- This incredible graphic reveals how you would take on famous dinosaurs
- Some of the smallest dinosaurs would have been no larger than a house cat.
The idea of facing a dinosaur may seem like a nightmare.
But as this interactive reveals, many of the dinosaurs were much smaller than Jurassic Park might have led you to believe.
At the truly colossal end of the scale, gigantic creatures like Spinosaurus towered over the ancient landscape at nearly 18 feet (5.4 m) tall.
This semi-aquatic predator lurked in the marshes of North Africa 99 million years ago and owes much of its height to its spectacular fin, which may have helped it swim to catch prey.
At the other end of the scale was the tiny anchiornis, which could probably only bite your ankles.
At just 30 cm (0.3 m) tall, this tiny dinosaur was no bigger than a house cat when it roamed the Earth more than 150 million years ago.
So which dinosaurs could you stand shoulder to shoulder with? Scroll through this graphic to find out.
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