Carnival of the dinosaurs

Iguanodon: Fiercely vegetarian Photograph: Ray Moller/DK/Getty Creative

Tyrannosaurus rex: One of the largest ever meat-eating land animals, with teeth nearly a foot in length from root to tip Photograph: Michael Latz/AFP/Getty Images

Eoraptor ('dawn plunderer'): Only 1m tall, this early dinosaur had razor-sharp teeth and feasted on vertebrates Photograph: Dea Picture Library/Getty Creative

Stegosaurus: With its armoured body the size of a bus and brain the size of a dog's, Stegosaurus did more than any other to give dinosaurs their reputation (undeserved) of being intellectual lightweights Photograph: Dea Picture Library/Getty Creative

Lesothosaurus: A small and agile vegetarian with five-fingered hands Photograph: Dea Picture Library/Getty Creative

Triceratops ('three-horned face'): Scary vegetarian – armour-plated with horns to charge attackers Photograph: DK/Getty Creative

Camptosaurus ('bent lizard'): Plant-eating, beaked dinosaur. When standing on all fours, its back was arched ... hence the name Photograph: DK/Getty Creative

Allosaurus ('other lizard'): Carnivorous dinosaur sporting dagger-like teeth with serrated edges. Its teeth were curved backwards to prevent prey – such as Stegosaurus and Diplodocus – from escaping Photograph: DK/Getty Creative

Tuojiangosaurus: The two rows of bony plates along its spine and two large spikes on each side of its tail helped protect it while it nibbled on soft shoots and ferns Photograph: Jeffrey L. Osborn/NGS/Getty Creative

Archaeopteryx: Predecessor of modern birds, this flying dinosaur probably ate small reptiles, mammals and insects Photograph: DK/Getty

Baryonyx: Ate fish and Iguanadon Photograph: Gary Ombler/DK/Getty Creative

Baryonyx ('heavy claw'): Crouching on river banks or wading in shallow water, the huge claw on its largest digit may have been used to hook fish Photograph: Louie Psihoyos/Corbis

Microraptor gui: A four winged dinosaur that probably glided from tree to tree, named in honor of Chinese paleontologist Gu Zhiwei Photograph: Rex Features

Velociraptor ('quick plunderer'): Made famous by the film Jurassic Park, which portrayed it as person-sized, terrifyingly fast and vicious predator. In reality, Velociraptor stood barely half a metre high and had feathers Photograph: Dea Picture Library/Getty Creative

Maiasaura ('good mother lizard'): This placid creature laid up to 25 eggs in a dug-out nest lined with rotting vegetation to keep them warm Photograph: Dea Picture Library/Getty Creative

Edmontosaurus ('Edmonton lizard'): Up to 13m long and weighing 7 tonnes, its horny beak and thousand grinding cheek teeth formed a 'dental battery' for munching pine needles, cones and twigs Photograph: Dea Picture Library/Getty Creative

Dilong paradoxus: a primitive tyrannosaur covered with protofeathers. This is an artist's impression – its true colours will never be known Photograph: Portia Sloan/NGS/Getty

Quetzalcoatlus: Huge flying dinosaurs that were just as happy hunting on foot as they were in the air Photograph: Mark Witton/PA

Pterosaur: The biggest creatures ever to take to the air with wingspans of up to 60ft – twice the size of some light aircraft Photograph: Luis Rey/PA