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This list of lost, damaged, or destroyed dinosaur specimens enumerates those fossil dinosaur specimens that have been discovered only to be lost or damaged after initial documentation. Some of these specimens which had gone missing were later recovered as well.
Nickname | Taxon | Age | Unit | Country | Notes | Images |
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Nose Mountain theropod track |
Single highly pathological tyrannosaur footprint that was buried under a landslide before it could be collected |
Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Country | Notes | Images |
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1912VIII61 |
Upper Cretaceous |
Bahariya Formation |
Destroyed in Germany during World War II when the bombing of the museum it was held in took place. |
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IPHG 1922 X 47, X 48 |
Upper Cretaceous |
Bahariya Formation |
Destroyed in World War II |
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IPHG 1922 X46 |
Upper Cretaceous |
Destroyed in World War II. Used by Ernst Stromer to erect Carcharodontosaurus for "Megalosaurus" saharicus. [3] |
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MNHN 2001-4 |
Lower Cretaceous |
Destroyed in World War II |
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Upper Jurassic |
Most specimens, although not all, were destroyed when the German museum that they were in was bombed in World War II. |
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Lower Jurassic |
The original specimen was destroyed in a museum fire. |
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Middle Jurassic |
Destroyed in World War II |
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BSP 1912 VIII 19 |
Lower and Upper Cretaceous |
Bahariya Formation |
Destroyed in Germany during World War II when the bombing of the museum it was held in took place. More material has been discovered since. |
Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Country | Notes | Images |
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Specimen 9 [4] |
None |
Canada |
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Specimen 13 [4] |
None |
Canada |
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Cardiodon type specimen |
Middle Jurassic |
Forest Marble Formation |
United Kingdom |
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Type specimen of Amphicoelias fragillimus |
AMNH 5777 [5] |
United States |
Named as the holotype of Amphicoelias fragillimus by Edward Drinker Cope and then subsequently lost. It is possible that Cope himself or someone else disposed of it, or that it crumbled because of inadequate preservation methods. [5] |
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Companion tracks of MGUH 27219 |
N/A |
Geological Museum of Copenhagen |
Thyreophora |
Rhaetian |
Hoganas Formation |
Sweden |
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Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Country | Notes | Images |
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Holotype of Aepisaurus elephantinus |
Middle Cretaceous ( Albian) |
Named as holotype of Aepisaurus elephantinus. Rediscovered in 2006 [6] |
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This article needs to be updated.(August 2022) |
This list of lost, damaged, or destroyed dinosaur specimens enumerates those fossil dinosaur specimens that have been discovered only to be lost or damaged after initial documentation. Some of these specimens which had gone missing were later recovered as well.
Nickname | Taxon | Age | Unit | Country | Notes | Images |
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Nose Mountain theropod track |
Single highly pathological tyrannosaur footprint that was buried under a landslide before it could be collected |
Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Country | Notes | Images |
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1912VIII61 |
Upper Cretaceous |
Bahariya Formation |
Destroyed in Germany during World War II when the bombing of the museum it was held in took place. |
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IPHG 1922 X 47, X 48 |
Upper Cretaceous |
Bahariya Formation |
Destroyed in World War II |
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IPHG 1922 X46 |
Upper Cretaceous |
Destroyed in World War II. Used by Ernst Stromer to erect Carcharodontosaurus for "Megalosaurus" saharicus. [3] |
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MNHN 2001-4 |
Lower Cretaceous |
Destroyed in World War II |
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Upper Jurassic |
Most specimens, although not all, were destroyed when the German museum that they were in was bombed in World War II. |
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Lower Jurassic |
The original specimen was destroyed in a museum fire. |
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Middle Jurassic |
Destroyed in World War II |
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BSP 1912 VIII 19 |
Lower and Upper Cretaceous |
Bahariya Formation |
Destroyed in Germany during World War II when the bombing of the museum it was held in took place. More material has been discovered since. |
Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Country | Notes | Images |
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Specimen 9 [4] |
None |
Canada |
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Specimen 13 [4] |
None |
Canada |
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Cardiodon type specimen |
Middle Jurassic |
Forest Marble Formation |
United Kingdom |
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Type specimen of Amphicoelias fragillimus |
AMNH 5777 [5] |
United States |
Named as the holotype of Amphicoelias fragillimus by Edward Drinker Cope and then subsequently lost. It is possible that Cope himself or someone else disposed of it, or that it crumbled because of inadequate preservation methods. [5] |
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Companion tracks of MGUH 27219 |
N/A |
Geological Museum of Copenhagen |
Thyreophora |
Rhaetian |
Hoganas Formation |
Sweden |
This section is empty. You can help by
adding to it. (April 2015) |
Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Country | Notes | Images |
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Holotype of Aepisaurus elephantinus |
Middle Cretaceous ( Albian) |
Named as holotype of Aepisaurus elephantinus. Rediscovered in 2006 [6] |
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