List of dinosaur specimens with documented taphonomic histories


This list of dinosaur specimens with documented taphonomic histories enumerates those fossil dinosaur specimens that have been subjected to focused efforts aimed at reconstructing the events following the animal's death and the processes by which its remains were preserved in the fossil record.

Theropods

Dromaeosaurs

TaxonNicknameCatalogue numberInstitutionAgeUnitCountryDescription and Taphonomic HistoryImages
Velociraptor mongoliensisFighting DinosaursMPC-D 100/25Mongolian Palaeontological CenterMiddle CampanianDjadokhta FormationPreserves a Velociraptor mongoliensis locked in combat with a Protoceratops andrewsi.

Oviraptorosaurs

TaxonNicknameCatalogue numberInstitutionAgeUnitCountryDescription and Taphonomic HistoryImages
Citipati osmolskaeBig AuntieMPC-D 100/1004Mongolian Palaeontological CenterMiddle CampanianDjadokhta FormationBrooding individual preserved on top of a nest.
Citipati osmolskaeBig MamaMPC-D 100/979Mongolian Palaeontological CenterMiddle CampanianDjadokhta FormationBrooding individual preserved on top of a nest.
Khaan mckennaiRomeo and Juliet MPC-D 100/1002 and 100/1127Mongolian Palaeontological CenterMiddle CampanianDjadokhta FormationTwo very complete individuals preserved in close association. The pair was likely interacting when they got buried by collapsed sand dunes.
Nemegtomaia barsboldiNot givenMPC-D 107/15Mongolian Palaeontological CenterLate CampanianBarun Goyot FormationBrooding individual preserved on top of a nest.
Oksoko avarsanNot givenMPC-D 102/110Mongolian Palaeontological CenterLate CampanianNemegt FormationAssemblage of three individuals buried in life positions.
Oviraptor philoceratopsNot givenAMNH 6517American Museum of Natural HistoryMiddle CampanianDjadokhta FormationBrooding individual preserved on top of a nest.
Tongtianlong limosusNot givenDYM-2013-8Dongyang MuseumLate MaastrichtianNanxiong FormationIndividual preserved with raised head and splayed arms, possibly died while trapped in mud.