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This list of nicknamed dinosaur fossils is a list of fossil non-avian dinosaur specimens given informal names or nicknames, in addition to their institutional catalogue numbers. It excludes informal appellations that are purely descriptive (e.g., "the Fighting Dinosaurs", "the Trachodon Mummy").
For a similar list with non-dinosaurian species, see List of non-dinosaur fossil specimens with nicknames.
Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
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Adam[11][12] | Museum of Evolution | Torosaurus | Late Cretaceous | Has largest known skull for a dinosaur and land-living animal | |||
Afternoon Delight | MOR 2569[13] | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | Hell Creek formation | ||
Amalie[14][15] | Natural History Museum, Berlin | Triceratops | Named after owner Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen's daughter | ||||
Anky Breaky Heart | MOR 3011[13] | Museum of the Rockies | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | ||||
Ashes Trike | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | ||||||
Baker Trike | MOR 1604 | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Bay Stud Coulee | UCMP 144297 | University of California Museum of Paleontology | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Berkeley Baby | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||||
Big John[16][17] | Glazer Children's Museum | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | Hell Creek formation | Largest known Triceratops skeleton; 60% complete with a skull that is 75% complete.[18][19] Sold for €6.6 million (US$7.7 million) on 21 October 2021[19][20] | ![]() | |
Bill | BDM | Badlands Dinosaur Museum | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | Hell Creek Formation, MT | ||
Billy | BHI 4772 | Black Hills Institute of Geological Research | Torosaurus | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Bob's Bonebed | UCMP 137266 | University of California Museum of Paleontology | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Bruce | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||||
Carl | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||||
Cheryll[21][22][23] | Palm Beach Museum of Natural History | Triceratops | Late Cretceous (Maastrichtian) | Only specimen of non-avian dinosaur in south Florida | |||
Cliff[24] | Museum of Science (Boston) | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | ||||
Cliffhanger | MOR 3045[13] | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Count Trikeula | BDM | Badlands Dinosaur Museum | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | Hell Creek Formation, MT | ||
Coyote Basin | UCMP 174838 | University of California Museum of Paleontology | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Dave's Nose | UCMP 128561[13] | University of California Museum of Paleontology | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Declan | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||||
DF Juvie Trike III | MOR 2951 | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Dio[25] | Royal Ontario Museum | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | Named after Ronnie James Dio | |||
Dirk[26][27] | Naturalis Biodiversity Center | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | ||||
Doyle | AMNH 5116 | American Museum of Natural History | Triceratops or Torosaurus | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | ![]() | ||
Ducky Tail | MOR 6648 | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Elvis | Torosaurus | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||||
Fafnir | SMM P60.2.1, P62.1.1, P60.5.1, P63.11.1, P63.2.1, P60.6.1 (composite) | Science Museum of Minnesota | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | Named after the dragon in both Norse mythology and Richard Wagner's opera Siegfried; coined by his granddaughter.[28] | ||
Getaway Trike | MOR 1120 | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Gundy[29] | Barnes County Historical Society Museum | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | ||||
Harley's Baby | MOR 154452 | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Hatcher | USNM 4842,BSP 1964 I 458(composite) | National Museum of Natural History | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | Named after John Bell Hatcher | ![]() | |
Haxby Trike | MOR 1625 | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Headless Henry[30][31][32] | Missouri Institute of Natural Science | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | One of the largest known specimens. Named after Matt Forir's son. | |||
Hellboy | TMP 2005.055.0001 | Royal Tyrrell Museum | Regaliceratops peterhewsi | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-67 million years ago) | St. Mary River Formation | Named after the comic book character of the same name, and also in reference to the challenging process of excavating and preparing the specimen.[33] | |
Henry[22][34] | Palm Beach Museum of Natural History | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | Named after Henry Fairfield Osborn | |||
High Ceratopsian | UCMP 137263 | University of California Museum of Paleontology | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Homer | BMRP 2006.4.1 | Burpee Museum of Natural History | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | Hell Creek Formation | ||
