Dinosaur or Not? 5

Deduce whether each name is that of a real dinosaur genus. Emphasis on real, emphasis on dinosaur, emphasis on genus. "Not" could either be made up, or the name of a non-dinosaur.
No "minor spelling mistakes" included
No "highly disputed names" included
Only non-avian dinosaurs (no birds)
Must be a valid genus as listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dinosaur_genera
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1. Edmontonia
A nodosaurid dinosaur
Dinosaur
Not
2. Albertaceratops
A ceratopsian dinosaur
Dinosaur
Not
3. Edmontosaurus
A hadrosaurid dinosaur
Dinosaur
Not
4. Albertosaurus
A tyrannosaurid dinosaur
Dinosaur
Not
5. Alioramus
A tyrannosaurid dinosaur
Dinosaur
Not
6. Gastonia
An ankylosaurian dinosaur
Dinosaur
Not
7. Heterocephalus
The genus name of the naked mole rat
Dinosaur
Not
8. Euoplocephalus
An ankylosaurian dinosaur
Dinosaur
Not
9. Europatitan
A sauropod dinosaur
Dinosaur
Not
10. Proceratosaurus
A theropod dinosaur
Dinosaur
Not
11. Paraceratosaurus
Made up
Dinosaur
Not
12. Ceratosaurus
A theropod dinosaur
Dinosaur
Not
13. Elasmosaurus
A genus of plesiosaur, an aquatic reptile
Dinosaur
Not
14. Elasmotherium
An extinct rhinoceros
Dinosaur
Not
15. Chasmosaurus
A ceratopsian dinosaur
Dinosaur
Not
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2 Comments
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Level 20
Feb 13, 2026
Albertaceratops is a real dinosaur, though it is spelled wrong on this quiz.
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Level 48
Feb 18, 2026
No wonder it sounded so real when I was making it up 🤦‍♂️

Updated the spelling and changed it to real