Fun with Dinosaur Names!

I thought it would be fun to list a few dinosaurs and give their name meanings!

"A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold." ~ Proverbs 22:1

 

On to our fun with names!

Dinosaur (terrible lizard)


1. Dilophosaurus.  
            "two-crested reptile"

2. Cryolophosaurus
           "frozen crested reptile"

3. Tyrannosaurus rex
             "tyrant reptile king"


4. Triceratops
             "three-horned face"

5. **Iguanodon
              "Iguana tooth"
Second dinosaur to be named scientifically**

6. Heterodontosaurus
          "reptile with different teeth"

7. **Megalosaurus
            "big reptile"
First dinosaur to be named scientifically**

8. Scufellosaurus
            "small scaled reptile"

9. Kentosaurus
            "prickly reptile"

10. Baryonyx
             "heavy claws"

11. Quetzalcoatlus
              "feathered serpent god"

12. Plesiosaurus
                "near reptile"

13. Kronosaurus
                "time reptile"

14. Pteranodon
               "winged and toothless"

15. Rhamphorhynchus
                    "narrow beak"

16. Ceratosaurus
                    "horned reptile"

17. Deironychus
                   "terrible claw"

18. **Estemmenosuchus**
                      "wreathed with crown crocodile"
**Not true dinosaur; therapid reptile**

19. Anurognathus
             "tailless jaw"

20. Avaceratops
                "Ava [discoverer's wife] horn face"

21. Euoplocephalus
            "well-protected head"

22. Oviraptor
            "egg thief"

23. Protoceratops
               "first horned face"

24.  Velociraptor
               "swift robber"

25. Seismosaurus
              "earthquake reptile"

26. Ultrasaurus
               Nicknamed because of enormous size. Not yet named scientifically.

27. Corythosaurus
             "helmet reptile"

28. Apatosaurus
               "deceptive reptile"

29. Camarasaurus
             "chambered reptile"

30. Brachiosaurus
             "arm reptile"

31. Coelophysis
             "hollow form"

32. Euparkeria
     named in honor of W.K. Parker; English scientist

33. Spinosaurus
               "spiny reptile"

35. Hypsilophodon
                 "high-crested tooth"

36. **Archaeopteryx**
                 "ancient wing"
    **Not dinosaur. 100% bird.**

37. Lambeosaurus
           "Lambe's [Canadian Paleontologist Lawrence Lambe] reptile"

38. Gallimimus
           "foul mimic"

39. Stegoceras
                "horny roof"

40. Pachyrhinosaurus
            "thick-nosed reptile"

41. Diplodocus
            "double beam"

42. Dromiceiomimus
             "emu mimic"

43. **Inostrancena**
**Not true dinosaur; therapsid reptile**

44. Carnotaurus
             "meat-eating bull"

45. Psittacosaurus
          "parrot reptile"

46. Plateosaurus
            "flat reptile"

47. Sauropelta
               "shield reptile"

48. **Dimetrodon**
**Not true dinosaur; synapsid reptile**

49. Amargasaurus
             La Amarga Creek, in Argentina, where found

50. Parasaurolophus
               "similar crested reptile"

51. Polacanthus
             "many spines"

52. Epigaulus
            "upon bucket, was a horned rodent"

53. **Tanystropheus**
          "long vertebrae"
**Not true dinosaur; sauropsid reptile**

54. Hesperornis
             "western bird"

55. Acanthopholis
               "spine bearer"

56. Pachycephalosaurus
                 "thick-headed lizard"

57. Maiasaura
          "Good mother reptile"

58. Allosaurus
           "different reptile"

59. Apatosaurus
               "illusionary reptile"

60. **Icthysaurus**
             "fish reptile"
**Not true dinosaur, since dinosaurs are land creatures.**

61. **Plesiosaurus**
                   "near reptile"
**Not true dinosaur, since dinosaurs are land creatures.**

62. Sinosauropteryx
               "Chinese feathered reptile"

63. Ornitholestes
             "bird robber"

64. Dryosaurus
              "oak lizard"

65. Camptosaurus
               "bent lizard"

Those, of course, are not all the dinosaur names, but those were a few! :)

And remember, birds did not "evolve" from dinosaurs. Birds were created on day 5 of the Creation week. Dinosaurs were created on day 6. Such creatures like the Icthysaurus and the Plesiosaurus were created on day 5, since they are sea creatures.

"All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds." - I Corinthians 15:39

Hope you had fun learning about the meaning behind the dinosaur names!