Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Lists
Lists of taxa
=By chronology=
- List of Ediacaran genera
- List of small shelly fossil taxa
- List of arthropods of the Cambrian Period
- List of Devonian tetrapods
- List of Early Devonian land plants
- List of Carboniferous tetrapods
- List of Permian tetrapods
- List of Ice Age species preserved as permafrost mummies
- List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species
;Recent extinctions by landmass
- List of African animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of European species extinct in the Holocene
- List of extinct animals of the British Isles
- List of extinct bird species since 1500
- List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of Australia-New Guinea species extinct in the Holocene
- List of South American animals extinct in the Holocene
- Extinctions on outlying islands not part of any landmass
- List of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of Hawaiian animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of Macaronesian animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of New Zealand species extinct in the Holocene
- List of Oceanian species extinct in the Holocene
- List of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha animals extinct in the Holocene
=By clade=
==Invertebrates==
;Mollusks and their close relatives
- List of ammonite genera
- List of belemnite genera
- List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record
- List of mollusc orders (includes extant taxa)
- List of prehistoric barnacles
- List of prehistoric chitons
- List of prehistoric nautiloid genera
;Arthropods and their close relatives
- List of arthropods of the Cambrian Period
- List of eurypterid genera
- List of prehistoric malacostracans
- List of prehistoric ostracod genera
- List of trilobite genera
- List of xiphosuran genera
;Non-chordate deuterostomes (echinoderms, hemichordates, etc.)
- List of crinoid genera
- List of edrioasteroid genera
- List of graptolite genera
- List of prehistoric brittle stars
- List of prehistoric echinoderm genera
- List of prehistoric sea cucumbers
- List of prehistoric starfish genera
- List of prehistoric stylophoran genera
;All other invertebrate animals
- List of bilaterian orders (includes vertebrates and extant taxa)
- List of brachiopod genera
- List of prehistoric annelid genera
- List of prehistoric bryozoan genera
- List of prehistoric hexacoral genera
- List of prehistoric medusozoan genera
- List of prehistoric octocoral genera
- List of prehistoric sponge genera
==Vertebrates==
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| image3 = Xiphactinus audax fossil, Tellus Science Museum.jpg
| image4 = Pikaia - fossil.jpg
| image2 = Dinosauria - Poisson 02.jpg
| image5 = Eusthenopteron foordi 1.jpg
| footer = Several examplary fossil fish (clockwise from top left): Megalodon, Cephalaspis, Pikaia, Bothriolepis, Eusthenopteron, and Xiphactinus
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| image2 = Palais de la Decouverte Tyrannosaurus rex p1050042.jpg
| image3 = Varanus priscus Melbourne Museum.jpg
| image5 = Ichthyosaurus sp 2.jpg
| image1 = Pteranodon amnh martyniuk.jpg
| footer = Several famous fossil reptiles (clockwise from top left): Pteranodon, Tyrannosaurus, Deinosuchus, Ichthyosaurus, and Megalania
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| image4 = Basilosaurus skeleton.jpg
| image5 = NHM - Australopithecus afarensis Skelett.jpg
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| footer = Several famous prehistoric mammals and mammal-relatives (clockwise from the top left): Lystrosaurus, Dimetrodon, Basilosaurus, Homotherium, Australopithecus, and Repenomamus