Horridus[35][36] | NMV P256878 | Melbourne Museum | Triceratops horridus | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 66-68 million years ago) | Hell Creek Formation |
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Jason[37][38] | Louisiana Art and Science Museum | Triceratops | Hell Creek Formation | Named after discoverer, a rancher who first found it. | |||
JD Trike 12 | MOR 3056[13] | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
JD Trike 14 | MOR 2950[13] | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Joe's Trike | MOR 2923 | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Juvenile Trike | UCMP 159233 | University of California Museum of Paleontology | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Kelsey | TCM 2001.93.1 | The Children's Museum of Indianapolis | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Kevin | Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center | ||||||
Lane | HMNS 2006.1743.00 | Houston Museum of Natural Science | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | ![]() | ||
Larry | BDM | Badlands Dinosaur Museum | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | Hell Creek Formation, ND | Has a pathological tail | |
Laurel's Trike | ROM 2938 | Royal Ontario Museum | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Little Horny Devil | MOR 3064 | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Lon's Trike | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||||
Maddy | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||||
Marge | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||||
Mark's Scavenged Trike | MOR 2570 | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | ||||
MORT | MOR 004[13] | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Nana | DSTtD-0035 | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | ||||
Pops | WCAB | Denver Museum of Natural History | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Quittin' Time | MOR 2574 and 2702 | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Raymond | NSM-PV 20379 | National Museum of Nature and Science | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | ![]() | ||
Red Phantom | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||||
Roar[39] | Naturhistorisk museum | Triceratops | Name comes from donor of specimen. | ||||
Ruben's Triceratops | UCMP 113697[13] | University of California Museum of Paleontology | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Russel Basin Triceratops | UCMP 136092[13] | University of California Museum of Paleontology | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Sara | Redpath Museum | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | ||||
Seth's Trike | MOR 2979 | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
SG-5 | MOR 1110 | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Sierra skull | MOR 1199 | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Situ But Sad | MOR 2999[13] | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Six O' Clock Trike | MOR 2985[13] | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Spike | New Mexico Museum of Natural History | Pentaceratops | Late Cretaceous (Campanian, 76-73 million years ago) | Kirtland Formation | |||
Supernasal | MOR 2972 | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Three Amigos | MOR 2982 | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
TriceraJosh[40] | Royal Saskatchewan Museum | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | ||||
TriSarahTops | MOR 2980 | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | |||
Tritan[41] | Royal Saskatchewan Museum[41] | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | ||||
Tiny | Denver Museum of Nature and Science[42] | Torosaurus | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | The first recorded Torosaurus find in Colorado, the most complete Torosaurus ever found.[43] Found in 2017 and originally thought to be a Triceratops.[44] | |||
Yoshi's Trike | MOR 3027 | Museum of the Rockies | Triceratops | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 million years ago) | Hell Creek formation | Has longest horns found in any Triceratops known | ![]() |
Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
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April[45][46] | MANCH LL. 12275[47][48] | Manchester Museum | Tenontosaurus tilleti | Lower Cretaceous | Cloverly Formation[49][48] | Highly complete.[45] Named after wife of preparator. May represent male specimen.[46] | |
Antonio[50] | SC 57021 | Civic Museum of Natural History, Trieste | Tethyshadros insularis | Late Cretaceous, 70 Ma (Maastrictian) | Liburnia Formation | ||
Arky[51][5] | SMA 0265 | Sauriermuseum Athal | Camptosaurus sp. | Late Jurassic | |||
Baby Dry[52] | CM 11340 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History | Dryosaurus elderae | Late Jurassic | Morrison formation | Juvenile specimen. | |
Barbara | SMA 0010 | Aathal Dinosaur Museum | Nanosaurus agilis | Late Jurassic | |||
Becky's Giant | MOR 1609[53] | Museum of the Rockies | Edmontosaurus annectens | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A maxilla. Its 570 mm size indicates it is one of the largest specimens of Edmontosaurus. | ||
