Late Cretaceous
Triceratops
Three horns and a remarkable bony frill
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Herbivorous dinosaurs
Beaks, grinding teeth and long necks. Meet dinosaurs that found their food among prehistoric plants.
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10 species to explore
Late Jurassic
Stegosaurus
Plates above, spikes behind
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Late Cretaceous
Ankylosaurus
Armor and a club at the end of the tail
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Late Jurassic
Brachiosaurus
Long front legs shaped its towering profile
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Late Jurassic
Diplodocus
A long neck, a longer story in its tail bones
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Late Jurassic
Apatosaurus
A robust giant of the Jurassic
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Early Cretaceous
Iguanodon
A thumb spike and a flexible outer finger
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Late Cretaceous
Parasaurolophus
A crest that curved behind the head
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Late Cretaceous
Protoceratops
A frilled head without giant horns
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Cretaceous
Edmontosaurus
Some fossils preserve large areas of skin impressions and possible remains of food from the gut.
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A closer look
Herbivorous dinosaurs, beyond the artwork.
Plant-eating dinosaurs came in very different shapes. Triceratops clipped vegetation with a beak and processed it with rows of teeth. Iguanodon and hadrosaurs also had specialised feeding teeth. Long-necked sauropods gathered vegetation using a different combination of reach and teeth.
There was no single prehistoric menu. Plants and environments changed through time, and feeding height differed between dinosaurs. Horns, plates and armour describe other parts of their anatomy; they do not turn a plant-eater into a predator. Explore each profile before picturing two species in the same landscape.
Did all plant-eating dinosaurs chew their food?
No. Some used teeth to process vegetation, while sauropods such as Brachiosaurus swallowed plant material without chewing it in the same way. Different mouths solved different feeding problems.
How do scientists recognise a plant-eating dinosaur?
The shape and arrangement of teeth and jaws provide important clues. Preserved food remains can strengthen an interpretation: plant material has been found associated with Edmontosaurus. A dinosaur’s overall size or appearance is not enough on its own.