luna Varga |
Denver |
Corythosaurus |
Denver, the Last Dinosaur |
Released from a preserved egg in 1988 California. |
Dink |
Apatosaurus |
Dink, the Little Dinosaur |
A nice, brave and smart young dinosaur, who has a strong bond with his friends. |
Dino |
Europasaurus |
The Flintstones |
Imbued with the characteristics of a pet canine. |
Gertie the Dinosaur |
Apatosaurus |
Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) |
Smiles and interacts with animator Winsor McCay |
Horacio |
Tyrannosaurus Rex |
Horacio's World |
A baby dinosaur philosopher. |
Littlefoot |
Apatosaurus |
The Land Before Time |
A group of young, adventurous dinosaurs who dwell in the "Great Valley". |
Cera |
Triceratops |
Ducky |
Saurolophus |
Petrie |
Pteranodon |
Spike |
Stegosaurus |
Stegmutt |
Stegosaurus |
Darkwing Duck |
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Reptar |
Tyrannosaurus Rex |
Rugrats |
Main character of the babies' favourite TV Show. It was based on Godzilla. |
Rex |
Tyrannosaurus Rex |
Toy Story |
An excitable large, green, plastic toy who suffers from anxiety, an inferiority complex and the concern that he is not scary enough. Voiced by Wallace Shawn. |
Thunderlizards |
Parasaurolophus, Styracosaurus, Allosaurus |
The Terrible Thunderlizards, Eek! The Cat |
A trio of operatives consisting of Doc Tari, Kutter and Squat who make numerous attempts to exterminate humans. |
Todd |
Apatosaurus |
CollegeHumor |
A green male dinosaur. |
Varga |
Allosaurus |
Luna Varga |
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Velociraptor |
Velociraptor |
Arcade Gamer Fubuki |
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Video games
Mythology
Popular culture
The discovery of two new large fictional dinosaur species was announced in 2016 on internet – the supposed place of discovery is in the Orlické Mountains in the Czech Republic (megalosaurid Torvosaurus orliciensis and ceratopsid Hlukyceratops kounoviensis).[2]
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