Dinosaur facts and figures
Here are some of the coolest dinosaur factoids you can get out of the Paleobiology Database, useful or not. Most of the data are based on Matt Carrano's non-avian dinosaur systematics archive.
Technical note: birds are dinosaurs. However, birds are not included in any of the following because, well, they're birds.
Collections with the most dinosaurs
Collections from the farthest ends of the Earth
Based on paleocoordinates.
Farthest north: Colville River Campanian dinosaurs
Farthest south: Huriwai Measures
Farthest east: Meoto-sugi dinosaur footprint
Farthest west: Kakanaut, Lake Pekulnei
Formations with the most dinosaur occurrences
Countries with the most dinosaur occurrences
Most frequently used names
Papers that named the most species
Most discussed species
Based on the number of published taxonomic opinions.
Species with the most synonymous names
Species with the longest names
Species with the weirdest names
Based on a very tasty secret formula.
Species with the dullest names
Based on almost the same very tasty secret formula.
Species named per decade
- 1820s: 2
- 1830s: 5
- 1840s: 10
- 1850s: 8
- 1860s: 7
- 1870s: 60
- 1880s: 39
- 1890s: 31
- 1900s: 40
- 1910s: 49
- 1920s: 53
- 1930s: 53
- 1940s: 22
- 1950s: 31
- 1960s: 24
- 1970s: 79
- 1980s: 86
- 1990s: 155
- 2000s: 173
The first species ever named
Species named in 2006 and 2007
Silly as they may seem.
