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Dinosaurs DLE - Guess the secret genus

Guess the dinosaur by geologic period, diet, clade, stance, body length in meters, and fossil continent.

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Daily: Dinosaur Unlimited 45 items
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Compare the clues and narrow the field until the right answer is the only one left.

DinosaurPeriodDietCladeStanceLengthContinent

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About this challenge

From the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous, dinosaurs filled roles from fish-snatching hunters to long-necked browsers and horned tanks. Each genus leaves a signature in clade, diet, and the continent that produced its bones.

In this DLE, cross period, diet, clade, stance, typical length in meters, and fossil continent. Use length arrows, partial continent matches, and paleontology-first elimination.

Challenge list

Answers and clues from the round

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DinosaurPeriodDietCladeStanceLengthContinent
Allosaurus
Allosaurus
JurassicCarnivoreTheropodBiped9North America
Albertosaurus
Albertosaurus
CretaceousCarnivoreTheropodBiped9North America
Amargasaurus
Amargasaurus
CretaceousHerbivoreSauropodomorphQuadruped10South America
Ankylosaurus
Ankylosaurus
CretaceousHerbivoreAnkylosaurQuadruped8North America
Apatosaurus
Apatosaurus
JurassicHerbivoreSauropodomorphQuadruped22North America
Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx
JurassicCarnivoreTheropodBiped1Europe
Argentinosaurus
Argentinosaurus
CretaceousHerbivoreSauropodomorphQuadruped30South America
Baryonyx
Baryonyx
CretaceousCarnivoreTheropodBiped9Europe
Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus
JurassicHerbivoreSauropodomorphQuadruped20North America
Camarasaurus
Camarasaurus
JurassicHerbivoreSauropodomorphQuadruped15North America
Carnotaurus
Carnotaurus
CretaceousCarnivoreTheropodBiped8South America
Centrosaurus
Centrosaurus
CretaceousHerbivoreCeratopsianQuadruped5North America
Coelophysis
Coelophysis
TriassicCarnivoreTheropodBiped3North America
Compsognathus
Compsognathus
JurassicCarnivoreTheropodBiped1Europe
Corythosaurus
Corythosaurus
CretaceousHerbivoreOrnithopodFacultative9North America
Deinonychus
Deinonychus
CretaceousCarnivoreTheropodBiped3North America
Dilophosaurus
Dilophosaurus
JurassicCarnivoreTheropodBiped7North America
Diplodocus
Diplodocus
JurassicHerbivoreSauropodomorphQuadruped27North America
Edmontosaurus
Edmontosaurus
CretaceousHerbivoreOrnithopodFacultative12North America
Gallimimus
Gallimimus
CretaceousOmnivoreTheropodBiped6Asia
Giganotosaurus
Giganotosaurus
CretaceousCarnivoreTheropodBiped13South America
Iguanodon
Iguanodon
CretaceousHerbivoreOrnithopodFacultative10Europe
Kentrosaurus
Kentrosaurus
JurassicHerbivoreStegosaurQuadruped5Africa
Maiasaura
Maiasaura
CretaceousHerbivoreOrnithopodFacultative9North America
Megalosaurus
Megalosaurus
JurassicCarnivoreTheropodBiped7Europe
Microraptor
Microraptor
CretaceousCarnivoreTheropodBiped1Asia
Monolophosaurus
Monolophosaurus
JurassicCarnivoreTheropodBiped5Asia
Ouranosaurus
Ouranosaurus
CretaceousHerbivoreOrnithopodFacultative8Africa
Oviraptor
Oviraptor
CretaceousOmnivoreTheropodBiped2Asia
Pachycephalosaurus
Pachycephalosaurus
CretaceousHerbivorePachycephalosaurBiped5North America
Parasaurolophus
Parasaurolophus
CretaceousHerbivoreOrnithopodFacultative10North America
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus
TriassicHerbivoreSauropodomorphFacultative8Europe
Protoceratops
Protoceratops
CretaceousHerbivoreCeratopsianQuadruped2Asia
Saltasaurus
Saltasaurus
CretaceousHerbivoreSauropodomorphQuadruped12South America
Saurolophus
Saurolophus
CretaceousHerbivoreOrnithopodFacultative10Asia, North America
Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus
CretaceousCarnivoreTheropodFacultative14Africa
Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus
JurassicHerbivoreStegosaurQuadruped9North America
Styracosaurus
Styracosaurus
CretaceousHerbivoreCeratopsianQuadruped5North America
Suchomimus
Suchomimus
CretaceousCarnivoreTheropodBiped10Africa
Therizinosaurus
Therizinosaurus
CretaceousHerbivoreTheropodBiped10Asia
Torosaurus
Torosaurus
CretaceousHerbivoreCeratopsianQuadruped8North America
Triceratops
Triceratops
CretaceousHerbivoreCeratopsianQuadruped9North America
Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus
CretaceousCarnivoreTheropodBiped12North America
Utahraptor
Utahraptor
CretaceousCarnivoreTheropodBiped6North America
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
CretaceousCarnivoreTheropodBiped2Asia