The Beast | FMNH | Field Museum of Natural History | Parrosaurus missouriensis | Late Cretaceous | |||
Boggy Lips | Black Hills Institute | Edmontosaurus | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Lance Formation | Has preserved skin | ||
Bruno | SC 57247[54] | Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste | Tethyshadros | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Liburnia Formation | ||
Burt[55] | Barnes County Historical Society Museum | Thescelosaurus neglectus | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | ||||
Constantine | |||||||
DAK | Brachylophosaurus | ||||||
Dakota | North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum[56] | Edmontosaurus | Maastrichtian | Hell Creek Formation | Very well preserved | ![]() | |
Diana[57] | Houston Museum of Natural Science | Edmontosaurus | Maastrichtian | ![]() | |||
Dinosaur Joe[58] | RAM 14000[59] | Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology | Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus | Late Cretaceous (Campanian; 75.5 million years ago) | Juvenile specimen, named after volunteer Joe Augustyn | ![]() | |
Elvis | Phillips County Museum[60] | Brachylophosaurus | |||||
Gary | UALVP 60425[61] | University of Alberta Paleotology Museum | Edmontosaurus | Late Cretaceous | |||
George[62][63] | Pacific Museum of the Earth, Vancouver | Lambeosaurus | Late Cretaceous (Campanian; 75.5 million years ago) | Dinosaur Park Formation | |||
Georgette[5] | Korea Institute of Geoscience | Maiasaura peeblesorum | |||||
Hannah[64] (II) | Museum of Geology & Natural History, West Virginia | Edmontosaurus | Hell Creek Formation | Uncovered in 2003. Only genuine non-avian dinosaur specimen in the state of West Virginia. | |||
Hardy | Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University | Hadrosaurus foulkii | |||||
Henrietta[5] | Royal Ontario Museum | Maiasaura peeblesorum | |||||
Isauria | IGM 6583[65] | Instituto de Geologia of the
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (National Autonomous University of Mexico) |
Latirhinus | Campanian (Late Cretaceous), 72.5 million years ago | Cerro del Pueblo Formation | ||
Karen[5] | Prosaurolophus blackfeetensis | ||||||
Leonardo[66] | The Children's Museum of Indianapolis | Brachylophosaurus | Campanian | Judith River Formation | Mummified specimen | ![]() | |
Leon[57] | Houston Museum of Natural Science | Edmontosaurus | Maastricthian | ![]() | |||
Lizzie | 2000 P-02[67] | University of Alaska Museum[67] | Hadrosauridae indet.[68] | Middle Turonian[69] | Matanuska Formation[70] | This specimen was the first occurrence of a hadrosaur in south-central Alaska, one out of only four vertebrate fossils from the entire Wrangellia Composite Terrane, and the first associated skeleton of an individual dinosaur in Alaska.[71] | |
Mama Dry[52] | CM 3392 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History | Dryosaurus elderae | Late Jurassic | Morrison formation | Sub-adult specimen. | |
Marco[72] | Brachylophosaurus canadensis | Late Cretaceous | |||||
Mary Anne[73] | Naranjo Museum of Natural History | Late Cretaceous | |||||
Maximus[74][75][76] | Thescelosaurus | Late Cretaceous | |||||
Mojo | Edmontosaurus | ||||||
Mouse | Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology | Hadrosauridae indet. | Campanian | Dinosaur Park Formation | Named after a mouse skeleton found in its plaster jacket after being left out for years.[77] | ||
Nadine[5] | Fukui | Hypacrosaurus | |||||
Papa Dry[52] | CM 87688 | Carnegie Museum of Natural History | Dryosaurus elderae | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | Partially preserved adult skull | |
Peanut[78] | Brachylophosaurus | Late Cretceous (Campanian) | |||||
Pink Iggy[79] | MIWG.5126 | Dinosaur Isle | Iguanodon | Named after the bones' pink colouration due to the minerals in the rocks | |||
Primus | SC 57022 | Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste | Tethyshadros | Late Cretceous (Maastrichtian) | Liburnia Formation | ||
Prince | Brachylophosaurus | Late Cretceous (Campanian) | |||||
Roberta | Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station | Brachylophosaurus | Late Cretceous (Campanian) | Mummified remains | ![]() | ||
Rocco[80] | Tethyshadros insularis | Late Cretaceous, 70 Ma (Maastrictian) | Liburnia Formation | ||||
Rod's Duck[81] | uncatalogued | Badland's Dinosaur Museum | ?Brachylophosaurus sp. | Late Cretaceous, 76 mya | Judith River Formation | A young individual, possibly of the genus Brachylophosaurus died at approximately the age of 2–3 years. | |
Ruth[82] | National Museum Cardiff | Edmontosaurus annectens | Late Cretaceous, 66 Ma (Maastrictian) | Hell Creek Formation | Named after Ruth Mason, who discovered fossils of Edmonotosaurus on her ranch, and provided the name of the Ruth Mason Quarry | ||
Secundus | SC 57026 | Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste | Tethyshadros insularis | Late Cretceous (Maastrichtian) | Liburnia Formation | ||
Skinny | Royal Saskatchewan Museum[41] | Edmontosaurus | Late Cretceous (Maastrichtian) | ||||
Tertius | Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste | Tethyshadros | Late Cretceous (Maastrichtian) | Liburnia Formation | |||
