Dinosaur API
This API is in active development. Some features have yet to be implemented yet such as images for dinosaurs also the list of dinosaurs isnt yet complete but im striving to add new dinosaurs when i can Upodated 28 Feb 2024 - quite a lot of new dinosaurs added Updated 15 Jan 2025 - added hundreds of new dinosaurs, stillneed to added descriptions Image by catalyststuff on Freepik
Dinosaur API endpoints
| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GET |
Dinosaurs by Era /dinosaurs/era/{era} |
Will return a list of dinosaurs based on their era. You can use triassic, jurassic or cretaceous. |
| GET |
Get dinosaurs /dinosaurs |
This retrieves all dinosaurs that is in the data set |
| GET |
Get dinosaur /dinosaurs/{id} |
Will retrieve a single dinosaur based on its id |
| GET |
Get a random dinosaur /dinosaurs/random |
This will return a random dinosaur |
| GET |
dinosaur random facts /dinosaurs/facts/random |
Returns a random fact about dinosaurs |
| GET |
Dinosaurs by hip /dinosaurs/hip/{type} |
returns a list of either Ornithischia hipped dinosaurs or Saurischia hipped dinosaurs |
Dinosaur API pricing
| Plan | Price | Rate limit | Quotas |
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| BASIC | Free | — |
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| PRO | $2 / month | — |
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