List of dinosaur specimens with nicknames

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.

Ornithischians

Ceratopsids

Centrosaurines

Nickname	Catalogue Number	Institution	Taxon	Age	Unit	Notes	Images
Antonio[1]	TMP 1994.182.0001	Royal Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology	Centrosaurus apertus	Late Cretaceous		Named after male model.
Ava	NSM PV 24660	National Museum of Nature and Science	Furcatoceratops elucidans	Late Cretaceous (Middle Campanian)	Judith River Formation
Big Sam 2		Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum	Pachyrhinosaurus	Late Cretaceous	Wapiti Formation, Pipestone Creek
Boswell[2]			Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai	Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian)	Wapiti Formation, Pipestone Creek
Bruce	TMP 1986.055.0206	Royal Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology	Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai	Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian)	Wapiti Formation, Pipestone Creek	Since the bony "boss" of the animal was the only part of it that was discovered, it was named Bruce after Bruce "the Boss" Springsteen.[3]
Cybill	TMP 1986.055.0258	Royal Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology	Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai	Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian)	Wapiti Formation, Pipestone Creek	Holotype specimen for P. lakustai, named in 1986 by Darren Tanke, after the character, Cybill Shepherd, from "Moonlighting."[4]
Elliot[5]		Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County	Einiosaurus procurvicornis	Late Cretaceous
Frederik[6]	EMK 0012	Museum of Evolution	Lokiceratops rangiformis	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Judith River Formation, Kennedy Coulee	The first holotype of a new dinosaur taxon to be reposited in Denmark[7]
Hannah	UALVP 55900	University of Alberta	Styracosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)		Named after discoverer Scott Persons's pet dog Hannah
Harvey	TMP 1989.055.1234	Royal Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology	Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai	Late Cretaceous	Wapiti Formation, Pipestone Creek	Named after the batman villain; Harvey Dent (also known as Two-face) due to the presence of pathology on one side of its face, causing an asymmetrical appearance[8]
Leona		Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum	Medusaceratops	Late Cretaceous (Middle Campanian)	Judith River Formation, Montana
Liz Centro 2	BDM	Badlands Dinosaur Museum	Centrosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Oldman Formation, Montana
Louise	CM	Carnegie Museum of Natural History	Pachyrhinosaurus	Late Cretaceous
Lucky J	BDM	Badlands Dinosaur Museum	Centrosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Judith River Formation, Montana
Mary[5]	[9]	Wyoming Dinosaur Center	Medusaceratops lokii	Late Cretaceous (Middle Campanian)	Judith River Formation, Montana
Mini Boss[10]	in excavation	Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum	Pachyrhinosaurus	Late Cretaceous		Juvenile skull

