List of dinosaur species on display explained

This list of dinosaur species on display lists which venue (museum or public or private location) exhibits (or has exhibited) which dinosaur species. Exhibits include skeletons (partial and complete, mounted and unmounted, originals and casts) and reconstructions.

Asia

Type of ExhibitTaxonCatalogue NumberNicknameExhibiting InstitutionCityCountryNotesImage
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusBHI 3033 (copy)Stan (copy)National Museum of Nature and Science (国立科学博物館)TokyoJapan
Skeleton, mountedTriceratopsNSM-PV 20379RaymondNational Museum of Nature and Science (国立科学博物館)TokyoJapan
Skeleton panel, mountedMicroraptor guiBMNHC PH 001084Paleozoological Museum of China (中国古动物馆)BeijingChina

Australia

Type of ExhibitTaxonCatalogue NumberNicknameExhibiting InstitutionCityCountryNotesImage
DeinonychusMelbourne Museum
Gallimimus bullatus[1] 207000Melbourne MuseumMelbourneAustralia
MamenchisaurusMelbourne Museum
Muttaburrasaurus lagdoniMelbourne MuseumMelbourneAustralia
Skeleton, mounted (copy)[2] Tarbosaurus206970Melbourne MuseumMelbourneAustralia
Mounted skeleton[3] Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus206976Melbourne MuseumMelbourneAustralia
Mounted skeletonTriceratopsHorridusMelbourne MuseumMelbourneAustralia

Europe

Type of ExhibitTaxonCatalogue NumberNicknameExhibiting InstitutionCityCountryNotesImage
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Diplodocus carnegieiCM 84 (copy)Dippy (Berlin)Natural History Museum, BerlinBerlinGermany
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Diplodocus carnegieiCM 84 (copy)Dippy (London)Natural History MuseumLondonUKSince February 2018 not on display in London, but on tour through British museums.
Statue, life-sizedDiplodocus longusNaturmuseum SenckenbergFrankfurtGermanySituated outside the museum in public space.
Statue, life-sizedFrenguellisaurus ischigualastensisNaturmuseum SenckenbergFrankfurtGermany
Skeleton, mountedGiraffatitan (formerly Brachiosaurus) brancaiHMN SIIOskar[4] Natural History Museum, BerlinBerlinGermany
Statue, life-sizedSinosauropteryx primaNaturmuseum SenckenbergFrankfurtGermany
Skeleton, mountedStegosaurus stenopsNHMUK PV R36730SophieNatural History Museum, LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
Statue, life-sizedTyrannosaurusNaturmuseum SenckenbergFrankfurtGermanySituated outside the museum in public space.
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusBHI 3033 (copy)Stan (copy)Manchester MuseumManchesterUK
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusBHI 3033 (copy)Stan (copy)Natural History Museum at the University of OsloOsloNorway
Skeleton, mountedTyrannosaurusMB.R.91216Tristan-OttoNatural History Museum of DenmarkCopenhagenDenmark2015–January 2020 on display at the Berlin National History Museum.
Skeleton, mounted TyrannosaurusRGM 792.000TrixNaturalis Biodiversity CenterLeidenNetherlands
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusRTMP 81.6.1 (copy)Black Beauty (copy)Swedish Museum of Natural HistoryStockholmSweden
Statue, life-sizedUnenlagia comahuensisNaturmuseum SenckenbergFrankfurtGermany

