Ultimate Extinct Animal Name Meanings

Guess these 70 extinct animal (mostly dinosaur) names based on their literal translation into English.

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Hint	Answer
Tyrant lizard king	Tyrannosaurus rex
Three horned face	Triceratops
Giant southern lizard	Giganotosaurus
Swift thief	Velociraptor
Egg thief	Oviraptor
Arm lizard	Brachiosaurus
Different lizard	Allosaurus
Spine lizard	Spinosaurus
Fused lizard	Ankylosaurus
Winged finger	Pterodactyl
Double beam	Diplodocus
Iguana tooth	Iguanodon
Near crested lizard	Parasaurolophus
Thick headed lizard	Pachycephalosaurus
Great lizard	Megalosaurus
Ancient wing	Archaeopteryx
Chicken mimic	Gallimimus
Crocodile mimic	Suchomimus
Roofed lizard	Stegosaurus
Deceptive lizard	Apatosaurus
Terrible claw	Deinonychus
Scythe lizard	Therizinosaurus
Terrible hand	Deinocheirus
Helmet lizard	Corythosaurus
Different toothed lizard	Heterodontosaurus
Lizard from Amarga	Amargasaurus
Cold crested lizard	Cryolophosaurus
Two crested lizard	Dilophosaurus
Polar bear lizard	Nanuqsaurus
Thick nosed lizard	Pachyrhinosaurus
Feathered serpent	Quetzalcoatlus
Chambered lizard	Camarasaurus
Heavy claw	Baryonyx
Meat bull	Carnotaurus
Alarming lizard	Tarbosaurus

Hint	Answer
Narrow claw lizard	Stenonychosaurus
Night lizard	Nyctosaurus
Parrot lizard	Psittacosaurus
Opening lizard	Chasmosaurus
Pointed lizard	Kentrosaurus
South wing	Pterodaustro
King lizard	Basilosaurus
Terrible crocodile	Deinosuchus
Two measures of teeth	Dimetrodon
Unusual shrimp	Anomalocaris
Pavement lizard	Edaphosaurus
Fish lizard	Ichthyosaurus
Fish hunter	Ichthyovenator
The shadow of death that kills with cold wind	Maip
Strange wing (this one isn't Latin)	Yi qi
Great beast	Megatherium
Terrible beast	Deinotherium
Pebble beast	Chalicotherium
Near horn beast	Paraceratherium
Horned lizard	Ceratosaurus
Fears nothing	Dreadnoughtus
Achilles warrior	Achillobator
Dunkle's bone	Dunkleosteus
Spiral saw	Helicoprion
Large freshwater fish	Tiktaalik
Pakistan whale	Pakicetus
Knife tooth	Smilodon
Bear beast	Arctotherium
Western bird	Hesperornis
Many spines	Polacanthus
Beak snout	Rhamphorhynchus
Flesh crocodile	Sarcosuchus
Smooth sided teeth	Liopleurodon
Thin plate beast	Elasmotherium
Irritation	Irritator

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