Tyke | TMP 1998.050.0001 | Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology | Prosaurolophus maximus | Campanian, Late Cretaceous | St. Mary River, Deerfield Hutterite Colony, near Magrath, Bearpaw formation | Named Tyke in reference to its young age.[83] | |
Wally[84] | Camptosaurus | Late Jurassic | |||||
Walter[85] | Colorado Northwestern Field Museum | Hadrosauridae indet. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Named after the Great Dane who discovered it on a walk with Colorado Northwestern teacher Ellis Thompson-Ellis. | |||
Willo | NCSM 15728[86] | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences | Thescelosaurus | Maastrichtian | Hell Creek Formation | Falsely thought to have fossilised heart intact. | ![]() |
X-rex | MOR 1142[53] | Museum of the Rockies | Edmontosaurus | Maastrichtian | Hell Creek Formation | Tail. Size indicates it is one of the largest specimens of Edmontosaurus. | |
Zdravko | Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste | Tethyshadros | Late Cretceous (Maastrichtian) | Liburnia Formation | |||
Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
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Dante[5] | Edmontonia | ||||||
Easton[87] | National Museum of Natural History | Unknown | Lance Formation | Cast on display at the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History | |||
Fantasia[88] | Hesperosaurus | Kimmieridgian, 155 MYA | Morrison Formation | ||||
Gamera[89] | CEUM 1522 | USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum | Nodosauridae indet.[90] (part of the Polacanthinae clade) | Early Cretaceous (Berriasian; 145-139 mya) | Cedar Mountain Formation (Yellow Cat member) | Named after the turtle kaiju of the same name | |
Gates | GPDM 205[91] | Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station | Stegosaurus | Morrison Formation | |||
Giffen | GPDM 178[91] | Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station | Stegosaurus | Morrison Formation | named after town of Giffen, Montana where originally found. | ||
Lily | SMA L02 | Hesperosaurus | Kimmeridgian, 155 MYA | Named after volunteers Nicola and Rabea Lillich | |||
Morritz | SMA 3074-FV01 | Hesperosaurus | Kimmeridgian, 155 MYA | Named after character from Max and Moritz | |||
Olive[5] | NSM PV 20381 | National Museum of Nature and Science | Euoplocephalus tutus or Scolosaurus | ||||
Peggy[5] | FPDM V-31[92] | Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum | Euoplocephalus | ||||
Roadkill | USNM V 4934[93] | National Museum of Natural History | Stegosaurus stenops | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | Found articulated, as well as first with plates preserved as they were.[93] | |
Sarah/Sophie | NHMUK R36730 | Natural History Museum of London | Stegosaurus | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | Extremely complete | ![]() |
Sherman | ROM 75860[94] | Royal Ontario Museum | Zuul crurivastator | Late Cretaceous (Campanian; 75 mya) | Judith River Formation | ||
Spike | Polacanthus | ||||||
Tank | Denversaurus | ||||||
Uma[5] | Euoplocephalus tutus | ||||||
Victoria | SMA 0018 | Aathal Dinosaur Museum | Hesperosaurus | ||||
Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
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Buster[95] | RBCM P900 | Royal BC Museum[95] | Ferrisaurus sustutensis | Maastrichtian | Tango Creek Formation | ||
Frannie[96] | The Children's Museum of Indianapolis | Prenoceratops | St. Mary's Formation | named after Fran Julian, a supporter of The Children's Museum. | |||
Mr. Potatohead[97] | MOR 3040[98][99] | Museum of the Rockies | Sphaerotholus | ||||
Queenie[5] | Mokpo Natural History Museum, | Prenoceratops pieganensis[100] | Late Campanian (74 million years) | ||||
Sandy | Pachycephalosaurus sp. | Maastrichtian | Hell Creek Formation | Most complete specimen of the genus so far | ![]() | ||
Tucki[101] | AM 4766[102] | Albany Museum | Heterodontosaurus tucki | Early Jurassic (Hettangian; 200 million years ago) | Elliot Formation |
Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
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Alan | YORYM: 2001.9337 | Yorskshire Museum | Sauropoda indet. | Aalenian (Middle Jurassic; 175 million years ago) | Saltwick Formation | Oldest known sauropod specimen of the UK. | |
Big Momma[103] | BP/1/4934[104] | Massospondylus | Neotype of the genus | ||||
Dixie | |||||||
Ellingen | Plateosaurus | ||||||
George[105] | LCM G468.1968 | Leicester Museum & Art Gallery | Cetiosaurus oxionensis | Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) | Rutland Formation | Also known simply as the Rutland Dinosaur. | |
Grey Skull | BP/1/4779[106] | Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand | Ngwevu intloko | Holotype | |||
Kate | |||||||
Kirby | |||||||
Monica[27][107] | Naturalis Biodiversity Center | Plateosaurus | Late Triassic | Found in Switzerland | |||
Pepe | |||||||
Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
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Andrew | CMC VP14128[108] | Cincinnati Museum Center | Diplodocus | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Morrison Formation (Salt Wash Member) | Juvenile skull and vertebrae. Named after Andrew Carnegie | ![]() |
Appolonia[109][110] | Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum | Diplodocidae sp.