North America

Type of ExhibitTaxonCatalogue NumberNicknameExhibiting InstitutionCityStateCountryNotesImage <-- -->
Skeleton, mountedAcrocanthosaurus atokensisNCSM 14345FranNorth Carolina Museum of Natural SciencesRaleighNorth CarolinaUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Acrocanthosaurus atokensisNCSM 14345 (copy)Houston Museum of Natural ScienceHoustonTexasUSA
SkullAlbertosaurus sarcophagusTMP 1985 098 0001Royal Tyrrell MuseumDrumhellerAlbertaCanada
Skeleton, mountedAllosaurus fragilisAMNH 5753American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSA
Skeleton, mountedAllosaurus fragilisCM 11844Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
Skeleton, mountedAllosaurus fragilisDMNS 2249Denver Museum of Nature and ScienceDenverColoradoUSA
Skeleton, mountedAllosaurus fragilisLACM 46030Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Allosaurus jimmadseniMOR 693 (copy)Big Al (copy)Museum of the RockiesBozemanMontanaUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Allosaurus jimmadseniSMA 0005 (copy)Big Al 2 (copy)Houston Museum of Natural ScienceHoustonTexasUSA
Skeleton, mountedAnchiceratopsNMC 8547 (body), NMC 8535 (copy of skull)Canadian Museum of NatureOttawaOntarioMight represent a separate taxon
Partial skullAnchiceratops ornatusFMNH P15003 Field Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSA
Partial skullAnchiceratops ornatusROM 802Royal Ontario MuseumTorontoOntarioCanada
SkullAnchiceratops ornatusTMP 1983.001.0001Royal Tyrrell MuseumDrumhellerAlbertaCanada
Skeleton, mountedApatosaurusAMNH 460American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSA
Skeleton, mountedApatosaurus louisaeCM 3018 Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
Skeleton, mountedApatosaurusFMNH P25112/FMNH P27021Field Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSAMay represent a novel species within Apatosaurus
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Barosaurus lentusAMNH 6341 (copy)American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSA
Skeletal elements, unmountedBrachiosaurus altithoraxFMNH P 25107Field Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSAHolotype specimen
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Brachiosaurus altithoraxFMNH P 25107 (copy)Field Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSACast of the holotype specimen
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Brachiosaurus altithoraxFMNH P 25107 (copy)O'Hare International AirportChicagoIllinoisUSACast of the holotype specimen
Skeleton, mountedBrontosaurus excelsusYPM 1980Peabody Museum of Natural HistoryNew HavenConnecticutUSAHolotype specimen
Skeleton, panel mountedCamarasaurus lentusCM 11338Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
Skeleton, mountedCamptosaurus aphanoecetesCM 11337Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
SkullCentrosaurus apertusAMNH 5427American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSA
SkullCentrosaurus apertusROM 767Royal Ontario MuseumTorontoOntarioCanada
Skeleton, mountedChasmosaurus belli ROM 843Royal Ontario MuseumTorontoOntarioCanada
Skeleton, mountedCorythosaurus casuariusCM 5856Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
SkullCryolophosaurus elliotiFMNH PR1821 (copy)Field Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSAReal skull in collections
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Cryolophosaurus elliotiFMNH PR1821 (copy)Fryxell Geology MuseumRock IslandIllinoisUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Cryolophosaurus elliotiFMNH PR1821 (copy)Orton Geological MuseumColumbusOhioUSA
SkullDaspletosaurus horneri MOR 590Museum of the RockiesBozemanMontanaUSAHolotype specimen
Skeleton, mountedDaspletosaurus torosusCMN 8506Canadian Museum of NatureOttawaOntarioCanadaHolotype specimen
Skeleton, mountedDaspletosaurusFMNH PR308Gorgeous GeorgeField Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSAOriginally assigned to Gorgosaurus
Skeleton, mountedDiplodocus carnegieiCM 84DippyCarnegie Museum of Natural HistoryPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSAHolotype specimen
Skeleton, mountedDiplodocus longusDMNH 1494Denver Museum of Nature and ScienceDenverColoradoUSA
Skeleton, mountedDracorex hogwartsiaTCMI 2004.17.1The Children's Museum of IndianapolisIndianapolisIndianaUSA
Skeleton, mountedDryosaurus elderaeCM 3392Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
ModelDryptosaurus aquilunguisBess Bower Dunn MuseumLibertyville,IllinoisUSA
Skeleton, mountedEdmontonia rugosidensAMNH 5665American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSA
Skeleton, mountedEdmontosaurus annectensAMNH 5730 and AMNH 5886American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSA
Fossil mummyEdmontosaurus annectens AMNH 5060Trachodon mummyAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSA
SkullEdmontosaurus annectensLACM 23502Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