Chasmosaurines

Nickname	Catalogue Number	Institution	Taxon	Age	Unit	Notes	Images
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 Mya)	Hell Creek formation
Amalie[14][15]		Natural History Museum, Berlin	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)		Named after owner Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen's daughter
Anky Breaky Heart	MOR 3011[13]	Museum of the Rockies		Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Baker Trike	MOR 1604	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Bay Stud Coulee	UCMP 144297	University of California Museum of Paleontology	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Berkeley Baby			Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Big John[16][17]		Glazer Children's Museum	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)	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 2021-10-21[19][20]
Bill	BDM	Badlands Dinosaur Museum	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)	Hell Creek Formation, Montana
Billy	BHI 4772	Black Hills Institute of Geological Research	Torosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Bob's Bonebed	UCMP 137266	University of California Museum of Paleontology	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Cheryll[21][22][23]		Palm Beach Museum of Natural History	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Only specimen of non-avian dinosaur in south Florida
Cliff[24]		Museum of Science (Boston)	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Cliffhanger	MOR 3045[13]	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Count Trikeula	BDM	Badlands Dinosaur Museum	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)	Hell Creek Formation, Montana
Coyote Basin	UCMP 174838	University of California Museum of Paleontology	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Dave's Nose	UCMP 128561[13]	University of California Museum of Paleontology	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
DF Juvie Trike III	MOR 2951	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Dio[25]		Royal Ontario Museum	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)		Named after Ronnie James Dio
Dirk[26][27]		Naturalis Biodiversity Center	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)		Named after volunteer	Dirk
Doyle	AMNH 5116	American Museum of Natural History	Triceratops or Torosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)			Doyle
Ducky Tail	MOR 6648	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
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 Mya)		Named after the dragon in both Norse mythology and Richard Wagner's opera Siegfried; coined by his granddaughter.[28]	Fafnir the Triceratops
Getaway Trike	MOR 1120	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Gundy[29]		Barnes County Historical Society Museum	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Harley's Baby	MOR 154452	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Hatcher	USNM 4842,BSP 1964 I 458(composite)	National Museum of Natural History	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)		Named after John Bell Hatcher	Hatcher the Triceratops
Haxby Trike	MOR 1625	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Headless Henry[30][31][32]		Missouri Institute of Natural Science	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)		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 Mya)	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 Mya)		Named after Henry Fairfield Osborn
High Ceratopsian	UCMP 137263	University of California Museum of Paleontology	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Homer	BMRP 2006.4.1	Burpee Museum of Natural History	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)	Hell Creek Formation
Horridus[35][36]	NMV P256878	Melbourne Museum	Triceratops horridus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)	Hell Creek Formation	Named after the species name. 85% complete by bone count; among most well-preserved of the genus	‘Horridus’, the most complete Triceratops fossil known, on display at the Melbourne Museum.
Jason[37][38]		Louisiana Art and Science Museum	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)	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 Mya)
JD Trike 14	MOR 2950[13]	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Joe's Trike	MOR 2923	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Juvenile Trike	UCMP 159233	University of California Museum of Paleontology	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Kelsey	TCM 2001.93.1	The Children's Museum of Indianapolis	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Kevin		Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center
Lane	HMNS 2006.1743.00	Houston Museum of Natural Science	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)			Lane the Triceratops
Larry	BDM	Badlands Dinosaur Museum	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)	Hell Creek Formation, North Dakota	Has a pathological tail
Laurel's Trike	ROM 2938	Royal Ontario Museum	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Little Horny Devil	MOR 3064	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Mark's Scavenged Trike	MOR 2570		Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
MORT	MOR 004[13]	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Nana	DSTtD-0035		Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Pops	WCAB	Denver Museum of Natural History	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Quittin' Time	MOR 2574 and 2702	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Raymond	NSM-PV 20379	National Museum of Nature and Science	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)			Raymond the Triceratops
Red Phantom			Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Roar[39]		Naturhistorisk museum	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)		Name comes from donor of specimen.
Ruben's Triceratops	UCMP 113697[13]	University of California Museum of Paleontology	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Russel Basin Triceratops	UCMP 136092[13]	University of California Museum of Paleontology	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Sara[40]		Redpath Museum	Triceratops horridus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)	Eastend, Saskatchewan	Teenage skull specimen
Seth's Trike	MOR 2979	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
SG-5	MOR 1110	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Shady[41]			Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)		Excavated by Westminster College.[42]
Sierra skull	MOR 1199	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Situ But Sad	MOR 2999[13]	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Six O' Clock Trike	MOR 2985[13]	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Spike		New Mexico Museum of Natural History	Pentaceratops	Late Cretaceous (Campanian, 76-73 Mya)	Kirtland Formation
Supernasal	MOR 2972	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Three Amigos	MOR 2982	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
TriceraJosh[43]		Royal Saskatchewan Museum	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
TriSarahTops	MOR 2980	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Tritan[44]		Royal Saskatchewan Museum[44]	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)
Tiny	DMNS EPV.128000	Denver Museum of Nature and Science[45]	Torosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)		First recorded Torosaurus from Colorado, the most complete Torosaurus ever found.[46] Found in 2017 and originally thought to be a Triceratops.[47]
Yoshi's Trike	MOR 3027	Museum of the Rockies	Triceratops	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 68-66 Mya)	Hell Creek formation	Has longest horns found in any Triceratops known