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- List of bilaterian orders (includes invertebrates and extant taxa)
- List of chordate orders (includes extant taxa)
;Fishes, amphibians, and other non-amniote vertebrates
- List of acanthodian genera
- List of conodont genera
- List of placoderm genera
- List of prehistoric amphibian genera
- List of reptiliomorphs
- List of prehistoric bony fish genera
- List of sarcopterygian genera (includes extant genera)
- List of prehistoric jawless fish genera
- List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera
- List of thelodont genera
;Reptiles (i.e. squamates, archosaurs, and other sauropsids)
- List of crurotarsan genera (includes extant genera)
- List of dinosaur genera
- Dinosaur classification
- List of dinosaur ichnogenera
- List of informally named dinosaurs
- List of non-avian dinosaur species preserved with evidence of feathers
- List of sauropod species
- Outline of dinosaurs
- For lists of dinosaurs by region or continent, see below
- List of fossil bird genera
- List of extinct bird species since 1500
- List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species
- List of Mesozoic birds
- List of paleognath species (includes extant genera and species)
- List of ichthyosauromorph genera
- List of informally named Mesozoic reptiles
- List of mosasaur genera
- List of plesiosaur genera
- List of pterosaur genera
;Mammals and other synapsids
- List of pelycosaurs
- List of prehistoric mammals
- List of extinct cetaceans
- List of extinct rodents
- List of fossil pinnipedimorphs
- List of fossil primates
- List of fossil primates of South America
- List of primates of Colombia (includes extant species)
- List of multituberculate species
- List of therapsids
==Non-animal eukaryotes==
=By provenance=
==By geological unit==
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- List of Guanshan Biota species
- List of species in the Port Kennedy Bone Cave
- List of White Sea biota species by phylum
- List of Xiaoshiba Biota species
- Messel Formation
- Paleofauna of the Messel Formation
- Paleoflora of the Messel Formation
- Paleobiota of Burmese amber
- Insect paleobiota of Burmese amber
- Coleoptera paleobiota of Burmese amber
- Hymenoptera paleobiota of Burmese amber
- Paleobiota of Monte Bolca
- Paleobiota of the Burgess Shale
- Paleobiota of the Cañadón Asfalto Formation
- Paleobiota of the Chinle Formation
- Paleobiota of the Djadochta Formation
- Paleobiota of the Green River Formation
- Paleobiota of the Hell Creek Formation
- Paleobiota of the Klondike Mountain Formation
- Paleobiota of the Kristianstad Basin
- Paleobiota of the La Brea Tar Pits
- Paleobiota of the Latah Formation
- Paleobiota of the London Clay
- Paleobiota of the Maotianshan Shales
- Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation
- List of dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation
- Paleobiota of the Posidonia Shale
- Paleobiota of the Yixian Formation
- Paris biota
- Pliocene flora of Frankfurt am Main
- Riversleigh fauna
- White River Fauna
==By country or region==
;Lists of taxa by continent or region
- List of African dinosaurs
- List of Appalachian dinosaurs
- List of Asian dinosaurs
- List of Australian and Antarctic dinosaurs
- List of European dinosaurs
- List of Indian and Madagascan dinosaurs
- List of North American dinosaurs
- List of South American dinosaurs
;Lists of prehistoric life by country
- List of dinosaur finds in the United Kingdom
- List of dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles of New Zealand
- List of Indian and Madagascan dinosaurs
- List of prehistoric birds of Japan
- List of prehistoric mammals of Japan
- List of primates of Colombia (includes extant species)
;Lists of prehistoric life in each U.S. state
