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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CETIOSAURISCUS
Pronunciation: SEET-ee-o-SAWR-iss-kus 
Translation: Whale Lizard-like
Also known as:
Description: Herbivore, Quadrupedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Diplodocidae
Height: 20 feet (6.1 meters)
Length: 50 feet (15.2 meters)
Weight: 19,850 lbs (9,004 kg)
Period: Middle to Late Jurassic
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Notes: Found in England and Switzerland, Cetiosauriscus was
originally thought to be closely related to Cetiosaurus but later
analysis showed it to be a diplodocid rather than a cetiosaurid.
Characteristic of diplodocids, this primitive, four-legged,
plant-eater had a long, whip-like tail. As is frequently the case
with sauropods, no skull has yet been found. Diplodocids are
common in the Late Jurassic in North America and East Africa,
but Cetiosauriscus is the only one found in Europe during this time.
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CETIOSAURUS
Pronunciation: SEE-tee-uh-SAW-rus
Translation: Whale Lizard
Also known as:
Description: Herbivore, Quadrupedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Cetiosauridae
Height: 16 feet (4.9 meters)
Length: 50 feet (15.2 meters)
Weight: 19,850 lbs (9,000 kg)
Period:
Middle to Late Jurassic
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Notes: Found in England, this was the first of the sauropod
suborder to be named and described. Originally thought to be
a huge crocodile by Sir Richard Owen, because of the whale-like
back vertabrae, this dinosaur is typical of the Cetiosauridae family
of primitive sauropods with moderately long forelimbs compared
to the hindlimbs. Owen, who invented the term "dinosaur",
believed Cetiosaurus was an aquatic animal and hence the name
Whale Lizard.
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CHASMOSAURUS
Pronunciation: KAZ-muh-SAWR-us
Translation: Cleft Lizard
Also known as:
Description: Herbivore, Quadrupedal
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Marginocephalia
Infraorder: Ceratopsia
Micro-order Neoceratopsia
Family: Ceratopsidae
Height: 8 feet (2.4 meters)
Length: 17 feet (5.2 meters)
Weight: 3,000 lbs (1,361 kg)
Period: Late Cretaceous
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Notes: Chasmosaurus is one of the best known ceratopsians,
because many more specimens have been discovered since the
first remains were found in Alberta, Canada in 1901.
Chasmosaurus had a small horn on its nose and two upward-
curving horns on its brow. Its impressive frill is fairly fragile,
making it relatively ineffective as a defense. It may have been
used for intimidation.
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CHIALINGOSAURUS
Pronunciation: key-ah-ling-uh-SAWR-us
Translation: Chia-ling Lizard
Also known as:
Description: Herbivore,Quadrupedal
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Thyreophora
Infraorder: Stegosauria
Family: Stegosauridae
Height: 5 feet (1.5 meters)
Length: 13.1 feet (4 meters)
Weight:
Period:
Late Jurassic
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Notes: Known from incomplete material found in southern China,
Chialingosaurus had small plate-like spines and small plates running
along its back.
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CHILANTAISAURUS
Pronunciation: key-LAN-tye-SAWR-us
Translation: Chilantai (Mongolian river) Lizard
Also known as:
Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Tetanurae
Micro-order: Carnosauria
Family: Allosauridae
Height: 9 feet (2.7 meters)
Length: 20 feet (6.1 meters)
Weight: 8,000 lbs (3,630 kg)
Period: Late Cretaceous
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Notes: Known from fragmentary remains found in Mongolia
and China, Chilantaisaurus seems to have resembled Allosaurus,
but it may have been related to the tyrannosaurids as well.
Chilantaisaurus had large arms for a big theropod.
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CHINDESAURUS
Pronunciation: CHIN-dee-SAWR-us
Translation: Chinle (from Chinde Point in Petrified Forest) Lizard
Also known as:
Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Ceratosauria
Family: Herrerasauridae (not confirmed)
Height: 4 feet (1.2 meters)
Length: 11.5 feet (3 meters)
Weight: 120 pounds (54.4 kg)
Period: Late Triassic
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Notes: Chindesaurus was discovered in Arizona's Upper
Petrified Forest formation at Chinde Point. This apparent
herrerasaurid was similar in size and shape to Ischisaurus.
Its neck was lightly-built and moderately long. The body was
compact, possessing relatively long hind limbs and a longer
tail than Ischisaurus. If it is a herrerasaurid, then it is the first
definite member of this important family of dinosaurs in
North America.
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CHINGKANKOUSAURUS
Pronunciation: ching-KANG-guh-SAWR-us
Translation: Chingkankou (Chinese village) Lizard
Also known as:
Description: Carnivore,y Bipedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Tetanurae
Micro-order: Carnosauria
Family: Tyrannosauridae
Height:
Length:
Weight:
Period: Late Cretaceous
Notes: Chingkankousaurus is known only from a shoulder
blade found in China.
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Notes: None
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CHIROSTENOTES
Pronunciation: kye-ROSS-ten-o-teez
Translation: Narrow Hand
Also known as: Macrophalangia
Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Tetanurae
Micro-order: Maniraptora (of the microorder Coelurosauria)
Family: Elmisauridae
Height: 3.5 feet (1.1 meters)
Length: 7 feet (2.1 meters)
Weight:
Period: Late Cretaceous
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Notes: Chirostenotes is known from fragmentary remains found in
Alberta, Canada. Each hand had three narrow, clawed fingers,
with the middle finger being considerably longer than the others.
Also discovered in the same formation was Macrophalangia,
and when a partial skeleton was later recovered, it was determined
that Macrophalangia and Chirostenotes were the same creature.
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CHUBUTISAURUS
Pronunciation: choo-BOOT-uh-SAWR-us
Translation: Chubut (province in Argentina) Lizard
Also known as:
Description: Herbivore, Quadrupedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Brachiosauridae (not confirmed)
Height:
Length: 75.5 feet (23 meters)
Weight:
Period: Early Cretaceous
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Notes: Fragmentary remains of Chubutisaurus were discovered
in southern Argentina. The discovery was important because it
demonstrated that these animals were living in South America.
It is known that this dinosaur was a giant four-legged sauropod
that had a long neck and tail.
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CHUNGKINGOSAURUS
Pronunciation: chung-KING-uh-SAWR-us
Translation: Chungking (Chinese city) Lizard
Also known as:
Description: Herbivore, Quadrupedal
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Thyreophora
Infraorder: Stegosauria
Family: Stegosauridae
Height:
Length: 9.8 - 13.1 feet (3 - 4 meters)
Weight:
Period: Late Jurassic
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Notes: Chungkingosaurus was a stegosaur with a characteristically
small, narrow head and a double row of large, thick plates running
the length of its back. The plates are midway between spikes and
the plates of Stegosaurus.
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