(informally known as "Barackosaurus" and "Amphicoelias brontodiplodocus")[111][112] |
Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | ![]() | ||
Big Monty[113] | Haplocanthosaurus | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | Private specimen. | |||
Brösmeli[114][115] | Oertijdmuseum Boxtel | Diplodocid between Barosaurus and Galeamopus (tenatively Diplodocus sp. nov) | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | Name means "Crumbly" in the Swiss German | ||
Dippy | CM 84 | Carnagie Museum | Diplodocus | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | ![]() | |
Dolly[116] | MOR 7029[117] | Great Plains Dinosaur Museum | Diplodocinae indet. | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | Named after singer Dolly Parton. Contains evidence of being affected by respiratory disease, specifically Airsacculitis. | |
Gnatalie[118] | Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | Diplodocinae indet. | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | Named for the gnats that relentlessly harassed excavators. A distinct green color due to celadonite. | ||
Gordo | ROM 3670 | Royal Ontario Museum | Barosaurus lentus | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | Named after museum curator Gordon Edmund.[119] Originally from Carnegie Museum of Natural History. | ![]() |
Happy[120][121][122] | CMNH 10380[123] | Cleveland Museum of Natural History | Haplocanthosaurus delfsi | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)[121] | Morrison Formation | ![]() | |
HQ One | SMA 0003[124] | Diplodocus | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | |||
HQ Two | SMA 0004[125] | Kaatedocus | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | |||
Jimbo | WDC DMJ-021 | Wyoming Dinosaur Center | Supersaurus | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | ![]() | |
Junior | Apatosaurus | Morrison Formation | |||||
Max | SMA 00011 | Aathal Dinosaur Museum | Galeamopus | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | ![]() | |
Misty | Natural History Museum of Denmark[126] | Diplodocus sp. | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | ![]() | ||
Prince[110] | Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum | Diplodocidae sp.
(informally known as "Barackosaurus" and "Amphicoelias brontodiplodocus")[111][112] |
Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | ![]() | ||
Straight Arrow[127] | Diplodocus | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | ||||
Twinky[110] | Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum | Diplodocidae sp.
(informally known as "Barackosaurus" and "Amphicoelias brontodiplodocus")[111][112] |
Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | ![]() |
Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
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Alex | AODF 836 | Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History | Diamantinasaurus matildae | Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian; 94 million years ago) | Winton Formation | Found in 2004, identified as Diamantinasaurus in 2016. Preserves braincase. | |
Ann[128] | Diamantinasaurus matildae | Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian; 94 million years ago) | Winton Formation | ||||
Archbishop[129] | NHM R5937[130] | Natural History Museum, London | Brachiosauridae indet. | Late Jurassic | Tendaguru Formation | ||
Clancy[131] | Wintonotitan wattsi | Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) | Winton Formation | Named after Clancy of the Overflow | |||
Cooper[132][133][134] | EMF 102[135] | Eromanga Natural History Museum | Australotitan cooperensis | Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) | Winton Formation | Named after Cooper Creek | |
Elliot | Austrosaurus | Named after Dave Elliot | |||||
ET | Sauriermuseum Aathal | Camarasaurus? Cathetosaurus lewisi? |
Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | ![]() | ||
Eva[136][137] | Dinosauria, Espéraza, Aude, France | Ampelosaurus atacis | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian; 70 million years ago) | Named after Eva Morvan, the student who first discovered it during the 2000–2001 excavations. | |||
George[134] | |||||||
Lyle | University of Kansas Natural History Museum[138][139] | Camarasaurus | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | 50% complete | ||
Matilda | AODF 603[140] | Australian Age of Dinosaurs | Diamantinasaurus matildae | Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) | Winton Formation | Found in 2005, excavated in, & named in 2009. Preserves both forelimbs, right hind limb, shoulders, pelvis, several back vertebrae and ribs. Approximately 30% of the skeleton has been recovered. Named after Waltzing Matilda. | |
