Dinosaurs found in
South Dakota
30 kinds of dinosaur have been found in South Dakota, United States, from 92 recorded finds. The best known are Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and Allosaurus.
Most of the fossils come from the Hell Creek Formation, the Lance Formation, the Morrison Formation, the Lakota Formation and the Pierre Shale Formation.
Where the fossils were found
From the field
Famous dinosaurs from South Dakota

Hell Creek Fm. · named 1905
Tyrannosaurus rex
12 mCarnivoreLate Cretaceous

Hell Creek Fm. · named 1889
Triceratops
9 mHerbivoreLate Cretaceous

Morrison Fm. · named 1877
Allosaurus
9.5 mCarnivoreLate Jurassic

Ferris Fm. · named 1908
Ankylosaurus
8 mHerbivoreLate Cretaceous

Morrison Fm. · named 1878
Diplodocus
26 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic

Hell Creek Fm. · named 1943
Pachycephalosaurus
4.5 mHerbivoreLate Cretaceous

Hell Creek Fm. · named 1988
Nanotyrannus
CarnivoreLate Cretaceous

Morrison Fm. · named 1877
Apatosaurus
22 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic
All 30 dinosaurs found in South Dakota
- Tyrannosaurus
- Triceratops
- Allosaurus
- Ankylosaurus
- Diplodocus
- Pachycephalosaurus
- Nanotyrannus
- Apatosaurus
- Edmontosaurus
- Gorgosaurus
- Camarasaurus
- Ornithomimus
- Torosaurus
- Dakotaraptor
- Dromaeosaurus
- Thescelosaurus
- Barosaurus
- Edmontonia
- Acheroraptor
- Leptoceratops
- Pectinodon
- Claosaurus
- Richardoestesia
- Paronychodon
- Dakotadon
- Eoneophron
- Caenagnathus
- Anzu
- Hoplitosaurus
- Osmakasaurus
