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Where they were found

1,427 genera mapped to a continent based on where their fossils were actually discovered, sourced from Paleobiology Database occurrence records. Country-level detail is next; continents are the honest starting resolution for now.

North America321 generaSouth America241 generaEurope137 generaAfrica101 generaAsia595 generaOceania25 generaAntarctica7 genera

Schematic map, not to scale — click a landmass to see dinosaurs whose fossils were found there. Placement reflects modern continents, not their Mesozoic positions.

Select a continent to see which dinosaurs lived there, based on where their fossils have been found.