Prehistoric · 28 silhouettes

Dinosaur Size Comparison

Dinosaurs and other prehistoric giants from our silhouette library, with their estimated lengths.

Patagotitan

Patagotitan
Size: 37 m LengthLargest in category

Patagotitan, one of the largest dinosaurs known, stretched about 37 m.

Source ↗Attribution: Steveoc 86 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Alamosaurus

Alamosaurus
Size: 30 m LengthRank #2/28

Alamosaurus, a North American titanosaur, is estimated at about 30 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Steveoc 86 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Sauroposeidon

Sauroposeidon
Size: 30 m LengthRank #3/28

Sauroposeidon is estimated at 28–34 m long with a huge neck.

Source ↗Attribution: Steveoc 86 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Dreadnoughtus

Dreadnoughtus
Size: 26 m LengthRank #4/28

Dreadnoughtus is estimated at about 26 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Steveoc 86 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Mamenchisaurus

Mamenchisaurus
Size: 26 m LengthRank #5/28

Mamenchisaurus reached about 26 m, much of it an extraordinary neck.

Source ↗Attribution: Young and Zhao (1972:figure 4), modified by Michael P. Taylor · CC0 1.0

Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus
Size: 25 m LengthRank #6/28

Brachiosaurus is estimated at about 25 m long and 12–13 m tall.

Source ↗Attribution: Amy Beauvois · CC0 1.0

Diplodocus

Diplodocus
Size: 25 m LengthRank #7/28

One of the longest dinosaurs — about 25 m, most of it neck and tail.

Source ↗Attribution: KoprX · CC BY-SA 4.0

Megalodon

Megalodon
Size: 18 m LengthRank #8/28

Megalodon, the extinct giant shark, is estimated at up to about 18 m.

Source ↗Attribution: Vincent BACHA · PDM 1.0

Spinosaurus

Spinosaurus
Size: 15 m LengthRank #9/28

The largest known carnivorous dinosaur, about 15 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Tasman Dixon · CC0 1.0

Giganotosaurus

Giganotosaurus
Size: 13 m LengthRank #10/28

Natural History Museum lists Giganotosaurus at 13.0 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Tasman Dixon · CC0

Elasmosaurus

Elasmosaurus
Size: 10.5 m LengthRank #11/28

A plesiosaur with an enormous neck, about 10.5 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: T. Michael Keesey · CC BY 3.0

Parasaurolophus

Parasaurolophus
Size: 10 m LengthRank #12/28

A duck-billed dinosaur with a long backward crest, about 10 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Jack Mayer Wood · CC0 1.0

Iguanodon

Iguanodon
Size: 10 m LengthRank #13/28

One of the first dinosaurs ever described, about 10 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Jaime Headden · CC BY 3.0

Deinocheirus

Deinocheirus
Size: 10 m LengthRank #14/28

Natural History Museum lists Deinocheirus at an estimated 10 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: T. Michael Keesey · CC0

Corythosaurus

Corythosaurus
Size: 10 m LengthRank #15/28

Natural History Museum lists Corythosaurus at 10.0 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Craig Dylke · CC0

Triceratops

Triceratops
Size: 9 m LengthRank #16/28

The three-horned face — one of the best-known dinosaurs, about 9 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Danny Anduza · CC0 1.0

Stegosaurus

Stegosaurus
Size: 9 m LengthRank #17/28

The plated dinosaur with a spiked tail, about 9 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Olivia Binfield · CC0 1.0

Maiasaura

Maiasaura
Size: 9 m LengthRank #18/28

Natural History Museum lists Maiasaura at 9.0 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Tasman Dixon · CC0

Ankylosaurus

Ankylosaurus
Size: 8 m LengthRank #19/28

The armored tank of the Late Cretaceous, about 8 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Itai Fein · CC0 1.0

Paraceratherium

Paraceratherium
Size: 7.4 m LengthRank #20/28

Paraceratherium, the largest land mammal ever, reached about 7.4 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Steveoc 86 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pteranodon

Pteranodon
Size: 7 m LengthRank #21/28

A flying reptile with a wingspan of about 7 m.

Source ↗Attribution: Scott Hartman · CC0 1.0

Ouranosaurus

Ouranosaurus
Size: 7 m LengthRank #22/28

Natural History Museum lists Ouranosaurus at 7.0 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Tasman Dixon · CC0

Plateosaurus

Plateosaurus
Size: 7 m LengthRank #23/28

Natural History Museum lists Plateosaurus at 7.0 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Jack Mayer Wood · CC0

Woolly mammoth

Woolly mammoth
Size: 6 m LengthRank #24/28

A shaggy Ice Age elephant, about 6 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Amy Beauvois · CC0 1.0

Styracosaurus

Styracosaurus
Size: 5.5 m LengthRank #25/28

Natural History Museum lists Styracosaurus at an estimated 5.5 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Craig Dylke · CC0

Camptosaurus

Camptosaurus
Size: 5 m LengthRank #26/28

Natural History Museum lists Camptosaurus at 5.0 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Tasman Dixon · CC0

Pachycephalosaurus

Pachycephalosaurus
Size: 4.5 m LengthRank #27/28

The dome-headed dinosaur, about 4.5 m long.

Source ↗Attribution: Emily Willoughby e.deinonychus · CC BY-SA 3.0

Velociraptor

Velociraptor
Size: 2 m LengthRank #28/28

About the size of a turkey in real life — 2 m long including the tail.

Source ↗Attribution: Richard Rich · CC0 1.0

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