Mary[141] | Austrosaurus mckillopi | Winton Formation | Named after Dr Mary Wade. | ||||
Morris[142] | Wyoming Dinosaur Center | Camarasaurus | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | |||
Ollie/Oliver[143] | AODF 663[144] | Diamantinasaurus matildae | Upper Cretaceous | Winton Formation | |||
Oskar[145] | HMN SII | Natural History Museum, Berlin | Giraffatitan brancai | Late Jurassic | Tendaguru Formation | Formerly a species of Brachiosaurus | ![]() |
Ralph[146][147] | GPDM 220[147][146] | Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station | Camarasaurus | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | Only known remains of the genus in Montana, as well as the northernmost occurrence | |
Tito[148] | Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum) | Titanosauria indet. | Early Cretceous (Aptian, 112 mya) | Single tail vertebrae | |||
Toni | SMA 0009 [149] | Aathal Dinosaur Museum | Brachiosaurus altithorax | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | Juvenile specimen just 2 metres long. | |
Wade | AODF 660 | Australian Age of Dinosaurs | Savannasaurus | Turonian | |||
Zac[150][151] | Eromanga Natural History Museum | Titanosauroforms sp. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian; 95-98 million years) | Winton Formation | Very comolte, articulated skeleton. Play on ANZAC and Anzac Day, on which fossils were uncovered |
Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images | |
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Al-x | ||||||||
Arkhane[152][153] | Brussels Museum of Natural Sciences | Allosaurus sp. nov. | Late Jurassic | Possible new species | ||||
Big Al | MOR 693 | Museum of the Rockies | Allosaurus jimmadseni | Kimmeridgian | Morrison Formation | Almost complete specimen with multiple pathologies. | ![]() | |
Big Al 2 |
SMA 0005 |
Saurier Museum | Allosaurus jimmadseni | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | ![]() | ||
Big Joe[154] | Museum of Evolution in Knuthenborg Safaripark | Allosaurus jimmadseni | Late Jurassic | One of the largest and most complete Allosaurus specimens discovered to date | ![]() |
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Big Sara[155] | Privately owned | Allosaurus | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | ||||
Dracula[156] | Allosaurus jimmadseni | Morrison Formation | ||||||
Ebenezer | Creation Museum | Allosaurus | Morrison Formation | |||||
Fran | NCSM 14345 | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences | Acrocanthosaurus atokensis | Early Cretceous, Aptian | Antlers Formation | ![]() | ||
Jimmy[157] | DINO 11541[158] | Allosaurus jimmadseni | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | ||||
Little Al | Allosaurus | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian, 155 million years) | Morrison Formation | |||||
Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
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Baby Louie | HGM 41HIII1219 | Children's Museum of Indianapolis | Macroelongatoolithus carlylei/Beibeilong sinensis | Maastrichtian | Zoumagang Formation | Fossil eggs referred to Macroelongatoolithus, with an associated oviraptorosaur embryo.[159] | ![]() |
Baby Yingliang[160] | YLSNHM01266[161] | Yingliang Stone Nature History Museum, Nan'an, China | Oviraptoridae indet. | Maastrichtian | Hekou Formation | ||
Big Auntie | IGM 100/1004 | Institute of Geology of Mongolia | Citipati osmolskae | Campanian, 74 million years ago | Djadokhta Formation | ![]() | |
Big Mama | IGM 100/979 | Institute of Geology of Mongolia | Citipati | Campanian, 74 million years ago | Djadokhta Formation | ![]() | |
Borsti | JME Sch 200[162] | Jura-Museum Eichstatt | Juravenator starki | Late Jurassic, 151 million years ago | Painten Formation | Holotype. Named after an expression for a bristle-haired dog. | |
Ciro/Ambrogio | SBA-SA 163760 | Scipionyx samniticus | Albian, Early Cretaceous (113 mya) | Pietraroja Plattenkalk | Very well preserved | ![]() | |
Daffy | TMP 1990.026.0001 | Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology | Struthiomimus sp. | Horseshoe Canyon formation | Named after the Looney Tunes character; Daffy Duck due to its skull shape.[163] | ||
Dave | NGMC 91 | Geological Museum of China | Sinornithosaurus | 124.5 million years ago | Yixian Formation | ![]() | |
Dennis | Ornithomimus | ||||||
Hector | Deinonychus | ![]() | |||||
Ichabodcraniosaurus[164] | IGM 100/980[165] | Institute of Geology of Mongolia | Shri devi | Barun Goyot Formation | Named due to missing head | ||
Juliet[166] | IGM 100[166] | Institute of Geology of Mongolia | Khaan mckennai | Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian; 75-71 million years ago) | Djadochta Formation | ||
