Dinosaur Bingo Free Printable

Dinosaur names on the cards and a riddle to read for each: I had three horns on my face.

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Dinosaur list, 40 dinosaurs. Paste your own to replace it, or type to add to it.

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40 dinosaurs in the bag

Every dinosaur is called once, in random order.

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How it works

Dinosaur bingo, free printable for a class: 6 cards of 4 × 4, each drawing 16 of 40 dinosaur names. Every name comes with a short riddle in the dinosaur's own voice to read before you say it.

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Riddle first, name second

Each call shows a name and its riddle. Read the riddle: I had broad upright plates along my back and spikes on the tip of my tail. Give the class a moment to guess, then say Stegosaurus. With children who are still learning to read, write the first letter on the board.

Five kinds of dinosaur

The list below sorts the 40: eight long necks, eight with horns, plates or armor, six duckbills and other plant eaters, ten large meat eaters and eight small dinosaurs. Twenty-two riddles say what the name means, such as Maiasaura, the good mother lizard.

  • The names are long, so the cards are 4 × 4. For the youngest, step Grid down to 3 × 3.

Questions and answers

Is this dinosaur bingo free to print?

Yes, and there is nothing to sign up for. One press prints the 6 cards on screen, 2 to a page on Letter or A4. Raise How many cards for a whole class, up to 60.

Which dinosaurs are on the bingo cards?

Forty, from Albertosaurus to Velociraptor: favorites such as Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and Brachiosaurus, and less familiar ones such as Amargasaurus and Therizinosaurus. Each riddle was checked against that dinosaur's article in English Wikipedia.

Was Brontosaurus a real dinosaur?

A 2015 study says yes. For decades Brontosaurus was counted as the same animal as Apatosaurus; that study found the two distinct, though some scientists still treat them as one. Both names are on the cards, each with its own riddle.

How do you play dinosaur bingo with a class?

Give each child a card and something to cover squares with. Read a riddle, then the name, and anyone who has that dinosaur covers it. Four in a row, across, down or diagonal, is a bingo.

All 40 dinosaurs

Long necks 8

  • Amargasaurus I was small for a long-neck, with two rows of tall spines down my neck and back.
  • Apatosaurus I was a heavily built plant eater with a long neck. My name means deceptive lizard.
  • Brachiosaurus My front legs were longer than my back legs, and my name means arm lizard.
  • Brontosaurus I am the thunder lizard. My long tail ended like a whip.
  • Camarasaurus I was a bulky long-neck with spoon-shaped teeth. My name means chambered lizard.
  • Diplodocus I was a long-necked giant. My name means double beam, after bones under my tail.
  • Mamenchisaurus My neck made up nearly half my length. My fossils were found in China.
  • Patagotitan I was a very large, heavily built long-neck from Patagonia in Argentina, and I was named in 2017.

Horns, plates and armor 8

  • Ankylosaurus I wore armor plates all over and had a large club at the end of my tail.
  • Kentrosaurus Small plates on my neck and back turned into spikes on my hips and tail. My name means prickle lizard.
  • Protoceratops I was small, with a neck frill and a beak like a parrot's. My name means first horned face.
  • Stegoceras I was small, walked on two legs and had a thick dome on top of my skull. My name means horn roof.
  • Stegosaurus I had broad upright plates along my back and spikes on the tip of my tail.
  • Styracosaurus I had one horn on my nose and long spikes around my neck frill.
  • Torosaurus I had the longest skull of any known land animal, with large openings in my frill. My name means perforated lizard.
  • Triceratops I had three horns on my face and a large bony frill.

Duckbills and other plant eaters 6

  • Corythosaurus I was a duckbill with a tall crest. My name means helmeted lizard.
  • Edmontosaurus I was a duckbill, one of the last dinosaurs, and I am named after the city of Edmonton.
  • Hadrosaurus I am the duckbill whose skeleton was the first dinosaur skeleton ever mounted, in 1868. I am the state dinosaur of New Jersey.
  • Iguanodon I was a big plant eater with large spikes for thumbs. My name means iguana tooth.
  • Maiasaura I am the good mother lizard, a duckbill that fed my young in the nest.
  • Therizinosaurus I was a slow plant eater with the longest hand claws known for any land animal. My name means scythe lizard.

Large meat eaters 10

  • Albertosaurus I was a meat eater with short arms and two-fingered hands, and I am named after a province of Canada.
  • Allosaurus I was a large meat eater of the Late Jurassic with three-fingered hands. My name means different lizard.
  • Baryonyx I ate fish and had a very large claw on my first finger. My name means heavy claw.
  • Carnotaurus I was a meat eater with two thick horns above my eyes and very small arms.
  • Ceratosaurus I was a meat eater with a horn on my snout and a pair of horns over my eyes.
  • Dilophosaurus Two arched crests ran along the top of my skull. My name means two-crested lizard.
  • Giganotosaurus I was a giant meat eater found in Argentina. My name means giant southern lizard.
  • Spinosaurus Tall spines on my back likely held up a sail. My snout was long and narrow like a crocodile's.
  • Tyrannosaurus I was among the largest meat eaters on land, with a massive skull and short, two-fingered arms. People call me T. rex.
  • Utahraptor I was a large meat eater with a big claw on my second toe, and I am named after a US state.

Small dinosaurs 8

  • Coelophysis I was a small, slender meat eater of the Late Triassic, found in the southwestern United States.
  • Compsognathus I was a small meat eater. My best-known fossil is the size of a chicken, and my name means elegant jaw.
  • Deinonychus My name means terrible claw, after the large curved claw on each of my back feet.
  • Eoraptor I was one of the earliest dinosaurs known: small, lightly built and found in Argentina.
  • Microraptor I was small, with long feathers on my arms, legs and tail. Scientists called me four-winged.
  • Oviraptor I was a feathered dinosaur with a toothless beak. My name means egg thief.
  • Struthiomimus I am the ostrich mimic, with long legs and a toothless beak.
  • Velociraptor I was a feathered hunter about the size of a turkey. My name means swift thief.

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