Ornithopods

Nickname	Catalogue Number	Institution	Taxon	Age	Unit	Notes	Images
April[48][49]	MANCH LL. 12275[50][51]	Manchester Museum	Tenontosaurus tilleti	Lower Cretaceous	Cloverly Formation[52][51]	Highly complete.[48] Named after wife of preparator. May represent male specimen.[49]
Antonio[53]	SC 57021	Civic Museum of Natural History, Trieste	Tethyshadros insularis	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian; 70 Ma)	Liburnia Formation
Arky[54][5]	SMA 0265	Sauriermuseum Athal	Camptosaurus sp.	Late Jurassic
Baby Dry[55]	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[56]	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[57]	Civic Museum of Natural History, Trieste	Tethyshadros	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Liburnia Formation
Burt[58]		Barnes County Historical Society Museum	Thescelosaurus neglectus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Dakota		North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum[59]	Edmontosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	Very well preserved	Fossilized skin of Dakota the Edmontosaurus.
Diana[60]		Houston Museum of Natural Science	Edmontosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Dinosaur Joe[61]	RAM 14000[62]	Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology	Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian; 75.5 Mya)	Kaiparowits Formation	Juvenile specimen, named after volunteer Joe Augustyn
Elvis		Phillips County Museum[63]	Brachylophosaurus	Late Cretaceous
Gary	UALVP 60425[64]	University of Alberta Paleotology Museum	Edmontosaurus	Late Cretaceous
George[65][66]		Pacific Museum of the Earth, Vancouver	Lambeosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian; 75.5 Mya)	Dinosaur Park Formation
Georgette[5]		Korea Institute of Geoscience	Maiasaura peeblesorum	Late Cretaceous		Juvenile specimen
Hannah[67] (II)		Museum of Geology & Natural History, West Virginia	Edmontosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	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	Late Cretaceous
Henrietta[5]		Royal Ontario Museum	Maiasaura peeblesorum	Late Cretaceous
Isauria	IGM 6583[68]	Instituto de Geologia of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (National Autonomous University of Mexico)	Latirhinus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian; 72.5 Mya)	Cerro del Pueblo Formation
Karen[5]		Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum	Prosaurolophus blackfeetensis	Late Cretaceous
Leonardo[69]		The Children's Museum of Indianapolis	Brachylophosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Judith River Formation	Mummified specimen	Leonardo the Brachylophosaurus
Leon[60]		Houston Museum of Natural Science	Edmontosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Lizzie	2000 P-02[70]	University of Alaska Museum[70]	Hadrosauridae indet.[71]	Late Cretaceous (Middle Turonian)[72]	Matanuska Formation[73]	This specimen was the first occurrence of a hadrosaur in south-central Alaska, 1 out of only 4 vertebrate fossils from the entire Wrangellia Composite Terrane, and the first associated skeleton of an individual dinosaur in Alaska.[74]
Mama Dry[55]	CM 3392	Carnegie Museum of Natural History	Dryosaurus elderae	Late Jurassic	Morrison formation	Sub-adult specimen.
Marco[75]			Brachylophosaurus canadensis	Late Cretaceous (Campanian; 75 Mya)
Mary Ann[76]		Naranjo Museum of Natural History	Edmontosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Montana, Hell Creek formation
Maximus[77][78][79]			Thescelosaurus neglectus	Late Cretaceous
Mojo			Edmontosaurus	Late Cretaceous
Mouse		Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology	Hadrosauridae indet.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Dinosaur Park Formation	Named after a mouse skeleton found in its plaster jacket after being left out for years.[80]
Nadine[5]		Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum	Hypacrosaurus stebingeri	Late Cretaceous		Juvenile specimen
Papa Dry[55]	CM 87688	Carnegie Museum of Natural History	Dryosaurus elderae	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation	Partially preserved adult skull
Peanut[81]			Brachylophosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Pink Iggy[82]	MIWG.5126	Dinosaur Isle	Iguanodon	Early Cretaceous		Named after the bones' pink colouration due to the minerals in the rocks
Primus	SC 57022	Civic Museum of Natural History, Trieste	Tethyshadros	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Liburnia Formation
Roberta		Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station	Brachylophosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)		Mummified remains	Roberta
Rocco[83]			Tethyshadros insularis	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian; 70 Mya)	Liburnia Formation
Rod's Duck[84]	uncatalogued	Badland's Dinosaur Museum	?Brachylophosaurus sp.	Late Cretaceous, (Campanian; 76 Mya)	Judith River Formation	A young individual, possibly of the genus Brachylophosaurus died at approximately the age of 2–3 years.
Ruth[85]		National Museum Cardiff	Edmontosaurus annectens	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian; 66 Mya)	Hell Creek Formation	Named after Ruth Mason, who discovered fossils of Edmonotosaurus on her ranch, and provided the name of the Ruth Mason Quarry
Scorpio			Lambeosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Dinosaur Park Formation
Secundus	SC 57026	Civic Museum of Natural History, Trieste	Tethyshadros insularis	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Liburnia Formation
Skinny		Royal Saskatchewan Museum[44]	Edmontosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Tertius		Civic Museum of Natural History, Trieste	Tethyshadros	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Liburnia Formation
Tyke	TMP 1998.050.0001	Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology	Prosaurolophus maximus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	St. Mary River, Deerfield Hutterite Colony, near Magrath, Bearpaw formation	Named Tyke in reference to its young age.[86]
Wally[87]			Camptosaurus	Late Jurassic
Walter[88]		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[89]	North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences	Thescelosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	Falsely thought to have fossilised heart intact.	Willo the Thescelosaurus
X-rex	MOR 1142[56]	Museum of the Rockies	Edmontosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	Tail. Size indicates it is one of the largest specimens of Edmontosaurus.
Zara and Zelda [90]		Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo	Hypacrosaurus stebingeri	Late Cretaceous (Campanian; 80-74 Mya)	Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana, Two Medicine Formation	Adult and juvenile specimens found together
Zdravko		Civic Museum of Natural History, Trieste	Tethyshadros	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Liburnia Formation