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- List of the prehistoric life of Alabama
- List of the Paleozoic life of Alabama
- List of the Mesozoic life of Alabama
- List of the Cenozoic life of Alabama
- List of the prehistoric life of Alaska
- List of the Paleozoic life of Alaska
- List of the Mesozoic life of Alaska
- List of the Cenozoic life of Alaska
- List of the prehistoric life of Arizona
- List of the Paleozoic life of Arizona
- List of the Mesozoic life of Arizona
- List of the Cenozoic life of Arizona
- List of the prehistoric life of Arkansas
- List of the Paleozoic life of Arkansas
- List of the Mesozoic life of Arkansas
- List of the Cenozoic life of Arkansas
- List of the prehistoric life of California
- List of the Paleozoic life of California
- List of the Mesozoic life of California
- List of the Cenozoic life of California
- List of the prehistoric life of Colorado
- List of the Paleozoic life of Colorado
- List of the Mesozoic life of Colorado
- List of the Cenozoic life of Colorado
- List of the prehistoric life of Connecticut
- List of the prehistoric life of Delaware
- List of the Mesozoic life of Delaware
- List of the Cenozoic life of Delaware
- List of the prehistoric life of Florida
- List of the Cenozoic life of Florida
- List of the prehistoric life of Georgia
- List of the Paleozoic life of Georgia
- List of the Mesozoic life of Georgia
- List of the Cenozoic life of Georgia
- List of the prehistoric life of Hawaii
- List of the prehistoric life of Idaho
- List of the Paleozoic life of Idaho
- List of the Mesozoic life of Idaho
- List of the Cenozoic life of Idaho
- List of the prehistoric life of Illinois
- List of the Paleozoic life of Illinois
- List of the prehistoric life of Indiana
- List of the Paleozoic life of Indiana
- List of the prehistoric life of Iowa
- List of the Paleozoic life of Iowa
- List of the prehistoric life of Kansas
- List of the Paleozoic life of Kansas
- List of the prehistoric life of Kentucky
- List of the Paleozoic life of Kentucky
- List of the prehistoric life of Louisiana
- List of the prehistoric life of Maine
- List of the prehistoric life of Maryland
- List of the Paleozoic life of Maryland
- List of the prehistoric life of Massachusetts
- List of the prehistoric life of Michigan
- List of the Paleozoic life of Michigan
- List of the prehistoric life of Minnesota
- List of the prehistoric life of Mississippi
- List of the prehistoric life of Missouri
- List of the Paleozoic life of Missouri
- List of the prehistoric life of Montana
- List of the Paleozoic life of Montana
- List of the prehistoric life of Nebraska
- List of the Cenozoic life of Nebraska
- List of the prehistoric life of Nevada
- List of the Paleozoic life of Nevada
- List of the Mesozoic life of Nevada
- List of the Cenozoic life of Nevada
- List of the prehistoric life of New Hampshire
- List of the prehistoric life of New Jersey
- List of the prehistoric life of New Mexico
- List of the prehistoric life of New York
- List of the Paleozoic life of New York
- List of the prehistoric life of North Carolina
- List of the prehistoric life of North Dakota
- List of the Cenozoic life of North Dakota
- List of the prehistoric life of Ohio
- List of the Paleozoic life of Ohio
- List of the prehistoric life of Oklahoma
- List of the Paleozoic life of Oklahoma
- List of the prehistoric life of Oregon
- List of the prehistoric life of Pennsylvania
- List of the Paleozoic life of Pennsylvania
- List of the prehistoric life of Rhode Island
- List of the prehistoric life of South Carolina
- List of the prehistoric life of South Dakota
- List of the Mesozoic life of South Dakota
- List of the Cenozoic life of South Dakota