SkeletonEdmontosaurus annectensYPM 2182Peabody Museum of Natural HistoryNew HavenConnecticutUSA
SkeletonGorgosaurus libratusAMNH 5458American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSA
SkeletonGorgosaurus libratusUSNM 12814National Museum of Natural HistoryWashingtonD.C.USAformerly AMNH 5428
SkeletonGorgosaurus libratusTMP 91.36.500 Royal Tyrrell Museum of PalaeontologyDrumhellerAlbertaCanadaSub-adult specimen
SkeletonGorgosaurus sternbergi AMNH 5664American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSAnow recognized as a juvenile Gorgosaurus libratus
SkullLambeosaurus lambeiAMNH 5353American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSA
SkeletonLambeosaurus lambeiFMNH PR 380 (body)UC 1479 (head)Field Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSA
SkeletonLambeosaurusAMNH 5340American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSAJuvenile lambeosaurine hadrosaur originally referred to Procheneosaurus praeceps
Skull (copy)Majungasaurus crenatissimusFMNH PR2100Field Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSA
Skeleton, mountedMiasaura peeblesorumFMNH PR2538Field Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSA
SkullMojoceratopsAMNH 5401American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSApreviously referred to Chasmosaurus kaiseni
SkullPachycephalosaurus wyomingensis AMNH 1696American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSA
Skeleton, mountedPachyrhinosaurusTMP 2002.76.1Royal Tyrell MuseumDrumhellerAlbertaCanada
Skeleton, mountedParasaurolophus cyrtocristatusFMNH P27393Field Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSAHolotype specimen
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Patagotitan mayorumMPEF-PV 3400 (copy)American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSAComposite of six specimens
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Patagotitan mayorumMPEF-PV 3400 (copy)MaximoField Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSAComposite of six specimens
Skeleton, mountedProtoceratops andrewsi CM 9185Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
Skeleton, mountedProtoceratops andrewsi FMNH PR 14064Field Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSA
SkullRegaliceratopsTMP 2005.055.0002Royal Tyrrell MuseumDrumhellerAlbertaCanada
Skeleton, mountedRapetosaurus krauseiFMNH PR 2209Field Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSAJuvenile specimen
Skeleton, panel mountedSaurolophus osborniAMNH 5220American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSA
Skeleton, mountedStegosaurus armatusCM 11341Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
Skeleton, mountedStegosaurus stenopsAMNH 650American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Stegosaurus stenopsAMNH 650 (copy)Field Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSA
Skeleton, mountedStegosaurus stenopsDMNS 1483Denver Museum of Nature and ScienceDenverColoradoUSA
Skeleton, mountedStegosaurus stenopsLACM 16440Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Stegosaurus stenopsNHMUK PV R36730 (copy)Houston Museum of Natural ScienceHoustonTexasUSA
Skeleton, mountedStyracosaurusAMNH 5372American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSA
Skeleton, mountedTriceratopsHMNS 2006.1743.00LaneHouston Museum of Natural ScienceHoustonTexasUSA
Skeleton, mountedTriceratopsMOR 3027Yoshi's TrikeMuseum of the RockiesBozemanMontanaUSA
Skeleton, mountedTriceratops horridusAMNH 5116American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Triceratops horridusAMNH 5116 (copy)Cleveland Museum of Natural HistoryClevelandOhioUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Triceratops horridusAMNH 5116 (copy)Field Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSA
Skeleton, mountedTriceratops horridusBMRP 2006.4.1HomerBurpee Museum of Natural HistoryRockfordIllinoisUSASub-adult specimen
SkullTriceratops horridusFMNH P12003Field Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSA
Skeleton, mountedTriceratops prorsusCM 1219Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
Skeleton, mountedTriceratops prorsusLACM 151459Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
Skeleton, mountedTyrannosaurusAMNH 5027American Museum of Natural HistoryNew YorkNew YorkUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusAMNH 5027 (copy)Denver Museum of Nature and ScienceDenverColoradoUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusAMNH 5027 (copy)Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel UniversityPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
Skeleton, mountedTyrannosaurusBHI 3033StanBlack Hills Museum of Natural HistoryHill CitySouth DakotaUSAFound in 1987.[5]
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusBHI 3033 (copy)Stan (copy)Dinosaur Discovery MuseumKenoshaWisconsinUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusBHI 3033 (copy)Stan (copy)Houston Museum of Natural ScienceHoustonTexasUSA
