CAENAGNATHUS
CALAMOSPONDYLUS
CALLOVOSAURUS
CAMARASAURUS
CAMELOTIA
CAMPTOSAURUS
CARCHARODONTOSAURUS
CARNOTAURUS
CERATOPS
CERATOSAURUS
CETIOSAURISCUS
CETIOSAURUS
CHASMOSAURUS
CHIALINGOSAURUS
CHILANTAISAURUS
CHINDESAURUS
CHINGKANKOUSAURUS
CHIROSTENOTES
CHUBUTISAURUS
CHUNGKINGOSAURUS
CLAOSAURUS
COELOPHYSIS
COELURUS
COLORADISAURUS
COMPSOGNATHUS
CONCHORAPTOR
CORYTHOSAURUS
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CAENAGNATHUS
Pronunciation: SEE-nig-NAY-thus 
Translation: Recent Jaw
Also known as: Chirostenotes
Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Tetanurae (not confirmed)
Micro-order: Maniraptora (of the microorder Coelurosauria)
Superfamily: Oviraptorosauria
Family: Caenagnathidae
Height:
Length: 6.6 feet (2 meters)
Weight:
Period: Late Cretaceous
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Notes: When first discovered, its remains suggested a more
primitive animal than Chirostenotes; and thus it should have
been an earlier species. However, current theory holds that
Caenagnathus, Macrophalangia and some material referred to
Elmisaurus are all probably Chirostenotes.
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CALAMOSPONDYLUS
Pronunciation: KAL-oh-moh-SPON-dil-us
Translation: Reed Vertebra
Also known as: Aristosuchus
Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Coelurosauria (not confirmed)
Family: Coeluridae
Height: 3 feet (.9 meters)
Length: 6.6 feet (2 meters)
Weight:
Period: Early Cretaceous
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Notes: A small meat-eater of uncertain identity; originally known
as Aristosuchus. Found on the Isle of Wight, this dinosaur is
distinguished by small toes but relatively large claws on its hands.
Its most unusual feature is its pubic bone, the "foot" of which
is considerably larger than that of most other carnivores, suggesting
that Calamospondylus had a large belly.
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CALLOVOSAURUS
Pronunciation: cuh-LOW-vuh-SAWR-us
Translation: Callovian Lizard
Also known as:
Description: Herbivore, Bipedal
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Ornithopoda
Infraorder: Iguanodontia
Family: (not confirmed)
Height: 4 feet (1.2 meters)
Length: 9 feet (2.7 meters)
Weight: 125 lbs (56.7 kg)
Period: Middle Jurassic
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Notes: Callovosaurus is known from incomplete material
discovered in England. It is the earliest known member of the
iguanodont family, members of which walked on their hind legs
but descended to all fours when feeding.
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CAMARASAURUS
Pronunciation: kuh-MARE-uh-SAWR-us
Translation: Chambered Lizard
Also known as: Morosaurus
Description: Herbivore, Quadrupedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Camarasauridae
Height: 23 feet (7 meters)
Length: 60 feet (18.3 meters)
Weight: 40,000 lbs (18,144 kg)
Period: Late Jurassic
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Notes: Camarasaurus is the best known sauropod found in
North America and the most abundant of fossils in the Late
Jurassic. A complete, nearly perfect skeleton of a juvenile,
17-feet (5.2-meters) long, was found in Utah. Its head was
short and box like with nostrils set above the snout and in front
of the eyes. The weight of its backbone was lightened by holes
in its vertebrae. Its neck was shorter and thicker than most
sauropods and it possessed a short and somewhat flattened tail.
The fore limbs and hindlegs of Camarasaurus were about the
same length.
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CAMELOTIA
Pronunciation: KAM-uh-LOT-ee-uh
Translation: Of Camelot
Also known as: Avalonia, Picrodon and Gresslyosaurus
Description: Herbivore,Quadrupedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Prosauropoda
Family: Melanorosauridae
Height:
Length:
Weight:
Period: Late Triassic
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Notes: This large prosauropod is the northern hemisphere's
only known melanorosaurid. It takes its name from the locale
of its discovery in Somerset, England (supposedly the site
of King Arthur's Camelot).
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CAMPTOSAURUS
Pronunciation: KAMP-tuh-SAWR-us
Translation: Bent Lizard
Also known as:
Description: Herbivore, Bipedal, semi Quadrupedal
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Ornithopoda
Infraorder: Iguanodontia
Family: Camptosauridae
Height: 10 feet (3 meters)
Length: 23 feet (7 meters)
Weight: 4,000 lbs (1,814 kg)
Period: Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
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Notes: Camptosaurs had five fingers, and a snout that ended
in a horny beak. Because its fore-legs were short, it walked
on its hind legs; however, it grazed on all four legs. Many
skeletons of this dinosaur have been found in England and
in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
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CARCHARODONTOSAURUS
Pronunciation: kar-kar-o-DON-tuh-SAWR-us
Translation: Carcharodon Lizard
Also known as:
Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Tetanurae
Micro-order: Carnosauria (not confirmed)
Family:
Height: 23 feet (7.0 meters)
Length: 45 feet (13.7 meters)
Weight: 16,000 pounds (7,258 kg)
Period: Cretaceous
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Notes: A 5 foot-4 inch skull of Carcharodontosaurus was
recently discovered in North Africa. Based on this find,
Carcharodontosaurus is clearly a worthy rival in size to the
fearsome Tyrannosaurs rex. It had elongated spines on its
neck vertebrae to accommodate the strong muscles that held
up an enormous head with shark-like fangs. Named for
Carcharodon, the great white shark, fragmentary remains were
first discovered in the early 1900's in Morocco.
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CARNOTAURUS
Pronunciation: kahrn-uh-TAWR-us
Translation: Meat-Eating Bull
Also known as:
Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Ceratosauria
Family: Abelisauridae
Height: 13 feet (4 meters)
Length: 24.6 feet (7.5 meters)
Weight: 1,984 lbs (900 kg)
Period: Early Cretaceous
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Notes: A strange-looking dinosaur with a short snout, two
bull-like horns, a weak jaw and small eyes. A skin cast
discovered in southern Argentina reveals that Carnotaurus
in life had a reptilian, pebbly skin. This skin cast is the very
best yet found for a theropod.
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CERATOPS
Pronunciation: SAIR-uh-tops
Translation: Horned Face
Also known as:
Description: Herbivore, Quadrupedal
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Marginocephalia
Infraorder: Ceratopsia
Micro-order Neoceratopsia
Family: Ceratopsidae
Height:
Length: 24.6 feet (7.5 meters)
Weight:
Period: Late Cretaceous
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Notes: Fragmentary remains, a pair of small brow horns and
a three-horned head, were found in Montana and Colorado.
The status of this dinosaur remains doubtful, as its remains
may prove to be that of Chasmosaurus.
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CERATOSAURUS
Pronunciation: sih-RAT-uh-SAWR-us
Translation: Horned Lizard
Also known as:
Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Ceratosauria
Family: Ceratosauridae
Height: 13 feet (4.0 meters)
Length: 20 feet (6.1 meters)
Weight: 3,000 lbs (1,360 kg)
Period: Late Jurassic
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Notes: Ceratosaurus was found in western North America.
It has horns above and forward of its eyes, resembling those
of Allosaurus, but it Ceratosaurus derives its name from its
extremely unusual, rather large nose horn. Because Ceratosaurus
was a very large predator, it is not likely that the horn was a
weapon. Possibly it was a secondary sex characteristic, identifying
males or females; perhaps it was used in ritual mating battles
between males. It has also been suggested that the horn was used
by hatchlings to break out of their eggs.
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