- List of the prehistoric life of Tennessee
- List of the Paleozoic life of Tennessee
- List of the prehistoric life of Texas
- List of the Paleozoic life of Texas
- List of the prehistoric life of Utah
- List of the Paleozoic life of Utah
- List of the prehistoric life of Vermont
- List of the prehistoric life of Virginia
- List of the Paleozoic life of Virginia
- List of the prehistoric life of Washington
- List of the Cenozoic life of Washington
- List of the prehistoric life of West Virginia
- List of the Paleozoic life of West Virginia
- List of the prehistoric life of Wisconsin
- List of the Paleozoic life of Wisconsin
- List of the prehistoric life of Wyoming
- List of the Paleozoic life of Wyoming
- List of the Mesozoic life of Wyoming
- List of the Cenozoic life of Wyoming
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=By utility or designation=
=Lists of strata=
==By type of fossils present==
- List of mosasaur-bearing stratigraphic units
- List of non-Dinosauria fossil trackway articles
- List of phytosaur-bearing stratigraphic units
- List of plesiosaur-bearing stratigraphic units
- List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units
- List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils
- List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
- List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur tracks
- List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
- List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
- List of stratigraphic units with theropod tracks
- List of thalattosuchian-bearing stratigraphic units
==By location==
;Lists of fossiliferous strata by subcontinent or region
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antarctica
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Caribbean
;Lists of fossiliferous strata by country
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- {{flag icon|Albania}} Albania
- {{flag icon|Angola}} Angola
- {{flag icon|Antigua and Barbuda}} Antigua and Barbuda
- {{flag icon|Armenia}} Armenia
- {{flag icon|Austria}} Austria
- {{flag icon|Azerbaijan}} Azerbaijan
- {{flag icon|Bahamas}} Bahamas
- {{flag icon|Barbados}} Barbados
- {{flag icon|Belarus}} Belarus
- {{flag icon|Belgium}} Belgium
- {{flag icon|Belize}} Belize
- {{flag icon|Bolivia}} Bolivia
- {{flag icon|Bosnia}} Bosnia and Herzegovina
- {{flag icon|Botswana}} Botswana
- {{flag icon|Bulgaria}} Bulgaria
- {{flag icon|Cameroon}} Cameroon
- {{flag icon|Cape Verde}} Cape Verde
- {{flag icon|Colombia}} Colombia
- {{flag icon|Costa Rica}} Costa Rica
- {{flag icon|Croatia}} Croatia
- {{flag icon|Cuba}} Cuba
- {{flag icon|Cyprus}} Cyprus
- {{flag icon|Czech Republic}} Czech Republic
- {{flag icon|DRC}} Democratic Republic of Congo
- {{flag icon|Denmark}} Denmark
- {{flag icon|Djibouti}} Djibouti
- {{flag icon|Dominican Republic}} Dominican Republic
- {{flag icon|Ecuador}} Ecuador
- {{flag icon|El Salvador}} El Salvador
- {{flag icon|Eritrea}} Eritrea
- {{flag icon|Ethiopia}} Ethiopia
- {{flag icon|Fiji}} Fiji
- {{flag icon|France}} France
- {{flag icon|Gabon}} Gabon
- {{flag icon|Georgia}} Georgia
- {{flag icon|Germany}} Germany
- {{flag icon|Ghana}} Ghana
- {{flag icon|Greece}} Greece
- {{flag icon|Grenada}} Grenada
- {{flag icon|Guatemala}} Guatemala
- {{flag icon|Guinea}} Guinea
- {{flag icon|Guyana}} Guyana
- {{flag icon|Haiti}} Haiti
- {{flag icon|Honduras}} Honduras
- {{flag icon|Hungary}} Hungary
- {{flag icon|Iceland}} Iceland
- {{flag icon|Ireland}} Ireland
- {{flag icon|Italy}} Italy
- {{flag icon|Ivory Coast}} Ivory Coast
- {{flag icon|Jamaica}} Jamaica
- {{flag icon|Kazakhstan}} Kazakhstan
- {{flag icon|Kenya}} Kenya
- {{flag icon|Latvia}} Latvia
- {{flag icon|Lesotho}} Lesotho
- {{flag icon|Liechtenstein}} Liechtenstein