Kirky | AM 6040[167] | Albany Museum | Nqwebasaurus thwazi | Berriasian, (Lower Cretaceous, 140 million years BCE) | Kirkwood Formation | Named after Kiekwood Formation where it was found. | |
Lori | WDC DML 001[168] | Wyoming Dinosaur Center | Hesperornithoides miessleri | Late Jurassic | Jimbo Quarry, Morrison Formation | The first definitive troodont known from the Jurassic period. | ![]() |
Pearl[169] | Burpee Museum of Natural History | Anzu wyliei | Hell Creek Formation | ||||
Romeo[166] | Institute of Geology of Mongolia | Khaan mckennai | Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian; 75-71 million years ago) | Djadochta Formation | |||
Sid Vicious | Royal Ontario Museum | Dromaeosauridae indet. | Judith River Formation | Nicknamed both "Julieraptor" and "Kleptoraptor" | |||
Tweety | TMP 2009.110.0001 | Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology | Ornithomimus | Early Maastrichtian, Late Cretaceous | Horseshoe Canyon formation | Juvenile specimen of Ornithomimus, named after the Looney Tunes character.[170] | |
Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
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Baby Bob/Son of Samson | privately owned specimen, hence no catalogue number | privately owned specimen, not kept in any institution | Tyrannosaurus | ||||
Barnum[171][172] | privately owned specimen, hence no catalogue number | privately owned specimen, hence no catalogue number | Tyrannosaurus rex | Reported to potentially be the same individual as the first T. rex specimen ever discovered, now at the Natural History Museum, London. | |||
B-rex
(Bob-rex) |
MOR 1125 | Museum of the Rockies | Tyrannosaurus | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian 68-66 million years ago) | Lower Hell Creek | Named after its discoverer, Bob Harmon. One of the few confirmed female fossils discovered. | ![]() |
Belle | Tyrannosaurus rex | ||||||
Big Boy[173] | Arizona Museum of Natural History | Tyrannosauroidea sp. | |||||
Black Beauty / Cowley | TMP 1981.006.0001 | Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology | Tyrannosaurus rex | Late Cretaceous | Willow Creek formation | ![]() | |
Bloody Mary | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences | unassigned as of yet. Debated to belong to either Tyrannosaurus or the contentious Nanotyrannus. | ![]() | ||||
Blossom | Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleaotology | Gorgosaurus libratus | Dinosaur Park formation | Its name is a combination of Bloss (the name of a local fossil hunter) and awesome.[174] | |||
Bucky | TCM 2001.90.1 | Children's Museum of Indianapolis | Tyrannosaurus rex | Late Cretaceous | Named after Bucky Derflinger who discovered it. | ![]() | |
Casper | Statens Naturhistoriske Museum[175][176] | Tyrannosaurus rex | ![]() | ||||
Chinley[177][178][179] | Tyrannosaurus | Previously known as the Mud Butte Tyrannosaur | |||||
Chomper | MOR 6625 | Museum of the Rockies | Tyrannosaurus | Juvenile skull, named for initial find of small lower jaw fragment. | ![]() | ||
C-rex | MOR 1126 | Museum of the Rockies | Tyrannosaurus rex | ||||
Cupcake | Tyrannosaurus | ||||||
Custer | MOR-008 | Museum of the Rockies | Tyrannosaurus | Hell Creek Formation | Has intact skull | ||
Denver's Tyranno[180] | |||||||
Duffy | Black Hills Institute of Geological Research[181] | Tyrannosaurus | Discovered in 1993 | ||||
Dunfy | TMP 1985.098.0001 | Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology | Albertosaurus | ||||
Dynamo[182] | Tyrannosaurus | Hell Creek Formation | |||||
Elmer | FMNH PR 866 & PR 2211 (Now recognized as belonging to the same individual) | Field Museum of Natural History | Gorgosaurus | Late Cretaceous | Dinosaur Park: Quarry 138 | Partial skeleton of a 5 year-old tyrannosaurid. Discovered by Elmer S. Riggs in 1922.[183] | ![]() |
Fox | BHI 4182 | Tyrannosaurus | Late Cretaceous | ||||
Ginny | Royal Saskatchewan Museum | Tyrannosaurus rex | Frenchman formation | ||||
Gorgeous George[184] | FMNH PR308 | Field Museum of Natural History | Daspletosaurus sp. | Late Cretaceous | Dinosaur Park Formation | Originally AMNH 5434, named after wrestler of same name. | ![]() |
G-rex[185] | MOR 1128 | Museum of the Rockies | Tyrannosaurus rex | ||||
Hager | MOR 008 | Museum of the Rockies | Tyrannosaurus | Hell Creek | |||
Hannibal | Gorgosaurus | Campanian | |||||
Harley | Tyrannosaurus | ||||||
Huxley[186] | TMP 1981.012.0001 | Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology | Tyrannosaurus rex | Named after the site where it was discovered. | |||
Ivan | Museum of World Treasures[187] | Tyrannosaurus | ![]() | ||||
Jane | BMRP 2002.4.1 | Burpee Museum of Natural History | Tyrannosaurus rex | Late Cretaceous | Judith River | 11-year old skeleton of a tyrannosaurid, named after Burpee Museum benefactor Jane Solem. | ![]() |