Thyreophora

Nickname	Catalogue Number	Institution	Taxon	Age	Unit	Notes	Images
Dante[5]			Edmontonia rugosidens	Late Cretaceous		Adult specimen
Easton[91]		National Museum of Natural History	Nodosauridae	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Lance Formation	Cast on display at the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History
Fantasia[92]			Hesperosaurus mjosi	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian; 155 Mya)	Morrison Formation, Dana Quarry, Wyoming
Gamera[93]	CEUM 1522	USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum	Nodosauridae indet.[94] (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[95]	Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station	Stegosaurus	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
Giffen	GPDM 178[95]	Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station	Stegosaurus	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation, Montana	Named after town of Giffen, Montana where originally found.
Lily[5]	SMA L02	Sauriermuseum Aathal	Hesperosaurus mjosi	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian; 156 Mya)		Named after volunteers Nicola and Rabea Lillich
Morritz[5]	SMA 3074-FV01		Hesperosaurus	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian; 156 Mya)		Named after character from Max and Moritz
Olive[5]	NSM PV 20381	National Museum of Nature and Science	Euoplocephalus tutus or Scolosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Peggy[5]	FPDM V-31[96]	Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum	Euoplocephalus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Roadkill [97]	USNM V 4934[98]	National Museum of Natural History	Stegosaurus stenops	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation	Found articulated, as well as first with plates preserved as they were.[98]
Sarah/Sophie [99] [100]	NHMUK R36730	Natural History Museum of London	Stegosaurus	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian; 150 Mya)	Morrison Formation	Extremely complete	Sophie the Stegosaurus
Sherman	ROM 75860[101]	Royal Ontario Museum	Zuul crurivastator	Late Cretaceous (Campanian; 75 Mya)	Judith River Formation
Uma[5]		Royal Tyrrell Museum	Euoplocephalus tutus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Victoria[5]	SMA 0018	Aathal Dinosaur Museum	Hesperosaurus	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian; 156 Mya)

Miscellaneous

Nickname	Catalogue Number	Institution	Taxon	Age	Unit	Notes	Images
Buster[102]	RBCM P900	Royal BC Museum[102]	Ferrisaurus sustutensis	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Tango Creek Formation
Frannie[103]		The Children's Museum of Indianapolis	Prenoceratops	Late Cretaceous	St. Mary's Formation	Named after Fran Julian, a supporter of The Children's Museum.
Mr. Potatohead[104]	MOR 3040[105][106]	Museum of the Rockies	Sphaerotholus	Late Cretaceous	Hell Creek Formation, Garfield Co., Montana
Queenie[5]		Mokpo Natural History Museum	Prenoceratops pieganensis[107]	Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian 74 Mya)	Two Medicine Formation, Montana
Sandy[5]		National Museum of Nature and Science	Pachycephalosaurus sp.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	Most complete specimen of the genus so far
Tucki[108]	AM 4766[109]	Albany Museum	Heterodontosaurus tucki	Early Jurassic (Hettangian; 200 Mya)	Elliot Formation

Saurischians

Sauropodomorphs

Basal Sauropodomorphs and Sauropods; misc.

