Dinosaur Tier List Template
A dinosaur tier list template is a ranking grid preloaded with dinosaurs, ready to be sorted into S, A, B, C, D and F tiers.
Drag an item onto a tier, or tap it and then tap a tier.
Items to rank
Making a dinosaurs tier list
Dinosaurs are a near-perfect tier list subject: a large, finite, universally recognised cast with genuinely different strengths. It is also a category where popular impressions and current palaeontology disagree, which gives the list an unusual amount to argue about.
Rank by how you would fare meeting one rather than by how impressive it looks. Several of the crowd favourites drop sharply once the question is survival.
What is in this template
- Tyrannosaurus
- Triceratops
- Stegosaurus
- Velociraptor
- Brachiosaurus
- Ankylosaurus
- Spinosaurus
- Pterodactyl
- Diplodocus
- Allosaurus
- Parasaurolophus
- Iguanodon
- Compsognathus
- Archaeopteryx
- Plesiosaur
Frequently asked questions
- How do you rank dinosaurs?
- Pick a criterion - how dangerous, how well designed, or how much you would want to see one - and hold to it. Dinosaur lists are usually decided by childhood favourites unless a rule is set first.
- Is T. rex always S tier?
- Not necessarily. It dominates lists ranked on fame and intimidation, but drops on lists ranked by elegance of design or by how well the animal is actually understood from the fossil record.
- Should extinct marine reptiles count as dinosaurs?
- Strictly, no - plesiosaurs and pterosaurs are not dinosaurs. Most casual lists include them anyway, which is fine as long as the list is honest that it is ranking prehistoric animals rather than dinosaurs specifically.
