A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Appendix

Zapsalis
Name means: “thorough shears”
Pronounced: ZAP-sal-is

This dinosaur is now known as PARONYCHODON.

Zephyrosaurus
Taxon: Ornithopoda Hypsilophodontidae
Name means: “Zephyr’s lizard”
Pronounced: ZEF-i-ro-SAWR-us
Length: 6 ft (1.8 m)
Time: Middle Cretaceous, 119 – 113 mya
Place: Montana

Named in 1980 for the mythical god of the west wind, Zephyrosaurus was a member of the two-legged, plant-eating hypsilophodontids. Like other members of that dinosaur group, this was a small, lightly-built animal with a short beak and large eyes.

Zigongosaurus
Name means: “Zigong lizard”
Pronounced: DZUH-GUNG-o-SAWR-us

This is now known to be OMEISAURUS.

Zizhongosaurus
Taxon: Sauropoda
Name means: “Zizhong lizard”
Pronounced: DZUH-JUNG-o-SAWR-us
Length: 30 ft (9 m)
Time: Early Jurassic, 208 – 188 mya
Place: China

Named in 1983 for Zizhong County in China where it was excavated, Zizhongosaurus was a small, primitive member of the long-necked, plant-eating sauropods.

Zuniceratops
Taxon: Ceratopsia
Name means: “Zuni horned face”
Pronounced: ZOO-nee-SER-uh-tops
Length: 10 – 11.5 ft (3 – 3.5 m)
Time: Late Cretaceous, c. 92 mya
Place: New Mexico

Zuniceratops was a small, primitive ceratopsian with some protoceratopsian characteristics. Its frilled and beaked skull is notable for featuring unexpectedly large horns above the eyes, making this the earliest ceratopsian for which brow horns are known. The four-legged, plant-eating dinosaur was named in 1998 for the Zuni tribe of North America.