Sentai Dino-themed Rangers

This article is about a common theme of Rangers in the Super Sentai series.

Dinosaurs are a common theme for Super Sentai. It has been used by four teams so far. The theme extends to other prehistoric creatures as well. It is associated with rampaging and rage, as well as bravery. These Rangers typically pilot or summon mecha with similar themes.

Rangers[]

Sentai Teams[]

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Until Gozyuger, all Dino-themed Red Rangers were based on Tyrannosaurus rex.
- Also, each Red Ranger from a Dino team has his own exclusive power-up form (Armed TyrannoRanger, AbareMax, Cho AbareMax, Kyoryu Red Carnival, Gabutyra Kyoryu Red, Max RyusoulRed).
- GozyuTyranno is the first Tyrannosaurus rex-based Ranger, who isn't red.
Each team has a Triceratops based Ranger.
- All male Triceraptops-based Rangers are Blue Rangers.
All teams have Red, Blue and Black Rangers.
- Abaranger is the only team to lack a Green and Pink Ranger.
- Each Yellow, Black, Green, and Pink Rangers also have different animals based on their motifs.
In fact, most teams do not feature a full-team dinosaur-theme as each team has at least one member that is not based on actual dinosaurs.
- The team that feature full dinosaur-theme team are 5-man Kyoryugers, Spirit Kyoryugers and 5-man Kyoryuger Brave.
- These following Rangers are not actually based on Dinosaur:
  - PteraRanger, AbareYellow, Kyoryu Gold (all are Pteranodons) and AbareKiller (Tupuxuara) are based on Pterosaurs, a group of prehistoric flying reptiles, which, while bearing similarity to dinosaurs, were not in the same genetic classification.
  - MammothRanger (Mammoth), TigerRanger and RyusoulGreen (both are Smilodon) are based on extinct ancient mammals.
  - DragonRanger (Dragon) is nominally based on a mythical creature.
  - Kyoryu Violet (Plesiosaurus) and RyusoulGold (Mosasaurus) are based on prehistoric marine reptiles.
Each have a Ranger/Extra Hero who was evil at some point
- Zyuranger: DragonRanger
- Abaranger: AbareKiller
- Kyoryuger: Deathryuger
- Ryusoulger: Gaisoulg
Each team has a ranger died at some point in the series.
- Zyuranger: Burai
- Abaranger: Mikoto Nakadai
- Kyoryuger: Wise God Torin (Ramirez and Tessai died centuries prior)
- Ryusoulger: Master Red, Master Blue, Master Pink, Nada, Seto and Koh
Each have sentient mechs, but only the Kyoryugers' Zyudenryu are not capable of verbal speech, with the exception of Gabutyra in Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: Dinosaur Great Battle! Farewell, Eternal Friends.
Each series has a mecha team attack to which they can combine power of their mecha together for an ultimate attack (though in the Bakuryuu's case, this was a one-time only attack in the series finale, and without TopGaler).
Each team has at least one member not from modern Japanese society. The Zyurangers were originally from a prehistoric time period, one of the Abarangers came from an alternate dimension, several members of the Kyoryugers (namely Utsusemimaru, Ramirez and Tessai) hail from different time periods of human history while Torin is non-human, and the Ryusoulgers hail from various isolationistic Ryusoul Tribes.
Each series has the team go up against a Knight-themed armor-based character (Dora Knight, Armor of Darkness, Raging Knight Dogold and Gaisoulg).
- Each series has a ranger connected to a Knight-themed character: the Black Knight was Geki and Burai's father, while both Asuka and Utsusemimaru wore and were possessed by the Armor of Darkness and Raging Knight Dogold until they were later freed after fighting their teammates. Meanwhile, the Ryusoulgers as a whole are knights, though Gaisoulg is the closest to the Knights in Abaranger and Kyoryuger.
Each series has a non-ranger villain (Bandora Gang, Destruction Messenger Jannu, Apostle of Dawn Lije, Joyful Knight Canderrilla, Funfilled Spy Luckyulo, Wiserue, and Kleon) reform by the end of their respective series.
Each series had a Dinosaur mecha of their partner's species that were evil, controlled by an evil master, or under a curse (DragonCaesar, KillerOh, BakurenOh, Pteraiden-Oh, SpinoDaiOh and Kishiryuzin). Notably with the exception of BakurenOh, these mecha were later reformed.