European Dinosaurs

• During the early part of the Mesozoic Era (the Triassic Period), Europe was joined with all the other continents in one super-continent known as Pangaea.
  
  
• By the Jurassic Period, Pangaea begun to break up into two smaller super-continents: Laurasia and Gondwanaland. Europe was part of the northern super-continent, Laurasia, which also included North America and Asia (except for India). However, the very beginnings of the Atlantic slowly appeared, as North America slowly begun to separate from Europe.
  
  
• In the Cretaceous Period, Laurasia continued to break-up. The Atlantic eventually grew into a wide ocean separating North America from Europe.

Dinosaur	Dinosaur Location
Ampelosaurus	Ampelosaurus lived in Europe.
Baryonyx	Baryonyx lived in Europe (fossils have been found in England and Spain).
Camptosaurus	Camptosaurus lived in North America and Europe.
Ceratosaurus	Ceratosaurus lived in North America, Africa, and at least parts of Europe (there is some evidence that Ceratosaurus lived in Portugal).
Compsognathus	Compsognathus lived in Europe.
Eotyrannus	Eotyrannus lived in Britain.
Hypsilophodon	Hypsilophodon lived in North America and Europe (including England and Portugal).
Iguanodon	Iguanodon lived in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
Magyarosaurus	Magyarosaurus lived in Romania.
Megalosaurus	Megalosaurus lived in Europe (including England, France, and Portugal).
Pelecanimimus	Pelecanimimus lived in Europe. Its fossils were found in Spain.
Plateosaurus	Plateosaurus lived in Europe. Fossils of the animal have been found in Germany, France, Switzerland, Greenland, and even in rocks recovered from under the North Sea.
Saltopus	Saltopus lived in Scotland.
Scipionyx	Scipionyx lived in southern Italy.
Stegosaurus	Stegosaurus lived in North America and Europe.
Torvosaurus	Torvosaurus lived in North America and Europe (fossils have been found in Portugal).
Zalmoxes	Zalmoxes lived in Europe.

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