Prehistoric Animals: The Dinosaur Encyclopedia with Facts Instead of Myths
Der Brachiosaurus aus „Jurassic Park“ ist im Körperbau ein Giraffatitan aus Afrika. Der T-Rex lief eher im Tempo eines Menschen als eines Rennpferds. Und beim Plateosaurus, dem ersten dinosaur-Fund in Deutschland, gilt seit 2019 ein anderer Artname.
Urzeittiere.net clears up such misconceptions. Here you'll find over 100 fact sheets about dinosaurs. They are based on fossil finds and scientific studies, not fan wikis. What is established is presented as fact. What research only suggests is marked as a hypothesis.
Where do you want to start?
All dinosaur fact sheets
Every profile at a glance.
Dinosaur species from A to Z
Over 1,100 dinosaurs in one table. You can filter by age, diet, and location.
Dino filter
Such dir deine dinosaurs nach Erdzeitalter, Ernährung, Gangart oder Fundland.
Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous
When did which dinosaurs live? A comparison of the three ages.
Dinosaurs from Germany
Welche dinosaurs hier gefunden wurden und wo.
Locations on the world map
Where in the world the bones were found.
The weapons of the dinosaurs
Hörner, Schwanzkeulen und mehr: So wehrten sich dinosaurs.
The 15 most famous dinosaurs
The stars that almost every child knows.
Four dinosaurs, four misconceptions
Tyrannosaurus rex: not a sprinter
Older estimates suggested it could reach speeds of up to 53 km/h. Newer models indicate speeds of 19 to 27 km/h. That's about as fast as a human sprinting.
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Brachiosaurus: often confused
Das Skelett in Berlin, der dinosaur aus „Jurassic Park“, fast jede Spielfigur: Sie zeigen eher Giraffatitan aus Afrika. Der echte Brachiosaurus lebte in Nordamerika.
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Triceratops: a head like a small car
His skull grew to over 2.5 meters long. The two horns above his eyes grew up to one meter long.
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Plateosaurus: new name, old acquaintance
1834 fand ein Sammler bei Nürnberg die ersten Knochen, der erste dinosaur-Fund in Deutschland. Seit 2019 gilt offiziell Plateosaurus trossingensis als maßgebliche Art.
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New in the lexicon
From research
Stummelarme: Warum große Raubdinosaurier ihre Arme verloren
Dinosaurier-Arten von A bis Z: alle 1.133 Namen in einer Datenbank
What are fossils? How dinosaurs left their traces on Earth.
Who writes here
My name is Ralf. I'm not a paleontologist, but a physiotherapist. My daily life revolves around bones, joints, and movement. This is the perspective I use when reading studies on dinosaurs. How did a giant bear its weight? How far could a predatory dinosaur's arm move?
Many of the photos on this page were taken by me. They come from the Dinosaur Park Münchehagen, the Natural History Museum Braunschweig, and the Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt.
