Living dinosaur may refer to: Birds, the only known living dinosaurs Living fossils, extant taxa that closely resemble organisms otherwise known only from the fossil record Paleocene dinosaurs, non-avian dinosaurs alleged to have survived into the beginning of the Paleocene epoch Living dinosaurs, in beliefs adherent to the pseudosciences of cryptozoology and young Earth creationism, such as the Mokele-mbembe. Partridge Creek monster, the subject of a story by French writer Georges Dupuy
See also Lazarus taxon, a taxon that disappears from the fossil record only to appear again later