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Lists Of Dinosaur Specimens
Notable dinosaur specimens can individually increase science's knowledge about the life and world of the dinosaurs. By history * List of lost, damaged, or destroyed dinosaur specimens *List of dinosaur specimens sold at auction By preservation * List of dinosaur specimens with documented taphonomic histories * List of pathological dinosaur specimens * List of dinosaur specimens preserved with agonistic and feeding traces * List of dinosaur specimens with preserved soft tissue By taxonomic significance By taxon * Specimens of Archaeopteryx * Specimens of Tyrannosaurus ''Tyrannosaurus'' is one of the most iconic dinosaurs and is known from numerous specimens, some of which have individually acquired notability due to their scientific significance and media coverage. Specimen data ''Manospondylus'': AMNH 39 ... Type specimens * List of marginocephalian type specimens * List of ornithopod type specimens * List of sauropodomorph type specimens * List of Mesozoic theropod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lost, Damaged, Or Destroyed Dinosaur Specimens
References * Carpenter, K. (2006). "Biggest of the big: a critical re-evaluation of the mega-sauropod ''Amphicoelias fragillimus''." In Foster, J.R. and Lucas, S.G., eds., 2006, ''Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation.'' New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36: 131–138. * Spalding, D. A., 2001, Bones of contention: Charles H. Sternberg's lost world: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 481–503. Lists of dinosaur specimens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dinosaur Specimens Sold At Auction
Many dinosaur specimens have been sold at auction, as part of the fossil trade. On average, around five dinosaur skeletons are put up for auction each year. These specimens are mostly purchased by wealthy private collectors and museums in Europe and the United States, though interest has been growing in China as well. The private sale of fossils has attracted criticism from paleontologists, as it presents an obstacle to fossils being publicly accessible to research. Most countries where relatively complete dinosaur specimens are commonly found have laws against the export of fossils. The United States allows the sale of specimens collected on private property. As such, the majority of dinosaur fossils sold at auction were collected in the United States. However, smuggled specimens, particularly from Mongolia, also appear at auctions, often with falsified information on their source. This list includes both specimens sold at auction and specimens that were scheduled to be sold at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dinosaur Specimens With Documented Taphonomic Histories
This list of dinosaur specimens with documented taphonomic histories enumerates those fossil dinosaur specimens that have been subjected to focused efforts aimed at reconstructing the events following the animal's death and the processes by which its remains were preserved in the fossil record. Ankylosaurs Ankylosaurids Nodosaurids Ceratopsians Psittacosaurids Protoceratopsids Ornithopods Hadrosaurs Theropods Dromaeosaurs Oviraptorosaurs References External links {{Portal bar, Dinosaurs, Paleontology, History of science, Cretaceous, Mesozoic Documented taphonomic histories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Pathological Dinosaur Specimens
This list of pathological dinosaur specimens enumerates those fossil dinosaur specimens that preserve evidence of injury, disease, deformity or parasitic infection. Ankylosauria Ceratopsians Sauropodomorphs Stegosaurs Theropods Footnotes References * McWhinney, L., Carpenter, K., and Rothschild, B., 2001, Dinosaurian humeral periostitis: a case of a juxtacortical lesion in the fossil record: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 364–377 * Molnar, R. E., 2001 Theropod paleopathology: a literature survey In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 337-363. * * Rothschild, B., Tanke, D. H., and Ford, T. L., 2001 Theropod stress fractures and tendon avulsions as a clue to activity In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 331-336. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pathological dinosaur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dinosaur Specimens Preserved With Agonistic And Feeding Traces
''Saurornitholestes'' ("lizard-bird thief") is a genus of carnivorous dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous of Canada (Alberta) and the United States (Montana, New Mexico, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina). Two species have been named: ''Saurornitholestes langstoni'' in 1978 and ''Saurornitholestes sullivani'' in 2015. ''Saurornitholestes'' was a small bipedal meat-eating dinosaur, equipped with a sickle-claw on the foot. Discovery and naming In 1974 Canadian amateur paleontologist Irene Vanderloh discovered the skeleton of a small theropod near Steveville in Alberta. She showed it to John Storer of the Provincial Museum of Alberta, who brought it to the attention of Hans-Dieter Sues. In 1978 Sues named and described the specimen as the type species ''Saurornitholestes langstoni''. The generic name is in reference to the Saurornithoididae, due to the resemblance with this group that is today seen as part of the Troodontidae, and combines their name w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dinosaur Specimens With Preserved Soft Tissue
There have been some discoveries of unusually well-preserved fossil dinosaur specimens which bear remnants of tissues and bodily structures. Organic tissue was previously thought to decay too quickly to enter the fossil record, unlike more mineralised bones and teeth, however, research now suggests the potential for the long-term preservation of original soft tissues over geological time, leading to the formulation of various hypotheses regarding the underlying mechanisms involved. Ornithischians Basal ornithischians Hadrosaurs Ceratopsians Thyreophorans Saurischians Maniraptoriformes Compsognathidae Tyrannosauroidea Abelisaurs Sauropodomorphs See also * Dinosaur coloration *Feathered dinosaur A feathered dinosaur is any species of dinosaur possessing feathers. While this includes all species of birds, there is a hypothesis that many, if not all non-avian dinosaur species also possessed feathers in some shape or form. It has been s ... Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Specimens Of Archaeopteryx
