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List of Carnivorous Dinosaurs and When They Lived

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Some dinosaurs were carnivorous dinosaurs meaning they ate primarily meat but most of the dinosaurs that lived were herbivores which means they ate plants. Carnivorous dinosaurs which included raptors, tyrannosaurs, ornithomimids, large theropods and small theropods were the most dangerous dinosaurs of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. The Spinosaurus is the world’s largest carnivorous Dinosaur. Below you will find a list of the dinosaurs that were classified as carnivores and the period in which they lived.

List of Carnivorous Dinosaurs

Alectrosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Lexovisaurus
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Marshosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Minmi
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Nanotyrannus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Rhabdodon
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Lufengosaurus
Time period they lived in: Triassic

Alioramus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Utahraptor
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Indosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Amtosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Heterodontosaurus
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Wannanosaurus
Time period they lived in: Triassic

Prosaurolophus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Coelophysis
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Dromaeosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Homalocephale
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Stegoceras
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Troödon
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Barapasaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Amargasaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Dicraeosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Caenagnathus
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Chirostenotes
Time period they lived in: Triassic

Torvosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Chindesaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Leptoceratops
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Saurornithoides
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Brachiosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Callovosaurus
Time period they lived in: Triassic

Ankylosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Pentaceratops
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Acrocanthosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Paralititan
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Microvenator
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Lambeosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Saltasaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Spinosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Torosaurus
Time period they lived in: Triassic

Hypsilophodon
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Segisaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Xiaosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Parksosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Carcharodontosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Tyrannosaurus rex
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Andesaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Stygimoloch
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Deinonychus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Deinocheirus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Cetiosauriscus
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Archaeopteryx
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Saltopus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Claosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Dravidosaurus
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Dryosaurus
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Enigmosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Megalosaurus
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Telmatosaurus
Time period they lived in: Triassic

Altispinax
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Carnotaurus
Time period they lived in: Triassic

Eustreptospondylus
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Hypselosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Triceratops
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Archaeornithomimus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Brachyceratops
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Seismosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Eoraptor
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Othnielia
Time period they lived in:

Scutellosaurus
Time period they lived in:

Dromiceiomimus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Argentinosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Thecodontosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Malawisaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Ornitholestes
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Titanosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Atlascopcosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Harpymimus
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Prenocephale
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Afrovenator
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Ceratosaurus
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Chasmosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Dryptosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Huayangosaurus
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Majungasaurus
Time period they lived in: Triassic

Bactrosaurus
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Saurornitholestes
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Aegyptosaurus
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Rhoetosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Leaellynasaura
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Liliensternus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Massospondylus
Time period they lived in: Jurassic

Ornithomimus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Amygdalodon
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Adasaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Velociraptor
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Hylaeosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Struthiomimus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

Shantungosaurus
Time period they lived in: Cretaceous

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