My Dino Empire Dinosaur List: Named Dinosaurs and Where Each Appears

Quick answer

Four named dinosaurs appear in My Dino Empire: Gallimimus, Mutadon, Nothosaurus and Emberback Spinosaurus. Each name appears in a different place — your base, the market and the Playtime reward window. These are the documented appearances, not a confirmed complete roster.

• Gallimimus: shown at your base with a placement prompt (the demonstration used E PLACE beside a pad).
• Mutadon and Nothosaurus: names displayed around the market, where you browse collection options.
• Emberback Spinosaurus: a reward tile in the Playtime window, not a roll result.
• A name alone is not a strength grade — compare owned dinosaurs by their per-bone value.

My Dino Empire shows its dinosaur names in specific places, and each place means something different: learning placement at your base, browsing collection options at the market, and pursuing a reward while a session continues. This My Dino Empire dinosaur list collects the named examples and the context each one appears in, so you can tell a placement demo from a market display and a market display from a playtime reward — and never chase a roll result for a dinosaur that actually comes from playtime.

The named dinosaurs and where each appears

Data table

Dinosaur

Gallimimus

Where it appears

At your base

What the context means

Shown with a placement prompt beside a base pad; the demonstration used E PLACE. Placing a dinosaur gives your visit its base task.

Dinosaur

Mutadon

Where it appears

Around the market

What the context means

A name displayed in the market area, where you browse collection options.

Dinosaur

Nothosaurus

Where it appears

Around the market

What the context means

Displayed in the market area like Mutadon; recognize the name on its market example.

Dinosaur

Emberback Spinosaurus

Where it appears

Playtime reward window

What the context means

A named reward tile listed with cash, boosts, time skips, Explorer Egg and Frost Mutation Milk — a session reward, not a roll result.

Data table

Dinosaur	Where it appears	What the context means
Gallimimus	At your base	Shown with a placement prompt beside a base pad; the demonstration used E PLACE. Placing a dinosaur gives your visit its base task.
Mutadon	Around the market	A name displayed in the market area, where you browse collection options.
Nothosaurus	Around the market	Displayed in the market area like Mutadon; recognize the name on its market example.
Emberback Spinosaurus	Playtime reward window	A named reward tile listed with cash, boosts, time skips, Explorer Egg and Frost Mutation Milk — a session reward, not a roll result.

Gallimimus: the base placement name

Gallimimus is the dinosaur in the placement demonstration: hold it beside a base pad and use the placement prompt — E PLACE in the PC demonstration. Follow the prompt your own device shows instead of hunting for a keyboard key on mobile. Placement is what turns a rolled dinosaur into a working part of your base, because a placed dinosaur gives the visit its base task. The how to place dinosaurs guide walks through the steps.

Mutadon and Nothosaurus: the market names

Mutadon and Nothosaurus appear around the market, which makes the market the place to recognize named dinosaurs and decide what to collect next. Recognize each name on its displayed market example, and keep that market context with the dinosaur instead of measuring your collection against an advanced account's numbers.

Emberback Spinosaurus: the Playtime reward name

Emberback Spinosaurus comes from a different context: it is shown as a named reward tile in the Playtime window, listed alongside cash, boosts, time skips, Explorer Egg and Frost Mutation Milk. Two details on that window matter:

• Leaving resets progress. That warning belongs to Playtime rewards specifically — your base earns offline separately.
• Each tile's countdown applies to its own reward. If Spinosaurus is your target, follow its availability rather than another tile's timer.

Because this is a reward path rather than a rolling result, treat it as its own route and follow the tile itself on the playtime rewards page.

Not every name is obtained the same way

A Playtime reward and a dinosaur roll are different contexts, so check where you saw a name before deciding how to chase it:

• Market display — a collection example to recognize while browsing, like Mutadon and Nothosaurus.
• Playtime window — a session reward with its own countdown, like Emberback Spinosaurus.
• Base pad — a dinosaur being connected to base tasks through placement, like Gallimimus.
• Roll — how your crew grows; see how to roll dinosaurs.

Whatever the context, the name itself is not a strength grade. Market presence and reward tiles tell you where a dinosaur fits — they are not a promise of superior income.

How to judge a dinosaur once you own it

Once a dinosaur is in your inventory, its own numbers matter more than its name. Owned dinosaurs carry rarity labels such as Mythical and Apex: one player's session showed Mythical labels on several dinosaurs upstairs, and that player's reading was that Apex ranks above Mythical. That is a single-session impression, so use the labels as a rough guide rather than a final tier table.

The dependable comparison is each dinosaur's per-bone value: check it to see which of your dinosaurs earns the most. Bones are what placement is for — dinosaurs dig up bones that convert into money, so the dinosaur with the higher per-bone value is the stronger earner.

There is more to the game than these four documented examples: one player picked up a mammoth dinosaur through rolling and purchasing, nicknamed it 'Frosty Mammoth', and treated it as one of their good dinosaurs. Whatever ends up printed on the model, the same check applies: look at its per-bone value and let that decide whether it earns a spot.