Nickname	Catalogue Number	Institution	Taxon	Age	Unit	Notes	Images
Alan [110]	YORYM: 2001.9337	Yorskshire Museum	Sauropoda indet.	Middle Jurassic (Aalenian; 175 Mya)	Saltwick Formation	Oldest known sauropod specimen of the UK.
Big Momma[111]	BP/1/4934[112]		Massospondylus	Early Jurassic	Elliot Formation, South Africa	Neotype of the genus
George[113]	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[114]	Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand	Ngwevu intloko	Early Jurassic	Clarens Formation, Fouriesburg district, South Africa	Holotype
Monica[27][115]		Naturalis Biodiversity Center	Plateosaurus	Late Triassic (Norian)		Found at Frick, Switzerland. Named after volunteer. [116]

Diplodocoideans

Nickname	Catalogue Number	Institution	Taxon	Age	Unit	Notes	Images
Andrew	CMC VP14128[117]	Cincinnati Museum Center	Diplodocus	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)	Morrison Formation (Salt Wash Member)	Juvenile skull and vertebrae. Named after Andrew Carnegie
Appolonia[118][119]		Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum	Diplodocidae sp. (informally known as "Barackosaurus" and "Amphicoelias brontodiplodocus")[120][121]	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
Big Monty[122]			Haplocanthosaurus	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation	Private specimen.
Brösmeli[123]	MAB011899	Oertijdmuseum	Ardetosaurus	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation	Name means "Crumbly" in the Swiss German	Composite skeleton
Dippy	CM 84	Carnagie Museum	Diplodocus	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
Dolly[124]	MOR 7029[125]	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[126]		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.[127] Originally from Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Happy[128][129][130]	CMNH 10380[131]	Cleveland Museum of Natural History	Haplocanthosaurus delfsi	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)[129]	Morrison Formation
HQ One	SMA 0003[132]		Diplodocus	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
HQ Two	SMA 0004[133]		Kaatedocus	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
Jimbo	WDC DMJ-021	Wyoming Dinosaur Center	Supersaurus	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
Junior			Apatosaurus	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)	Morrison Formation
Max	SMA 00011	Aathal Dinosaur Museum	Galeamopus	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
Misty		Natural History Museum of Denmark[134]	Diplodocus sp.	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
Prince[119]		Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum	Diplodocidae sp. (informally known as "Barackosaurus" and "Amphicoelias brontodiplodocus")[120][121]	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
Straight Arrow[135]			Diplodocus	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
Twinky[119]		Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum	Diplodocidae sp. (informally known as "Barackosaurus" and "Amphicoelias brontodiplodocus")[120][121]	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation

