30 Dinosaur Puns & Jokes That Are Actually Funny

A funny dinosaur laughing at puns and jokes about itself

There are so many funny dinosaur puns and dinosaur jokes that it’s hard to actually find the best ones. That’s why it took us such a long time to make this list!

Read through these dinosaur puns and let us know what you think. Some are clever, some are cheesy, and others are cute.

But they’re all worth your time.


  • What is another name for a choir full of dinosaurs? A tyranno-chorus!
  • Which toy store do little dinosaurs like to shop at? Toys ‘R-saurus!
  • What is the reason Pterodactyls can’t be heard going to the bathroom? Because the p is silent.
  • What do you call a dinosaur pile up on the dino freeway? A tyrannosaurus wreck!
  • What do you get when you cross a dinosaur with a horror movie plot? A Terror-dactyl!
  • What dinosaur are all sailors fearful of? A mast-odon!
  • How do you refer to a tyrannosaurus rex that is unable to admit defeat? A saur loser!
  • How did the dinosaur acquire such an expansive vocabulary? It was learned from the thesaurus.
  • If a dinosaur ends up with sleep apnea, what does it do? It dino-snores!
  • What made Archaeopteryx so good at catching worms? They were early birds!
  • Why do dinosaurs not worry about how much they ever weigh? Because they are always surrounded with scales.
  • When two dinosaurs go through a breakup, what do they call each other? Their Tyrannosaurus ex!
  • What happens when a dinosaur consumes food covered with curry? It gets a mega-sore-ass.
  • If a dinosaur is working in a mine and gets caught in an explosion while working in a tunnel, what do you get? Dino-mite!
  • I visited a fossil field that was open to tourists last weekend and I ended up seeing a dinosaur ghost. It was a real scaredactyl!
  • What did the dinosaurs call early morning during the Jurassic time period? Meglodawn!
  • What is the leading cause of moody teenage dinosaurs going through puberty? Roarmones!
  • Where does a dinosaur go to pursue a career as a clown? To the carnivore!
  • What did Triceratops do when they needed to improve the processing speed of their computers? They give them extra rams!
  • Who do the dinosaurs go to when they need a mystery solved? The Triceracops!
  • How does a dinosaur apologize when it makes a mistake? They say “Saur-ee, I feel ptero-bill about this.”
  • Why do dinosaur fossils react negatively to something that is presented as a joke but isn’t actually funny? Because they don’t find the humerus in it at all.
  • What does a dinosaur put on a Valentine’s Day card? “My love, you are the dinomite, and I’m the flame. Let’s get together and create a big bang!”
  • How do dinosaurs wish each other a happy birthday? They say “Have a dino-riffic day!”
  • Why did the dinosaur not bother hiding his friend’s birthday gifts? Because he wasn’t sure if his friend would appreciate the gifts being raptor not.
  • What did the dinosaur say when his wife thanked him for the great date night? “You’re always the triceratops of my list and I would do anything to make you happy.”
  • What did the dinosaur say to his girlfriend when she asked why he was shaking? “I’m a nervous rex around you because you make my heart saur and don’t want our relationship to go extinct!”
  • My archeology professor told a really funny story in class today. He was working on a dinosaur fossil dig site and one of his colleagues asked him if he knew why dino farts were a plausible theory for them dying off? The professor said, “No idea,” to which his colleague responded “Because it would have been an ex-stink-tion level event!”
  • My colleague and I were on a spy mission to gain intel on a rogue element in the dinosaur park. While hiding in a bush, my colleague accidentally got his binoculars too far outside of the leaves into the sun which glinted off of the glass. The rogue dinosaur in question looked our way but didn’t move. My colleague looked at me in a panic and asked, “Do you think he-saurus?”
  • I overheard a Raptor and a Tyrannosaurus Rex  having a conversation at the museum today. The Raptor asked the Tyrannosaurus Rex if he thought he could fit through the front doors and get outside to scare the humans. The T-Rex lowered his head down to the Raptor’s level and whispered with confidence, “You bet Jurassican!”

Did These Take You Back?

We hope you had a good time with these funny dinosaur puns and dinosaur jokes. We had a lot of fun putting them together, and we’ve been constantly sharing them with our friends.

If you know any good ones that we should add to this list, let us know. We’re always looking for more great puns about dinosaurs to add!