This list of nicknamed non-dinosaur fossils is a list of non-dinosaurian fossil 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 list of dinosaur fossil specimens, see List of dinosaur specimens with nicknames.
Synapsids
editMammals
editAtlantogenata
editCarnivorans
editNickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Image |
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Boris[10] | Cave Lion (Panthera spelaea) | 44,000 years ago | Two to Three-weeks old cub, died due to the collapse of a cave. | ||||
Dogor | Currently unknown whether it represents a wolf or domestic dog | ||||||
Sparta[10] | Cave Lion (Panthera spelaea) | 26,000 years ago | Female cub, died of starvation. | ||||
Tumat[11] | Centre for Palaeogenetics | yet to be determined | 14,000 years ago | Found in Russia nearly 10 years ago, it is a puppy that also contained a piece of Woolly Rhino skin in its belly. | |||
Waldo[12] | OCPC 11141 | Orange County Paleontology Collection | Titanotaria orangensis | Late Miocene (6.6 to 5.8 Ma) | Capistrano Formation | one of the last and best known tuskless walrus |
Primates
editUngulates
editNickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Image |
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Blue Babe | University of Alaska Museum | Steppe Bison | |||||
Thor[78] | Megacerops | Eocene |
Marsupials
editPelycosaurs
editNickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
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Leidy[79] | Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (on loan to Royal Ontario Museum) | Dimetrodon borealis | Early Permian, 270 Ma (Artinskian) | Orby Head Formation | Named after Joseph Leidy, the original describer of the specimen |
Reptiles
editLepidosauria
editNickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
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Bob | Tylosaurus | ||||||
Bruce | Tylosaurus | ||||||
Brutus | Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleaotology | Prognathodon overtoni | Korite Ammolite mine, Bearpaw Formation | Named Brutus to describe the Burly nature of its anatomy.[80] | |||
Bunker | KUVP 5033 | University of Kansas Natural History Museum | Tylosaurus | Niobrara Formation | |||
Max | Tylosaurus | ||||||
Mister Sinister | TMP 2008.036.0001 | Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleaotology | Mosasaurus missouriensis | Late Campanian; Late Cretaceous | Bearpaw Formation | A Juvenile, named after the comic book character Mister Sinister, in reference to its grin.[81] | |
Mushy | |||||||
Omācīw | Tylosaurus | ||||||
Sophie | Tylosaurus | ||||||
Suzy | Tylosaurus |
Pseudosuchians
editNickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
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Big Bert | SMNH P2411.1 | Royal Saskatchewan Museum | Terminonaris robusta | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | Favel Formation | Most complete specimen of the genus | |
Black Sun[82] | THOR16_100BS | Crocodylus anthropophagus | Pleistocene | Olduvai Gorge | Named due to the fact that it was discovered during an annual solar eclipse on September 1, 2016 | ||
Edgar[83] | NHMUK P9/3a | Natural History Museum, London | Aenigmaspina pantyffynnonensis | Late Triassic (Rhaetian) | |||
Mo | Terminonaris ponteixensis | Late Cretacaeous | |||||
Scarface[84] | LPRP 0697 | Laboratório de
Paleontologia de Ribeirão Preto |
Aphaurosuchus escharafacies | Late Cretaceois (Coniacian-Campanian) | Bauru Group of Vale do Rio do Peixe | A cut on the left jugal and dentary made by the rock saw during the collection of the specimen, promptly gave the fossil its nickname “Scarface.” |
Pterosauria
editNickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
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Butch | AODF 876 | Australian Age of Dinosaurs | Ferrodraco | Cenomanian; Late Cretaceous | Winton Formation | Holotype of Ferrodraco | |
Dark Wing | Rhamphorhynchus | ||||||
Dracula | undescribed azhdarchid | ||||||
Ian | undescribed wukongopterid | ||||||
Mrs. T | Darwinopterus |
Sauropterygia
editNickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
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Albert[85] | Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology | possibly Albertonectes | Late Cretcaeois | Bearpaw Formation | Named after Albertonectes, because it might possibly belong to that genus. | ||
Britney | Ophthalmothule | Tithonian-Berriasian | |||||
Doris | Pliosaurus carpenteri | ||||||
Harold[86] | GPM 5001 [87] | Paleon Museum | Serpentisuchops pfisterae | Late Cretaceous, (Lower Maastrichtian) | Pierre Shale | ||
Ichabod | TMP 2007.011.0001 | Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleaotology | Albertonectes vanderveldei | Late Campanian; Late Cretaceous | Bearpaw Formation | Named after Ichabod Crane from the Legend of the Sleepy Hollow, in reference to the missing skull of the specimen. |
Misc Reptiles
editNickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
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Brigitta[88] | Natural History Museum, Vienna | Archelon | Campanian | Pierre Shale | the largest known specimen of Archelon and second largest individual turtle fossil after specimen CIAAP-2002-01 of Stupendemys geographica[89] | ||
Delilah | Pareisaurus | ||||||
Jim 2[90] | LACM DI 157871 | Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | Cymbospondylus youngorum | Anisian | Favret Formation | holotype specimen of C. youngorum, the largest known member of the genus with a skull length of almost 2 meters [91] | |
Oldie / Gamla | Keilhauia nui |
Misc. Tetrapods
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Fish
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Arthropods
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Mollusks
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... While dinosaurs dominated land during the Mesozoic Era (252-66 million years ago), marine reptiles like this giant ichthyosaur—nicknamed Jim 2—ruled the sea. Come see the complete skull on display for the very first time. ...'
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