- {{flag icon|Lithuania}} Lithuania
- {{flag icon|Luxembourg}} Luxembourg
- {{flag icon|Madagascar}} Madagascar
- {{flag icon|Malawi}} Malawi
- {{flag icon|Mali}} Mali
- {{flag icon|Malta}} Malta
- {{flag icon|Mauritania}} Mauritania
- {{flag icon|Mexico}} Mexico
- {{flag icon|Moldova}} Moldova
- {{flag icon|Mozambique}} Mozambique
- {{flag icon|Namibia}} Namibia
- {{flag icon|Netherlands}} Netherlands
- {{flag icon|Nicaragua}} Nicaragua
- {{flag icon|Niger}} Niger
- {{flag icon|Norway}} Norway
- {{flag icon|Palau}} Palau
- {{flag icon|Panama}} Panama
- {{flag icon|Paraguay}} Paraguay
- {{flag icon|Peru}} Peru
- {{flag icon|Poland}} Poland
- {{flag icon|Portugal}} Portugal
- {{flag icon|Romania}} Romania
- {{flag icon|Russia}} Russia
- {{flag icon|San Marino}} San Marino
- {{flag icon|Senegal}} Senegal
- {{flag icon|Serbia}} Serbia
- {{flag icon|Seychelles}} Seychelles
- {{flag icon|Slovenia}} Slovenia
- {{flag icon|Somalia}} Somalia
- {{flag icon|South Africa}} South Africa
- {{flag icon|Spain}} Spain
- {{flag icon|Sudan}} Sudan
- {{flag icon|Sweden}} Sweden
- {{flag icon|Switzerland}} Switzerland
- {{flag icon|Tanzania}} Tanzania
- {{flag icon|Togo}} Togo
- {{flag icon|Trinidad and Tobago}} Trinidad and Tobago
- {{flag icon|Turkey}} Turkey
- {{flag icon|Ukraine}} Ukraine
- {{flag icon|Uruguay}} Uruguay
- {{flag icon|Zambia}} Zambia
- {{flag icon|Zimbabwe}} Zimbabwe
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;Lists of fossiliferous strata in non-sovereign regions or disputed territories
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- {{flag icon|Anguilla}} Anguilla
- {{flag icon|Bermuda}} Bermuda
- {{flag icon|Curaçao}} Curaçao
- {{flag icon|Gibraltar}} Gibraltar
- {{flag icon|Greenland}} Greenland
- {{flag icon|Kosovo}} Kosovo
- {{flag icon|Northern Cyprus}} Northern Cyprus
- {{flag icon|Svalbard}} Svalbard
- {{flag icon|Western Sahara}} Western Sahara
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;Lists of fossiliferous strata in each U.S. state
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- {{flag icon|Alabama}} Alabama
- {{flag icon|Alaska}} Alaska
- {{flag icon|Arizona}} Arizona
- {{flag icon|Arkansas}} Arkansas
- {{flag icon|California}} California
- {{flag icon|Colorado}} Colorado
- {{flag icon|Connecticut}} Connecticut
- {{flag icon|Delaware}} Delaware
- {{flag icon|Florida}} Florida
- {{flag icon|Georgia (U.S. state)}} Georgia
- {{flag icon|Hawaii}} Hawaii
- {{flag icon|Idaho}} Idaho
- {{flag icon|Illinois}} Illinois
- {{flag icon|Indiana}} Indiana
- {{flag icon|Iowa}} Iowa
- {{flag icon|Kansas}} Kansas
- {{flag icon|Kentucky}} Kentucky
- {{flag icon|Louisiana}} Louisiana
- {{flag icon|Maine}} Maine
- {{flag icon|Maryland}} Maryland
- {{flag icon|Massachusetts}} Massachusetts
- {{flag icon|Michigan}} Michigan
- {{flag icon|Minnesota}} Minnesota
- {{flag icon|Mississippi}} Mississippi
- {{flag icon|Missouri}} Missouri
- {{flag icon|Montana}} Montana
- {{flag icon|Nebraska}} Nebraska
- {{flag icon|Nevada}} Nevada
- {{flag icon|New Hampshire}} New Hampshire
- {{flag icon|New Jersey}} New Jersey
- {{flag icon|New Mexico}} New Mexico
- {{flag icon|New York}} New York
- {{flag icon|North Carolina}} North Carolina
- {{flag icon|North Dakota}} North Dakota
- {{flag icon|Ohio}} Ohio
- {{flag icon|Oklahoma}} Oklahoma
- {{flag icon|Oregon}} Oregon
- {{flag icon|Pennsylvania}} Pennsylvania
- {{flag icon|Puerto Rico}} Puerto Rico
- {{flag icon|Rhode Island}} Rhode Island
- {{flag icon|South Carolina}} South Carolina
- {{flag icon|South Dakota}} South Dakota
- {{flag icon|Tennessee}} Tennessee
- {{flag icon|Texas}} Texas
- {{flag icon|Utah}} Utah
- {{flag icon|Vermont}} Vermont
- {{flag icon|Virginia}} Virginia
- {{flag icon|Washington, D.C.}} Washington, D.C.
