Herbivorous Dinosaurs
Herbivorous dinosaurs were the most numerous and diverse group. From long-necked giants that could browse the tops of trees to armored heavyweights that grazed on ground-level plants, plant-eating dinosaurs developed extraordinary adaptations to find, eat, and digest vegetation — and to survive being hunted.
Fun Facts
- ✓The largest dinosaurs ever were all herbivores — sauropods like Patagotitan and Argentinosaurus could weigh 70+ tons.
- ✓Herbivorous dinosaurs had to eat enormous amounts of food daily. Large sauropods may have consumed hundreds of pounds of plants per day.
- ✓Many herbivores developed defensive armor, horns, or tail weapons to protect themselves from predators.
- ✓Hadrosaurs (duck-billed dinosaurs) had hundreds of teeth packed into dental batteries — they could keep chewing as old teeth wore out.
- ✓Plant-eating dinosaurs traveled in herds for protection, a behavior supported by fossil trackways showing many individuals moving together.
Questions About Herbivorous Dinosaurs
Herbivorous Dinosaurs
Acanthopholis
ah-KAN-tho-FOH-lis
Acristavus
ak-RISS-tah-vus
Aegyptosaurus
ee-JIP-toe-SORE-us
Agilisaurus
aj-ih-lee-SORE-us
Agujaceratops
ah-GOO-hah-SAIR-uh-tops
Agustinia
ah-gus-TIN-ee-ah
Ajkaceratops
AY-ka-SAIR-ah-tops
Alamosaurus
AH-lah-mow-SORE-us
Albertaceratops
al-BERT-a-SERR-a-tops
Albertadromeus
al-BER-ta-DRO-mee-us
Amargasaurus
ah-MAR-gah-SORE-us
Ampelosaurus
am-pel-oh-SORE-us
Anchiceratops
AN-key-SERR-ah-tops
Anchisaurus
ANK-ee-sore-us
Ankylosaurus
an-KYE-low-sore-us
Anodontosaurus
an-oh-DON-toh-SOR-us
Antarctosaurus
ant-ARK-toe-SORE-us
Apatosaurus
ah-PAT-oh-sore-us
Argentinosaurus
ar-JEN-tee-no-SORE-us
Argyrosaurus
ar-JY-roh-SOR-us
Arrhinoceratops
ay-RY-no-SER-ah-tops
Atlasaurus
at-luh-SAWR-us
Atlascopcosaurus
AT-lass-KOP-ko-sore-us
Avaceratops
ay-va-KER-ah-tops
Bactrosaurus
bak-troh-SORE-us
Bagaceratops
bag-a-SER-a-tops
Beipiaosaurus
bay-PYOW-sore-us
Brachiosaurus
BRAK-ee-oh-sore-us
Brachyceratops
BRACK-ee-SAIR-uh-tops
Brontosaurus
BRON-toh-SAW-rus
Camarasaurus
KAM-ar-a-SORE-us
Camptosaurus
KAMP-toe-sore-us
Centrosaurus
sen-TROH-sore-us
Cetiosaurus
see-TEE-oh-sore-us
Charonosaurus
kah-RON-oh-SOR-us
Chasmosaurus
KAZ-mo-sore-us
Chungkingosaurus
chung-KING-oh-sore-us
Claosaurus
KLAY-oh-SOR-us
Corythosaurus
koh-RITH-oh-sore-us
Crichtonsaurus
KRY-ton-SORE-us
Dacentrurus
dah-SEN-troo-russ
Datousaurus
dah-too-SORE-us
Diabloceratops
dy-AB-lo-SAIR-ah-tops
Dicraeosaurus
die-KRAY-oh-SORE-us
Diplodocus
DIP-low-DOCK-us
Dracorex
DRAY-ko-rex
Dreadnoughtus
dred-NAW-tus
Dryosaurus
DRY-oh-SORE-us
Dyoplosaurus
dy-OP-loh-sor-us
Edmontonia
ed-mon-TONE-ee-ah
Edmontosaurus
ed-MON-toe-SORE-us
Einiosaurus
eye-NEE-oh-sore-us
Eoceratops
ee-oh-SER-uh-tops
Eotriceratops
ee-oh-try-SER-ah-tops
Erlikosaurus
er-LIK-oh-sore-us
Euhelopus
yoo-HEL-oh-pus
Euoplocephalus
you-OH-plo-KEF-ah-lus
Europasaurus
yoo-ROH-pah-SORE-us
Fukuisaurus
foo-koo-EE-sore-us
Futalognkosaurus
foo-tah-LOGNK-oh-SOR-us
Gargoyleosaurus
gar-GOY-lee-oh-SORE-us
Gasparinisaura
gas-pah-REE-nee-SOR-ah
Gideonmantellia
JID-ee-on-man-TEL-ee-ah
Giraffatitan
ji-RAF-a-tie-tan
Gondwanatitan
gond-WAH-nah-TY-tan
Hadrosaurus
HAD-row-SORE-us
Haplocanthosaurus
hap-lo-KAN-tho-sore-us
Huanghetitan
hwang-huh-TIE-tan
Huayangosaurus
