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NHMU Top Dinosaurs
What makes an NHMU Top Dinosaur?
These dinosaurs are considered the "cream of the crop" because they are either only found here at NHMU, are new discoveries, or are well-known dinosaurs that are synonymous with Utah!
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NHMU Top Theropod Dinosaurs
NHMU Top Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs
NHMU Top Ornithischian Dinosaurs
Abydosaurus mcintoshi
(Pronunciation: uh-BUY-dough-SORE-us MAC-in-TOSH-eye)
Age: Early Cretaceous (~105 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Dinosaur National Monument, Uintah County.
Image: © Victor Leshyk
Allosaurus fragilis
(Pronunciation: AL-oh-SORE-us fraj-ILL-iss)
Age: Late Jurassic (~150 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Many localities throughout the Colorado Plateau region of central, eastern, and southern Utah, including Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Emery County, and Dinosaur National Monument, Uintah County.
Image: © Todd Marshall
Camarasaurus
(Pronunciation: cam-AIR-uh-SORE-us)
Age: Late Jurassic (~150 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Many localities throughout the Colorado Plateau region of central, eastern, and southern Utah, including Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Emery County, and Dinosaur National Monument, Uintah County.
Image: © Victor Leshyk
Ceratosaurus nasicornis
(Pronunciation: sir-AT-toe-SORE-us nay-si-CORN-iss)
Age: Late Jurassic (~150 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Emery County, and Dinosaur National Monument, Uintah County.
Image: © Victor Leshyk
Diabloceratops eatoni
(Pronunciation: dee-OB-low-sarah-tops ee-TON-eye)
Age: Late Cretaceous (~79.5 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Kane and Garfield counties, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.
Image: © 2009 Mark Hallett, Mark Hallett Paleoart
Falcarius utahensis
(Pronunciation: fal-CARE-ee-us YOU-tah-EN-siss)
Age: Early Cretaceous (~125 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: southeast of Green River in Grand County, Utah.
Image: © Victor Leshyk
Gryposaurus monumentensis
(Pronunciation: GRIP-oh-SORE-us MAHN-you-men-TEN-siss)
Age: Late Cretaceous (~76 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Kane and Garfield counties, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.
Image: © Victor Leshyk
Kosmoceratops richardsoni
(Pronunciation: CAHZ-moe-sarah-tops RICH-ard-SOHN-eye)
Age: Late Cretaceous (~76 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Kane and Garfield counties, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, southern Utah.
Image: © 2009 Mark Hallett, Mark Hallett Paleoart
Seitaad ruessi
(Pronunciation: SAY-todd ROO-ess-EYE)
Age: Early Jurassic (~185 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Comb Ridge, San Juan County.
Image: © Victor Leshyk
Utahceratops gettyi
(Pronunciation: YOU-tah-sarah-tops GET-ee-eye)
Age: Late Cretaceous (~76 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Kane and Garfield counties, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, southern Utah.
Image: © Victor Leshyk
Utahraptor ostrommaysorum
(Pronunciation: YOU-tah-WRAP-tore ah-STROM-ay-SORE-um)
Age: Early Cretaceous (~125 million years ago)
Where It's Found in Utah: Dalton Wells Quarry and Gaston Quarry, near Moab, Grand County, Utah.
Image: © Victor Leshyk