Macronarians

Nickname	Catalogue Number	Institution	Taxon	Age	Unit	Notes	Images
Alex	AODF 836	Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History	Diamantinasaurus matildae	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian; 94 Mya)	Winton Formation	Found in 2004, identified as Diamantinasaurus in 2016. Preserves braincase.
Ann[136]			Diamantinasaurus matildae	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian; 94 Mya)	Winton Formation
Archbishop[137]	NHM R5937[138]	Natural History Museum, London	Brachiosauridae indet.	Late Jurassic	Tendaguru Formation
Clancy[139]			Wintonotitan wattsi	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian)	Winton Formation	Named after Clancy of the Overflow
Cooper[140][141][142]	EMF 102[143]	Eromanga Natural History Museum	Australotitan cooperensis	Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian)	Winton Formation	Named after Cooper Creek
Elliot			Austrosaurus	Early Cretaceous (Albian)		Named after Dave Elliot
ET		Sauriermuseum Aathal	Camarasaurus? Cathetosaurus lewisi?	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
Eva[144][145]		Dinosauria, Espéraza, Aude, France	Ampelosaurus atacis	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian; 70 Mya)		Named after Eva Morvan, the student who first discovered it during the 2000–2001 excavations.
George[142]		Eromanga Natural History Museum	Australotitan cooperensis	Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian)	Winton Formation
Lyle		University of Kansas Natural History Museum[146][147]	Camarasaurus	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation	50% complete
Matilda	AODF 603[148]	Australian Age of Dinosaurs	Diamantinasaurus matildae	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian)	Winton Formation	Found in 2005, excavated & 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[149]			Austrosaurus mckillopi	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	Winton Formation	Named after Dr Mary Wade.
Morris[150]		Wyoming Dinosaur Center	Camarasaurus	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
Ollie/Oliver[151]	AODF 663[152]		Diamantinasaurus matildae	Upper Cretaceous	Winton Formation
Oskar[153]	HMN SII	Natural History Museum, Berlin	Giraffatitan brancai	Late Jurassic	Tendaguru Formation	Formerly a species of Brachiosaurus
Ralph[154][155]	GPDM 220[155][154]	Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station	Camarasaurus	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation, Montana	Only known remains of the genus in Montana, as well as the northernmost occurrence
Sid		Eromanga Natural History Museum	Australotitan cooperensis	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian; 95-98 Mya)	Winton Formation
Tito[156]		Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum)	Titanosauria indet.	Early Cretaceous (Aptian; 112 Mya)		Single tail vertebrae
Tom		Eromanga Natural History Museum	Australotitan cooperensis	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian; 95-98 Mya)	Winton Formation
Toni	SMA 0009 [157]	Aathal Dinosaur Museum	Brachiosaurus altithorax	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation	Juvenile specimen just 2 metres long.
Wade	AODF 660	Australian Age of Dinosaurs	Savannasaurus	Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
Zac[158][159]		Eromanga Natural History Museum	Titanosauroformes	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian; 95-98 Mya)	Winton Formation	Very comolte, articulated skeleton. Play on ANZAC and Anzac Day, on which fossils were uncovered

Theropods

Allosauroidea

Nickname	Catalogue Number	Institution	Taxon	Age	Unit	Notes	Images
Arkhane[160][161]		Brussels Museum of Natural Sciences	Allosaurus sp. nov.	Late Jurassic		Possible new species	Arkhane
Big Al	MOR 693	Museum of the Rockies	Allosaurus jimmadseni	Kimmeridgian	Morrison Formation	Almost complete specimen with multiple pathologies.	Big Al
Big Al 2	SMA 0005	Saurier Museum	Allosaurus jimmadseni	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
Big Joe[162]		Museum of Evolution in Knuthenborg Safaripark	Allosaurus jimmadseni	Late Jurassic		One of the largest and most complete Allosaurus specimens discovered to date
Big Sara[163]	Privately owned		Allosaurus	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
Dracula[164]			Allosaurus jimmadseni	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
Ebenezer		Creation Museum	Allosaurus	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
Fran	NCSM 14345	North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences	Acrocanthosaurus atokensis	Early Cretaceous, Aptian	Antlers Formation		NCSM 14345
Jimmy[165]	DINO 11541[166]		Allosaurus jimmadseni	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation
Little Al			Allosaurus	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian; 155 Mya)	Morrison Formation