hoy-YANG-oh-SORE-us
Hungarosaurus
HUNG-ar-oh-SOR-us
Hylaeosaurus
high-LEE-oh-sore-us
Hypacrosaurus
hy-PAK-roh-sore-us
Hypsibema
HIP-sih-BEE-muh
Hypsilophodon
hip-sih-LOH-foh-don
Iguanodon
ig-WHA-noh-don
Jingshanosaurus
jing-SHAHN-oh-sore-us
Jinzhousaurus
jeen-JOH-sore-us
Jobaria
joh-BAR-ee-uh
Kaatedocus
KAY-teh-DOH-kus
Kentrosaurus
ken-TROH-sore-us
Kosmoceratops
KOZ-moh-SAIR-ah-tops
Kritosaurus
KRIT-oh-SORE-us
Kulindadromeus
koo-LIN-dah-DROH-mee-us
Lamaceratops
LAM-ah-SER-ah-tops
Lambeosaurus
lam-BEE-oh-SORE-us
Lanzhousaurus
LAN-joe-SOR-us
Laplatasaurus
lah-PLAH-tah-SORE-us
Leaellynasaura
LEE-el-in-a-SORE-a
Leptoceratops
lep-toh-KER-ah-tops
Lesothosaurus
leh-SO-toh-SORE-us
Limusaurus
LY-moo-SOR-us
Lirainosaurus
lih-RYE-no-SOR-us
Loricatosaurus
lor-ih-KAY-toe-SOR-us
Lufengosaurus
loo-FUNG-oh-SORE-us
Lusotitan
LOO-so-TIE-tan
Magyarosaurus
mod-YAR-oh-sore-us
Maiasaura
my-ah-SORE-ah
Malawisaurus
mah-LAH-wee-SORE-us
Mamenchisaurus
mah-MEN-chee-SORE-us
Mantellisaurus
man-TELL-ih-SOR-us
Massospondylus
mass-oh-SPON-di-luss
Minmi
MIN-mee
Miragaia
meer-ah-GUY-ah
Montanoceratops
mon-TAN-oh-SAIR-uh-tops
Mussaurus
moos-SORE-us
Muttaburrasaurus
MUT-a-BURR-a-SORE-us
Nasutoceratops
nah-SOO-toe-SAIR-uh-tops
Nemegtosaurus
nem-EGG-toe-SORE-us
Neuquensaurus
nay-OO-ken-sore-us
Nigersaurus
NEE-zhair-SORE-us
Nodosaurus
no-doh-SORE-us
Ojoceratops
OH-hoh-SAIR-ah-tops
Omeisaurus
oh-MEE-sore-us
Opisthocoelicaudia
o-PIS-tho-SEEL-i-KAWD-ee-a
Orodromeus
or-oh-DROM-ee-us
Ouranosaurus
oo-RAH-noh-sore-us
Pachycephalosaurus
pack-ee-KEF-ah-lo-sore-us
Pachyrhinosaurus
pack-ee-RYE-no-sore-us
Panoplosaurus
pan-OP-loh-sore-us
Parasaurolophus
par-ah-saw-ROL-oh-fus
Patagotitan
PAT-ah-go-TIE-tan
Pentaceratops
PEN-tah-SAIR-ah-tops
Pinacosaurus
pin-AK-oh-sore-us
Pisanosaurus
pee-SAH-no-SOR-us
Plateosaurus
plat-ee-oh-SORE-us
Polacanthus
pol-a-KAN-thus
Probactrosaurus
proh-BAK-troh-SORE-us
Prosaurolophus
pro-SORE-oh-LOF-us
Protoceratops
pro-toe-SERR-ah-tops
Protohadros
PROH-toh-HAD-ros
Psittacosaurus
SIT-ak-oh-SORE-us
Rapetosaurus
rah-PAY-too-SOR-us
Regaliceratops
reh-GAL-ee-SER-uh-tops
Rhabdodon
RAB-doh-don
Riojasaurus
ree-oh-HAH-sore-us
Saichania
sigh-CHAN-ee-a
Saltasaurus
SALT-a-sore-us
Saurolophus
SORE-oh-LOAF-us
Sauropelta
sor-oh-PELT-ah
Sauroposeidon
SOR-oh-poh-SY-don
Scelidosaurus
skel-EYE-doh-sore-us
Scutellosaurus
skoo-TELL-oh-sore-us
Segnosaurus
SEG-no-SORE-us
Sinoceratops
SY-no-SAIR-uh-tops
Sonidosaurus
soh-NID-oh-sore-us
Stegoceras
ste-GOS-er-as
Stegosaurus
STEG-oh-SORE-us
Stegouros
STEG-oh-oor-os
Styracosaurus
sty-RAK-oh-sore-us
Supersaurus
sue-per-SORE-us
Talarurus
tal-a-ROOR-us
Tarchia
TAR-kee-ah
Tenontosaurus
ten-ON-toe-sore-us
Tethyshadros
TETH-iss-HAD-ross
Thecodontosaurus
theek-oh-DON-toh-sore-us
Therizinosaurus
theh-RIZ-in-oh-SORE-us
Thescelosaurus
thes-KEL-oh-SORE-us
Titanosaurus
ty-TAN-oh-SORE-us
Torosaurus
TOR-oh-SORE-us
Triceratops
try-SERR-ah-tops
Tsintaosaurus
ching-DOW-sore-us
Tuojiangosaurus
too-YANG-oh-sore-us
Turiasaurus
TOO-ree-ah-SORE-us
Udanoceratops
oo-DAHN-oh-SERR-ah-tops
Utahceratops
YOO-tah-SAIR-uh-tops
Vulcanodon
vul-KAN-oh-don
Wannanosaurus
WAN-ah-no-SORE-us
Wuerhosaurus
wer-hoe-SOR-us
Xenoceratops
ZEE-no-SAIR-uh-tops
Yinlong
YIN-long
Zalmoxes
zal-MOKS-eez
Zuniceratops
ZOO-nee-SAIR-uh-tops