Jordan Theropod |
LACM 28471 |
Small juvenile specimen, two years old [189], named after where it was found: Jordan, Montana | |||||
Laurel[190] | Tyrannosaurus rex | Juvenile specimen | |||||
Lee-rex | Tate Geological Museum | Tyrannosaurus rex | |||||
Little Clint[191] | Carthage College Institute of Paleontology/Dinosaur Discovery Museum | Tyrannosaurus | |||||
Lucy[192][193] | University of Kansas Natural History Museum | Tyrannosaurus | |||||
Mr. Daspleto | Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleaotology | Daspletosaurus sp. | Initially labelled "MR Daspleto" (Milk River Daspelto) which was misread as "Mr. Daspleto", resulting in its nickname.[194] | ||||
Ouroboros / Boris / Hollywood | Utah Natural History Museum | Teratophoneus | Named after how the tail was found very close to mouth, in reference to the mythical serpent. | ![]() | |||
Peck's Rex / Rigby's Rex / Montana's Rex | MOR 980 | Museum of the Rockies | Tyrannosaurus | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian 68-66 million years ago) | Hell Creek Formation | Named after Fort Peck which it was discovered close to. | ![]() |
Pete III | Cincinnati Museum Center[195][196] | Daspletosaurus torosus | Campanian | ||||
Peter[197] | AWMM-IL 2022.9[198] | Auckland War Memorial Museum | Tyrannosaurus rex | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | Lance Formation | ||
Petey | Tyrannosaurus | ||||||
Queenie | Tyrannosaurus | ||||||
Regina | Tyrannosaurus | ||||||
Ruth | Museum of Ancient Life[199] | Gorgosaurus | |||||
Samson / Z-rex | Tyrannosaurus rex | Late Cretaceous | ![]() | ||||
Scotty | RSM P2523.8 | Royal Saskatchewan Museum | Tyrannosaurus rex | Late Cretaceous | Frenchman formation | The name "Scotty" comes from the celebratory bottle of scotch shared by the team that had discovered and identified the bones. | ![]() |
Sir Williams[200][201] | Daspletosaurus sp. | Possibly either Daspletosaurus, or a new genus. | |||||
Sisyphus[202] | Dakota Dinosaur Museum at Dickinson Museum Center | Daspletosaurus wilsoni | Late Cretaceous | ![]() | |||
Stan | BHI 3033 | Black Hills Institute | Tyrannosaurus rex | Late Cretaceous | Hell Creek Formation | Named after Stan Sacrison, the amateur Paleontologist who discovered it. | ![]() |
Sue | FMNH PR 2081 | Field Museum of Natural History | Tyrannosaurus rex | Late Cretaceous | Hell Creek Formation | 90% complete by volume. Named for Susan Hendrickson who discovered the fossil. | ![]() |
Tara[23] | Palm Beach Museum of Natural History | Tyrannosaurus | |||||
Tinker[203][204] | The Journey Museum and Learning Center[205][206] | Tyrannosaurus | Most complete juvenile T. rex skeleton found to date. | ![]() | |||
Thanatos[207] | TMP 2010.5.7[208] | Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology | Thanatotheristes degrootorum | Campanian, Late Cretaceous | Foremost Formation | Named after the Greek god of death | |
Thomas |
LACM 150167 |
Named after the brother of school teacher Robert Curry, who discovered the fossil [209] | ![]() | ||||
Titus[210] | Tyrannosaurus rex | ||||||
Tristan-Otto |
Named after Tristan and Otto, the sons of a Danish-born investment banker, Niels Nielsen. | ![]() | |||||
RGM 792.000 |
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Tufts Love | UWBM 99000 | Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture[211] | Tyrannosaurus | Late Cretaceous | Named after two Burke Museum volunteers which discovered this specimen: Jason Love and Luke Tufts. | ![]() | |
Victoria | Tyrannosaurus | ||||||
Wankel Rex | USNM PAL 555000 (formerly MOR 555) | National Museum of Natural History | Tyrannosaurus rex | Late Cretaceous | Hell Creek Formation | ![]() | |
Wyrex | Houston Museum of Natural Science | Tyrannosaurus | Late Cretaceous | Hell Creek Formation | ![]() | ||
Zuri[212] | HRS08438, 8507, 8470, 1508, and other | Tyrannosaurus | Late Cretaceous | Hell Creek Formation | |||
Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Banjo | AODF 604[140] | Australian Age of Dinosaurs | Australovenator wintonensis | Cenomanian, 95 Million years Ago | Winton Formation | Named after Banjo Patterson | ![]() |
Claws | NHMUK VP R9951 (formerly BMNH R9951)[213][214] | Natural History Museum, London | Baryonyx walkeri | Early Cretaceous; Barremian, 130–125 Million Years Ago | Weald Clay Formation | Named for its large hand claws, pun on the book and movie Jaws | ![]() |
Gertie | PEFO 10395[215][216] | Petrified Forest National Park | Chindesaurus bryansmalli | Norian, Late Triassic (213-2010 Million Years Ago) | Chinle Formation (Upper Petrified Forest Member) | Holotype. Named after Gertie the Dinosaur | |
Elvis[217] | Torvosaurus tanneri | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | ||||
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