Skull (copy)TyrannosaurusBHI 3033 (copy)Stan (copy)Jurica-Suchy Nature MuseumLisleIllinoisUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusBHI 3033 (copy)Stan (copy)National Museum of Natural HistoryWashington, D.C.District of ColumbiaUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusBHI 3033 (copy)Stan (copy)New Mexico Museum of Natural History and ScienceAlbuquerqueNew MexicoUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusBHI 3033 (copy)Stan (copy)Sternberg Museum of Natural HistoryFort HaysKansasUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusBHI 3033 (copy)Stan (copy)The Children's Museum of IndianapolisIndianapolisIndianaUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusBHI 3033 (copy)Stan (copy)Weis Earth Science MuseumMenashaWisconsinUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusBHI 3033 (copy)Stan (copy)Wyoming Dinosaur CenterThermopolisWyomingUSA
Skeleton, mountedTyrannosaurusBMR P2002.4.1JaneBurpee Museum of Natural HistoryRockfordIllinoisUSAJuvenile specimen
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusBMR P2002.4.1 (copy)Jane (copy)Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusBMR P2002.4.1 (copy)Jane (copy)Cleveland Museum of Natural HistoryClevelandOhioUSA
Skeleton, mountedTyrannosaurus rexCM 9380Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSAHolotype specimen
Skeleton, mountedTyrannosaurusFMNH PR2081SueField Museum of Natural HistoryChicagoIllinoisUSAFound in 1990. Most complete. Largest T.rex fossil specimen. Approx. 40 feet long, estimated 9.5 tons (live).
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusFMNH PR2081 (copy)Sue (copy)Disney's Animal KingdomBay LakeFloridaUSA
Skeleton, mountedTyrannosaurusHMNS 2006.1743.01WyrexHouston Museum of Natural ScienceHoustonTexasUSA
Skeleton, mountedTyrannosaurusLACM 150167ThomasNatural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
Skeleton, mountedTyrannosaurusLACM 23844Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
Skeleton, mountedTyrannosaurusLACM 23845Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
Skeleton, mountedTyrannosaurusLACM 28471Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyLos AngelesCaliforniaUSAJuvenile specimen
Skeleton, mountedTyrannosaurusMOR 555Wankel RexNational Museum of Natural HistoryWashington, D.C.District of ColumbiaUSAOn lease from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers[6]
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusMOR 555 (copy)Big MikeMuseum of the RockiesBozemanMontanaUSABig Mike is a bronze cast of MOR 555
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusMOR 555 (copy)University of California Museum of PaleontologyBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusMOR 555 (copy)Cleveland Museum of Natural HistoryClevelandOhioUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusMOR 555 (copy)GoogleplexMountain ViewCaliforniaUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusMOR 555 (copy)Perot Museum of Nature and ScienceDallasTexasUSA
Skeleton, mountedTyrannosaurusMOR 980Peck's RexMuseum of the RockiesBozemanMontanaUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusMOR 980 (copy)Peck's Rex (copy)Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusMOR 980 (copy)Peck's Rex (copy)Maryland Science CenterBaltimoreMarylandUSA
Skeleton, mountedTyrannosaurusRTMP 81.6.1Black BeautyRoyal Tyrrell MuseumDrumhellerAlbertaCanada
Skeleton, mountedTyrannosaurusRTMP 81.12.1Huxley T.rexRoyal Tyrrell MuseumDrumhellerAlbertaCanada
Skeleton, mountedTyrannosaurusTCM 2001.90.1BuckyThe Children's Museum of IndianapolisIndianapolisIndianaUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)TyrannosaurusTCM 2001.90.1 (copy)Bucky (copy)Houston Museum of Natural ScienceHoustonTexasUSA
Skeleton, mounted (copy)Zuniceratops christopheriMSM P 4185 (copy)Arizona Museum of Natural HistoryMesaArizonaUSA
Skull (copy)Zuniceratops christopheriMSM P 4185 (copy)Natural History Museum of UtahSalt Lake CityUtahUSA

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gallimimus . 2022-05-03 . Museums Victoria Collections.
  2. Web site: Tarbosaurus bataar . 2022-05-03 . Museums Victoria Collections.
  3. Web site: Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus Young, 1958 . 2022-05-03 . Museums Victoria Collections.
  4. Web site: The World of Dinosaurs . Museum für Naturkunde Berlin . 8 February 2020.
  5. Web site: My T. Rex Is Bigger Than Yours. https://web.archive.org/web/20210606175629/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/131016-tyrannosaurus-rex-smithsonian-wankel-fossil-day/. dead. June 6, 2021. October 17, 2013. National Geographic News. Riley. Black. June 6, 2021.
  6. Web site: The 'Nation's T. Rex' Prepares to Make Its Smithsonian Debut. Paige. Williams. Smithsonian Magazine. June 2019.

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