Maniraptoromorpha

Nickname	Catalogue Number	Institution	Taxon	Age	Unit	Notes	Images
Baby Louie	HGM 41HIII1219	Children's Museum of Indianapolis	Macroelongatoolithus carlylei/Beibeilong sinensis	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Zoumagang Formation	Fossil eggs referred to Macroelongatoolithus, with an associated oviraptorosaur embryo.[167]
Baby Yingliang[168]	YLSNHM01266[169]	Yingliang Stone Nature History Museum, Nan'an, China	Oviraptoridae indet.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hekou Formation	Embryo.
Big Auntie	IGM 100/1004	Institute of Geology of Mongolia	Citipati osmolskae	Late Cretaceous (Campanian; 74 Mya)	Djadokhta Formation
Big Mama	IGM 100/979	Institute of Geology of Mongolia	Citipati	Late Cretaceous (Campanian, 74 Mya)	Djadokhta Formation
Borsti	JME Sch 200[170]	Jura-Museum Eichstatt	Juravenator starki	Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian; 151 Mya)	Painten Formation	Holotype. Named after an expression for a bristle-haired dog.
Ciro/Ambrogio	SBA-SA 163760		Scipionyx samniticus	Early Cretaceous (Albian; 113 Mya)	Pietraroja Plattenkalk	Holotype. Very well preserved, including internal organs.
Daffy	TMP 1990.026.0001	Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology	Struthiomimus sp.	Late Cretaceous	Horseshoe Canyon formation	Named after the Looney Tunes character; Daffy Duck due to its skull shape.[171]
Dave	NGMC 91	Geological Museum of China	Sinornithosaurus	Early Cretaceous (Barremian; 124.5 Mya)	Yixian Formation
Dennis			Ornithomimus	Late Cretaceous
Hector			Deinonychus	Early Cretaceous
Ichabodcraniosaurus[172]	IGM 100/980[173]	Institute of Geology of Mongolia	Shri devi	Late Cretaceous	Barun Goyot Formation	Named due to missing head
Juliet[174]	IGM 100[174]	Institute of Geology of Mongolia	Khaan mckennai	Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian; 75-71 Mya)	Djadochta Formation
Kirky	AM 6040[175]	Albany Museum	Nqwebasaurus thwazi	Early Cretaceous (Berriasian; 140 Mya)	Kirkwood Formation	Named after Kirkwood Formation where it was found.
Lori	WDC DML 001[176]	Wyoming Dinosaur Center	Hesperornithoides miessleri	Late Jurassic	Jimbo Quarry, Morrison Formation	The first definitive troodont known from the Jurassic period.
Pearl[177]		Burpee Museum of Natural History	Anzu wyliei	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation
Romeo[174]		Institute of Geology of Mongolia	Khaan mckennai	Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian; 75-71 Mya)	Djadochta Formation
Sid Vicious		Royal Ontario Museum	Dromaeosauridae indet.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Judith River Formation	Nicknamed both "Julieraptor" and "Kleptoraptor"
Tweety	TMP 2009.110.0001	Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology	Ornithomimus	Late Cretaceous (Early Maastrichtian)	Horseshoe Canyon formation	Juvenile specimen of Ornithomimus, named after the Looney Tunes character.[178]

