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Does the phrase 恐竜ガール make sense? I reads it as Dinosaur Girl.
I also thought of 恐竜の女の子, but then I realize that it translates as dinosaur of girl, which I do not want.
If the first is wrong and makes no sense, what is the correct way to write Dinosaur Girl?
恐竜ガール is a natural combination of words, but its meaning is ambiguous.
Despite the ambiguity, 恐竜ガール sounds natural and "interesting" to me as a book title, etc., all the more for its ambiguity.
But I would like to note that 恐竜ガール is likely to be taken in the first sense (ie, "a dinosaur fan") these days. Perhaps many people will take this phrase in the first sense right away. In the last few years, this ○○ガール meaning "(female) ○○ fan" is regarded as "trendy" by some, and I hear many similar expressions, for example, 山ガール, 森ガール, 数学ガール.
