Dinosaur (disambiguation)
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A dinosaur
is a member of a largely extinct group of vertebrates which is ancestral to birds.
Dinosaur may also mean:
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
is a member of a largely extinct group of vertebrates which is ancestral to birds.
Dinosaur may also mean:
- A metaphor that describes something as out of date, or rendered obsoleteObsolescenceObsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service or practice is no longer wanted even though it may still be in good working order. Obsolescence frequently occurs because a replacement has become available that is superior in one or more aspects. Obsolete refers to something...
by later developments
Places
- Dinosaur National MonumentDinosaur National MonumentDinosaur National Monument is a National Monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa Rivers. Although most of the monument area is in Moffat County, Colorado, the Dinosaur Quarry is located in Utah...
, on the border of Colorado and Utah in the United States - Dinosaur, ColoradoDinosaur, ColoradoThe Town of Dinosaur is a Statutory Town located in Moffat County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 320 at the U.S. Census 2000....
, a town in the United States - Dinosauria (museum)Dinosauria (museum)Dinosauria is a museum devoted to dinosaurs in Espéraza, Aude, a département of southern France.Opened in 1992, it is directed by the association which created it, which is also named Dinosauria. The museum exhibits at least 35 different species of dinosaurs, mounted skeletons or life-size models....
, a museum about dinosaurs, in France - Dinosaur CoveDinosaur CoveNot to be confused with the children's book series of the same name.Dinosaur Cove in Victoria, Australia is a fossil bearing site in south-east of the continent where the Otway Ranges meet the sea to the west of Cape Otway, adjacent to Great Otway National Park .The inaccessible ocean-front cliffs...
, where the Leaellynasaura fossil was found in Australia
Film and television
- Dinosaur (film)Dinosaur (film)Dinosaur is a 2000 American computer-animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on May 19, 2000, and is the 39th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series...
, a 2000 Disney animated film - Dinosaur (Disney's Animal Kingdom), a thrill ride at Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
- Dinosaurs (TV series)Dinosaurs (TV series)Dinosaurs is an American family sitcom that was originally broadcast on ABC from April 26, 1991 to July 20, 1994. The show, about a family of anthropomorphic dinosaurs, was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions and Jim Henson Television in association with Walt Disney Television and Buena Vista...
, an early 1990s sitcom - Dinosaurus!Dinosaurus!Dinosaurus! is a 1960 science fiction film directed by Irvin Yeaworth and produced by Jack H. Harris. The leading role was intended for Steve McQueen, who starred in The Blob two years earlier, also directed by Yeaworth Jr...
, a 1960s feature film - Dinosaur!Dinosaur!Dinosaur! is an American television documentary about dinosaurs. It was first aired on CBS in the United States on November 5, 1985. Years later, in 1991, another documentary entitled Dinosaur!, not related with that one, was hosted on A&E by CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite.-Content:Directed by...
, a 1985 CBS documentary - Dinosaurs! - A Fun-Filled Trip Back in Time!Dinosaurs! - A Fun-Filled Trip Back in Time!Dinosaurs! – A Fun-Filled Trip Back in Time! is a film short released by Golden Book Video in 1987 under their "GoldenVision" series. It stars Fred Savage playing a grade school student named Philip who gives a class report on dinosaurs, with the help of an animated chalkboard and Will Vinton's...
, a 1987 children's video - Extreme DinosaursExtreme DinosaursExtreme Dinosaurs is an American animated series from 1997 based on a 1996 toy line from Mattel starring a group of dinosaurs that were transformed into super warriors by an interdimensional criminal. They rebelled against their creator and do battle with his second group of warriors, the evil...
, an American animated series from 1997
Music
- Dinosaur (song)Dinosaur (song)"Dinosaur" is a single by the band King Crimson from the album THRAK, released in 1995.-Track listing:#"Dinosaur" - 4:39...
, by the band King Crimson - "Dinosaur", a song by Kesha on her album AnimalAnimal (Kesha album)Animal is the debut studio album by American pop singer Kesha. The album was released on January 1, 2010, by RCA Records. Kesha worked with a variety of producers and writers such as Lukasz Gottwald , Benny Blanco, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin, Max Martin, and others...
- Dinosaurs Will Die, a song by punk rock band NOFXNOFXNOFX is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California .The band was formed in 1983 by vocalist/bassist Fat Mike and guitarist Eric Melvin. Drummer Erik Sandin joined NOFX shortly after. In 1991 El Hefe joined to play lead guitar and trumpet, rounding out the current line-up...
- Dinosaur Jr., an American indie rock band, originally known as "Dinosaur"
- Dinosaurchestra, an album by Lemon Demon
- The DinosaursThe DinosaursThe Dinosaurs, formed in 1982, was a Bay Area supergroup to emerge from the psychedelic music era of San Francisco. The group consisted of Peter Albin of Big Brother and the Holding Company, John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Papa John Creach of Hot Tuna, Spencer Dryden of Jefferson...
, a band
Other uses
- Dempster Dinosaur, a garbage-handling vehicle
- Dinosaur Bar-b-queDinosaur Bar-b-queDinosaur Bar-B-Que is a restaurant, blues venue, and biker bar chain in New York. Opened in 1988 on Willow Street in downtown Syracuse, it specializes in authentic barbecue, using a wood-fueled barbecue pit...
, a restaurant in Syracuse, New York, USA - X-20 Dyna-SoarX-20 Dyna-SoarThe X-20 Dyna-Soar was a United States Air Force program to develop a spaceplane that could be used for a variety of military missions, including reconnaissance, bombing, space rescue, satellite maintenance, and sabotage of enemy satellites...
, a USA rocket plane