Deep Time

165 million years of evolution

Each bar shows how long a dinosaur group existed. Amber dots mark species in the DinoVault collection. Click any row to expand into its constituent families — and see how the story of a lineage unfolded across deep time.

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TRIASSICJURASSICCRETACEOUSscale ×2.5240 Ma220 Ma200 Ma180 Ma160 Ma140 Ma120 Ma100 Ma90 Ma80 Ma70 Ma66 MaEARLY DINOSAURIA▸ Early DinosaursDromomeronEoraptorSAURISCHIA — SAUROPODOMORPHA▸ SauropodaMassospondylusMamenchisaurusGiraffatitanAmargasaurusAmpelosaurusSAURISCHIA — THEROPODA▸ Theropoda — CeratosauriaCoelophysisDilophosaurusCeratosaurusRugopsRajasaurus▸ Theropoda — TetanuraeYangchuanosaurusAllosaurusConcavenatorIrritatorMegaraptor▸ Theropoda — CoelurosauriaScipionyxCompsognathusSinosauropteryxGigantoraptorTherizinosaurus▸ TyrannosauroideaGuanlongYutyrannusSuskityrannusGorgosaurusTyrannosaurus▸ DromaeosauridaeLinheraptorUtahraptorMicroraptorAtrociraptorBambiraptorORNITHISCHIA▸ ThyreophoraBorealopeltaHuayangosaurusStegosaurusMinmiAnkylosaurus▸ CeratopsiaYinlongPsittacosaurusGraciliceratopsPentaceratopsTriceratops▸ OrnithopodaHeterodontosaurusKulindadromeusIguanodonLeaellynasauraEdmontosaurus▸ PachycephalosauriaMicropachycephalosaurusStygimolochPachycephalosaurus