Dinosaurs found in
Colorado
36 kinds of dinosaur have been found in Colorado, United States, from 197 recorded finds. The best known are Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and Stegosaurus.
Most of the fossils come from the Morrison Formation, the Denver Formation, the Laramie Formation, the Chinle Formation and the Williams Fork Formation.
Where the fossils were found
From the field
Famous dinosaurs from Colorado
Hell Creek Fm. · named 1905
Tyrannosaurus rex
12 mCarnivoreLate Cretaceous
Hell Creek Fm. · named 1889
Triceratops
9 mHerbivoreLate Cretaceous
Morrison Fm. · named 1877
Stegosaurus
9 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic
Morrison Fm. · named 1877
Allosaurus
9.5 mCarnivoreLate Jurassic
Morrison Fm. · named 1903
Brachiosaurus
21 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic
Morrison Fm. · named 1879
Brontosaurus
22 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic
Morrison Fm. · named 1878
Diplodocus
26 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic
Hell Creek Fm. · named 1943
Pachycephalosaurus
4.5 mHerbivoreLate Cretaceous
All 36 dinosaurs found in Colorado
- Tyrannosaurus
- Triceratops
- Stegosaurus
- Allosaurus
- Brachiosaurus
- Brontosaurus
- Diplodocus
- Pachycephalosaurus
- Apatosaurus
- Ceratosaurus
- Edmontosaurus
- Camarasaurus
- Torvosaurus
- Ornithomimus
- Dromaeosaurus
- Supersaurus
- Thescelosaurus
- Barosaurus
- Maraapunisaurus
- Camptosaurus
- Centrosaurus
- Dryosaurus
- Edmontonia
- Pentaceratops
- Amphicoelias
- Coelurus
- Haplocanthosaurus
- Marshosaurus
- Enigmacursor
- Mymoorapelta
- Fruitadens
- Galeamopus
- Paronychodon
- Kwanasaurus
- Smitanosaurus
- Theiophytalia