''Archaeopteryx'' fossils from the quarries of Solnhofen limestone represent the most famous and well-known fossils from this area. They are highly significant to paleontology and avian evolution in that they document the fossil record's oldest-known birds. Over the years, twelve body fossil specimens of ''Archaeopteryx'' and a feather that may belong to it have been found, although the Haarlem specimen was reassigned to another genus by two researchers in 2017. All of the fossils come from the upper Jurassic lithographic limestone deposits, quarried for centuries, near Solnhofen, Germany.National Geographic News- ''Earliest Bird Had Feet Like Dinosaur, Fossil Shows'' - Nicholas Bakalar, 1 December 2005, Page 1. Retrieved 2006-10-18. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Specimens Of Tyrannosaurus
''Tyrannosaurus'' is one of the most iconic dinosaurs and is known from numerous specimens, some of which have individually acquired notability due to their scientific significance and media coverage. Specimen data ''Manospondylus'': AMNH 3982 The first-named fossil specimen which can be attributed to ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' consists of two partial vertebrae (one of which has been lost) found by Edward Drinker Cope in 1892. Cope believed that they belonged to an "agathaumid" (ceratopsid) dinosaur, and named them ''Manospondylus gigas'', meaning "giant porous vertebra" in reference to the numerous openings for blood vessels he found in the bone. The ''M. gigas'' remains were later identified as those of a theropod rather than a ceratopsid, and H.F. Osborn recognized the similarity between ''M. gigas'' and ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' as early as 1917. However, due to the fragmentary nature of the ''Manospondylus'' vertebrae, Osborn did not synonymize the two genera. ''Dynamosaurus'': ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Marginocephalian Type Specimens
This list of specimens is a comprehensive catalogue of all the type specimens and their scientific designations for each of the genera and species that are included in the clade marginocephalia. Marginocephalia is a clade of ornithischian dinosaurs that includes some of the most well-known Mesozoic animals, such as ''Triceratops'' and ''Pachycephalosaurus''. The group is united by, and is named for, the presence of a bony margin formed mostly from the parietal and squamosal bones at the posterior end of the skull. Although the first marginocephalian known to scientists, ''Agathaumas'', was described in 1872 by Edward Drinker Cope, the clade itself was not recognized until the latter part of the 20th century when Paul Sereno first united the two major groups, ceratopsians and pachycephalosaurians into a single clade. Marginocephalians first appeared in the Jurassic period as small bipedal animals. However, they saw an apparent increase in diversity during the Early Cretaceous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ornithopod Type Specimens
This list of specimens is a comprehensive catalogue of all the type specimens and their scientific designations for each of the genera and species that are included in the clade ornithopoda. Ornithopoda is a clade of ornithischian dinosaurs that includes some of the most common and widespread Mesozoic animals including iguanodonts, hadrosaurs, and some animals formerly called "hypsilophodonts". The clade was named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1881 and roughly means "bird feet". This name is reflective of the tridactyl feet of most ornithopods, which are superficially similar to many birds. Ornithopods were among the first dinosaurs known to scientists. The first species to be described was ''Iguanodon'', which was described in 1825 by Sir Richard Owen. Today, they collectively comprise the most diverse ornithischian group. The exact origin of ornithopods is uncertain. Some authors consider very primitive ornithischians like ''Nanosaurus'', ''Hypsilophodon'', and ''Jeholosauru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sauropodomorph Type Specimens
This list of specimens is a comprehensive catalogue of all the type specimens and their scientific designations for each of the genera and species that are included in the clade sauropodomorpha. Sauropodomorpha is a clade of saurischian dinosaurs that includes the largest land animals to have ever existed on Earth, such as ''Argentinosaurus'', ''Brachiosaurus'', and ''Patagotitan''. The clade "sauropodomorpha" was created based on the earlier-named and slightly more exclusive clade, sauropoda. This clade was named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1878 and it translates to "lizard feet", in reference to the fact that sauropods were unique among the dinosaurs known at the time for having five toes, instead of three (such as in theropods and ornithopods). "Sauropodomorpha" then roughly translates to "in the likeness of the lizard feet". The first sauropodomorph to be described was ''Cardiodon'', named by Sir Richard Owen, although he did not recognize at the time that it was a dinosaur. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mesozoic Theropod Type Specimens
This list of non-avian theropod type specimens is a list of fossils that are the official standard-bearers for inclusion in the Mesozoic species and genera of the dinosaur clade Theropoda, which includes the carnivorous dinosaurs like ''Tyrannosaurus'' and ''Velociraptor'', their herbivorous relatives like the therizinosaurs, and birds. Type specimens are those that are definitionally members of biological taxa, and additional specimens can only be "referred" to these taxa if an expert deems them sufficiently similar to the type. The list See also * List of ornithopod type specimens * List of marginocephalian type specimens * List of thyreophoran type specimens * List of other ornithischian type specimens * List of Mesozoic birds References {{DEFAULTSORT:Theropod Lists of dinosaur specimens Mesozoic fossil record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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