- {{flag icon|Washington}} Washington
- {{flag icon|West Virginia}} West Virginia
- {{flag icon|Wisconsin}} Wisconsin
- {{flag icon|Wyoming}} Wyoming
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;Lists of fossiliferous strata in each Canadian province and terriroty
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- {{flag icon|Alberta}} Alberta
- {{flag icon|British Columbia}} British Columbia
- {{flag icon|Manitoba}} Manitoba
- {{flag icon|New Brunswick}} New Brunswick
- {{flag icon|Newfoundland}} Newfoundland and Labrador
- {{flag icon|Nova Scotia}} Nova Scotia
- {{flag icon|Nunavut}} Nunavut
- {{flag icon|Ontario}} Ontario
- {{flag icon|Prince Edward Island}} Prince Edward Island
- {{flag icon|Quebec}} Quebec
- {{flag icon|Saskatchewan}} Saskatchewan
- {{flag icon|Northwest Territories}} Northwest Territories
- {{flag icon|Yukon}} Yukon
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;Lists of fossiliferous strata in parts of the United Kingdom
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- {{flag icon|England}} England
- {{flag icon|Isle of Man}} Isle of Man
- {{flag icon|Northern Ireland}} Northern Ireland
- {{flag icon|Scotland}} Scotland
- {{flag icon|Wales}} Wales
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Lists of specific fossil specimens
- List of fossils with consumulites
- List of gomphothere fossils in South America
- List of human evolution fossils
- List of Neanderthal fossils
- List of mammoth specimens
- List of museums and colleges with mastodon fossils on display
- List of non-dinosaur fossil specimens with nicknames
- List of paleontological chimeras
=Type specimens=
- List of ichthyosauromorph type specimens
- List of mosasaur type specimens
- List of other ornithischian type specimens
- List of plesiosaur type specimens
- List of pterosaur type specimens
- List of sauropodomorph type specimens
- List of marginocephalian type specimens
- List of ornithopod type specimens
- List of thyreophoran type specimens
- List of non-avian theropod type specimens
=Miscellaneous dinosaur specimens=
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- List of dinosaur species on display
- List of dinosaur specimens with nicknames
- List of dinosaur specimens with preserved soft tissue
- List of dinosaur specimens sold at auction
- List of dinosaur specimens with documented taphonomic histories
- List of lost dinosaur specimens
- List of pathological dinosaur specimens
- Specimens of Archaeopteryx
- Specimens of Tyrannosaurus
- For lists of dinosaur type specimens, see the section above
Timelines
=Timelines of ecological and evolutionary events=
=Timelines of research=
{{Main article|List of years in paleontology|Timeline of paleontology}}
==By type of fossil==
;Non-avian dinosaurs
- Timeline of ankylosaur research
- Timeline of ceratopsian research
- Timeline of ceratosaur research
- Timeline of coelophysoid research
- Timeline of dromaeosaurid research
- Timeline of hadrosaur research
- Timeline of ornithomimosaur research
- Timeline of oviraptorosaur research
- Timeline of pachycephalosaur research
- Timeline of stegosaur research
- Timeline of therizinosaur research
- Timeline of troodontid research
- Timeline of tyrannosaur research
;All other types of fossils
==By geologic period of focus==
==For individual countries or regions==
Other lists
=Concepts=
- Glossary of dinosaur anatomy
- List of ancient oceans
- List of commonly used taxonomic affixes
- List of examples of convergent evolution
- List of extinction events
- List of Latin place names used as specific names (includes non-fossil species)
- List of pathological conditions reported in Mesozoic dinosaurs
- List of paleotempestology records
- List of transitional fossils