Tyrannosauroidea

Nickname	Catalogue Number	Institution	Taxon	Age	Unit	Notes	Images
Baby Bob/Son of Samson	privately owned specimen, hence no catalogue number	privately owned specimen, not kept in any institution	Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Barnum[179][180]	privately owned specimen, hence no catalogue number	privately owned specimen, not kept in any institution	Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		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)	Lower Hell Creek	Named after its discoverer, Bob Harmon. One of the few confirmed female fossils discovered.
Belle			Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Big Boy[181]		Arizona Museum of Natural History	Tyrannosauroidea sp.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Black Beauty / Cowley	TMP 1981.006.0001	Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology	Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	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.	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation
Blossom		Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleaotology	Gorgosaurus libratus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Dinosaur Park formation	Its name is a combination of Bloss (the name of a local fossil hunter) and awesome.[182]
Bucky	TCM 2001.90.1	Children's Museum of Indianapolis	Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Named after Bucky Derflinger who discovered it.
Casper		Statens Naturhistoriske Museum[183][184]	Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Chomper	MOR 6625	Museum of the Rockies	Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Juvenile skull, named for initial find of small lower jaw fragment.
C-rex	MOR 1126	Museum of the Rockies	Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Cupcake			Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Custer	MOR-008	Museum of the Rockies	Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	Has intact skull
Denver's Tyranno[185]		Badlands Dinosaur Museum	Tyrannosaurid	Late Cretaceous
Duffy		Black Hills Institute of Geological Research[186]	Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Discovered in 1993
Dunfy	TMP 1985.098.0001	Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology	Albertosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Dynamo[187]			Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	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 (Campanian)	Dinosaur Park: Quarry 138	Partial skeleton of a 5 year-old tyrannosaurid. Discovered by Elmer S. Riggs in 1922.[188]
Fox	BHI 4182		Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Ginny		Royal Saskatchewan Museum	Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Frenchman formation
Gorgeous George[189]	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[190]	MOR 1128	Museum of the Rockies	Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Hager	MOR 008	Museum of the Rockies	Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation
Hannibal			Gorgosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Harley			Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Huxley[191]	TMP 1981.012.0001	Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology	Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Named after the site where it was discovered.
Ivan		Museum of World Treasures[192]	Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Jane	BMRP 2002.4.1	Burpee Museum of Natural History	Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Judith River Formation	11 y/o skeleton of a tyrannosaurid, named after Burpee Museum benefactor Jane Solem.
Jordan Theropod	LACM 28471	Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County	Tyrannosaurus rex [193]	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	Small juvenile specimen, two years old,[194] named after where it was found: Jordan, Montana
Laurel[195]			Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Juvenile specimen
Lee-rex		Tate Geological Museum	Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Little Clint[196]		Carthage College Institute of Paleontology/Dinosaur Discovery Museum	Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Lucy[197][198]		University of Kansas Natural History Museum	Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Mr. Daspleto		Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleaotology	Daspletosaurus sp.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)		Initially labelled "MR Daspleto" (Milk River Daspelto) which was misread as "Mr. Daspleto", resulting in its nickname.[199]
Ouroboros / Boris / Hollywood		Utah Natural History Museum	Teratophoneus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)		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 Mya)	Hell Creek Formation	Named after Fort Peck which it was discovered close to.
Pete III		Cincinnati Museum Center[200][201]	Daspletosaurus torosus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Peter[202]	AWMM-IL 2022.9[203]	Auckland War Memorial Museum	Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Lance Formation
Petey			Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Queenie			Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Regina			Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Ruth		Museum of Ancient Life[204]	Gorgosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Samson / Z-rex			Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Scotty	RSM P2523.8	Royal Saskatchewan Museum	Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	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[205][206]			Daspletosaurus sp.	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)		Possibly either Daspletosaurus, or a new genus.
Sisyphus[207]		Dakota Dinosaur Museum at Dickinson Museum Center	Daspletosaurus wilsoni	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Stan	BHI 3033	Black Hills Institute	Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	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 (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	90% complete by volume. Named for Susan Hendrickson who discovered the fossil.
Tara[23]		Palm Beach Museum of Natural History	Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Tinker[208][209]		The Journey Museum and Learning Center[210][211]	Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Most complete juvenile T. rex skeleton found to date.	Tinker the T. rex
Thanatos[212]	TMP 2010.5.7[213]	Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology	Thanatotheristes degrootorum	Late Cretaceous (Campanian)	Foremost Formation	Named after the Greek god of death
Thomas	LACM 150167	Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County	Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	Named after the brother of school teacher Robert Curry, who discovered the fossil [214]
Titus[215]			Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Tristan-Otto		Natural History Museum, Berlin	Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Named after Tristan and Otto, the sons of a Danish-born investment banker, Niels Nielsen.
Trix[216]	RGM 792.000	Naturalis Biodiversity Center	Tyrannosaurus Rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation	Named after Dutch princess Beatrix
Tufts Love	UWBM 99000	Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture[217]	Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)		Named after two Burke Museum volunteers which discovered this specimen: Jason Love and Luke Tufts.
Victoria			Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Wankel Rex	USNM PAL 555000 (formerly MOR 555)	National Museum of Natural History	Tyrannosaurus rex	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation
Wyrex		Houston Museum of Natural Science	Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation
Zuri[218]	HRS08438, 8507, 8470, 1508, and other		Tyrannosaurus	Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)	Hell Creek Formation

Misc. Theropods

Nickname	Catalogue Number	Institution	Taxon	Age	Unit	Notes	Images
Banjo	AODF 604[148]	Australian Age of Dinosaurs	Australovenator wintonensis	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian; 95 Mya)	Winton Formation	Named after Banjo Patterson
Claws	NHMUK VP R9951 (formerly BMNH R9951)[219][220]	Natural History Museum, London	Baryonyx walkeri	Early Cretaceous (Barremian; 130–125 Mya)	Weald Clay Formation	Named for its large hand claws, pun on the book and movie Jaws
Gertie	PEFO 10395[221][222]	Petrified Forest National Park	Chindesaurus bryansmalli	Late Triassic (Norian; 213-201 Mya)	Chinle Formation (Upper Petrified Forest Member)	Holotype. Named after Gertie the Dinosaur
Elvis[223] [224]			Torvosaurus tanneri	Late Jurassic	Morrison Formation, Colorado

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