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Tyrannosaurus rex is unique among dinosaurs in its place in modern culture; paleontologist Robert Bakker has called it "the most popular dinosaur among people of all ages, all cultures, and all nationalities". [1] Paleontologists Mark Norell and Lowell Dingus have likewise called it "the most famous dinosaur of all times."
Most uncited genus names are taken from Olshevsky's "Dinosaur Genera List". [1] Non-dinosaur dinosauromorphs and non- avebrevicaudan avialans are also listed by Olshevsky, but are omitted from this list as they are not considered "non-avian dinosaurs" in most published sources.
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").
Since it was first described in 1905, T. rex has become the most widely recognized dinosaur species in popular culture. It is the only dinosaur that is commonly known to the general public by its full scientific name (binomial name) and the scientific abbreviation T. rex has also come into wide usage. [51] Robert T. Bakker notes this in The ...
This list of informally named dinosaurs is a listing of dinosaurs (excluding Aves; birds and their extinct relatives) that have never been given formally published scientific names. This list only includes names that were not properly published (" unavailable names ") and have not since been published under a valid name (see list of dinosaur ...
Known from three partial skeletons. The specific name, justinhofmanni, honors a six-year-old schoolboy who won a contest to have a dinosaur named after him Nevadadromeus: 2022 Willow Tank Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) United States ( Nevada) The first non-avian dinosaur described from Nevada Niobrarasaurus: 1995
[7] [8] [9] Since then, mounted fossil dinosaur skeletons have been major attractions at museums worldwide, and dinosaurs have become an enduring part of popular culture. The large sizes of some dinosaurs, as well as their seemingly monstrous and fantastic nature, have ensured their regular appearance in best-selling books and films, such as ...
While the depiction of dinosaurs in popular media has changed radically in response to advances in paleontology, a mainly outdated picture of pterosaurs has persisted since the mid-20th century. [210] Scene from When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth depicting an outsized Rhamphorhynchus. The vague generic term "pterodactyl" is often used for these ...