Notable dinosaur specimens can individually increase science's knowledge about the life and world of the dinosaurs.

By history

• List of lost, damaged, or destroyed dinosaur specimens
• List of dinosaur specimens sold at auction

By preservation

• List of dinosaur specimens with documented taphonomic histories
• List of pathological dinosaur specimens
• List of dinosaur specimens preserved with agonistic and feeding traces
• List of dinosaur specimens with preserved soft tissue

By taxonomic significance

In popular culture

• List of nicknamed dinosaur specimens