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Notable dinosaur specimens can individually increase science's knowledge about the life and world of the dinosaurs.


By history

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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 Formati ...
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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 ...


By preservation

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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 i ...
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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 Footnot ...
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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 mineral ...


By taxonomic significance


By taxon

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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 olde ...
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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 type specimens * List of thyreophoran type specimens


In popular culture

* List of nicknamed dinosaur specimens {{DEFAULTSORT:dinosaur specimens