# List of non-dinosaur fossil specimens with nicknames

This list of nicknamed non-dinosaur fossils is a list of non-dinosaurian fossil 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").
For a list of dinosaur fossil specimens, see List of dinosaur specimens with nicknames.

## Synapsids
### Mammals
#### Atlantogenata

| Nickname | Institution | Taxon | Age | Notes | Images |
| Archie | University of Nebraska State Museum | Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) | | | Archi the Mammoth |
| Benny | Trailside Museum of Natural History | Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) | | Specimen died in an intraspecific fight with another of the same species, "George". Named after land surveyors Ben Ferguson and George McMillan | |
| Dima | | Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) | | | |
| Fred | Science Central | American Mastodon | | | |
| George | Trailside Museum of Natural History | Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) | | Specimen died in an intraspecific fight with another of the same species, "Benny". Named after land surveyors Ben Ferguson and George McMillan | |
| Linda | City Museum of Bad Vöslau | Metaxytherium medium | Badenian | | |
| Little Stevie | Western Science Center | | | | |
| Lyuba | | Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) | | | |
| Mascha | | Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) | | | |
| Max | Western Science Center | Pacific Mastodon (Mammut pacificus) | | | |
| Megajeff | | Megalonyx | | | |
| Mylo | Western Science Center | Harlan's Ground Sloth (Paramylodon harlani) | | | |
| Sasha | | Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) | | | |
| Xena | Western Science Center | Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) | | | |
| Yuka | | Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) | | | |
| Zed | | Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) | | | |

### Carnivorans

| Nickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Image |
| Boris | | | Cave Lion (Panthera spelaea) | 44,000 years ago | | Two to Three-weeks old cub, died due to the collapse of a cave. | |
| Dogor | | | | | | Currently unknown whether it represents a wolf or domestic dog | |
| Sparta | | | Cave Lion (Panthera spelaea) | 26,000 years ago | | Female cub, died of starvation. | |
| Tumat | | Centre for Palaeogenetics | yet to be determined | 14,000 years ago | | Found in Russia nearly 10 years ago, it is a puppy that also contained a piece of Woolly Rhino skin in its belly. | |
| Waldo | OCPC 11141 | Orange County Paleontology Collection | Titanotaria orangensis | Late Miocene (6.6 to 5.8 Ma) | Capistrano Formation | one of the last and best known tuskless walrus | Waldo in dorsal view |

#### Primates

| Nickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Image |
| Alesi | KNM-NP 59050 | National Museums of Kenya | Nyanzapithecus alesi | 13 mya | Lake Turkana | An infantile cranium. | |
| Ardi | ARA-VP-6/500 | National Museums of Kenya | Ardipithecus ramidus | 4.4 mya | Aramis | A partial skeleton, possibly a female. | |
| The Black Skull | KNM-WT 17000 | National Museums of Kenya | Paranthropus aethiopicus | 2.5 mya | Nachukui Formation | A cranium. | |
| Dear Boy, Zinj | OH 5 | | Paranthropus boisei | 1.8 ma | Olduvai Gorge | A cranium and mandible. | |
| Flo, Little Lady of Flores, Hobbit | LB-1 | | Homo floresiensis | 50 ka | Liang Bua | A partial skeleton, including a cranium and mandible. | |
| Ida | PMO 214.214 (Slab A) | American Museum of Natural History | Darwinius masillae | 47 mya | Messel Pit | Two slabs, A and B, comprising a nearly complete individual with part and counterpart. | |
| Devil's Tower Child, Abel | Gibraltar 2 | | Homo neanderthalensis | 42 ka | Devil's Tower | Five cranial fragments belonging to a young boy. | |
| Laia | IPS58443 | | Pliobates cataloniae | 11.6 ma | | Partial skeleton. | |
| Lucy, Dinkinesh, Heelomali | AL 288-1 | | Australopithecus afarensis | 3.2 mya | Hadar | A partial skeleton including cranial fragments. | |
| Mrs. Ples | Sts 5 | Ditsong National Museum of Natural History | Australopithecus africanus | 2.1-2.6 mya | Sterkfontein | A cranium. | |
| Red Lady of Paviland | None | Various | Homo sapiens | 33 ka | Paviland Cave | A partial skeleton of a man. | |
| Taung Child, Taung Baby | Taung 1 | Wits University | Australopithecus | 2.8 mya | Taung | A partial cranium and mandible. | |
| Turkana Boy, Nariokotome Boy | KNM-WT 15000 | National Museums of Kenya | Homo erectus | 1.5 mya | Nachukui Formation | One of the most complete hominin skeletons. | |
| Nandy | Shanidar 1 | | Homo neanderthalensis | 45-35 ka | Shanidar Cave | A set of skeletal remains including a skull. | |
| The Old Man | La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 | | Homo neanderthalensis | 60 ka | La Chapelle-aux-Saints | A skeleton. | |
| Egbert | Ksar Akil 1 | National Museum of Beirut | Homo sapiens | 40-38 ka | Ksar Akil | A juvenile skeleton. | |
| Ethelruda | Ksar Akil 2 | National Museum of Beirut | Homo sapiens | 42-41 ka | Ksar Akil | A maxilla. | |
| The Young Prince | Arene Candide 1 | Various | Homo sapiens | 23 ka | Arene Candide | A skeleton of a teenager. | |
| Jonny’s Child | OH 7 | | Homo habilis | 1.75 mya | Olduvai Gorge | A mandible, the holotype. | |
| Pinhead | OH 12 | | Homo erectus | | Olduvai Gorge | A partial cranium. | |
| Cinderella (Cindy) | OH 13 | | Homo habilis | | Olduvai Gorge | A partial cranium and mandible. | |
| Olduvai George (George) | OH 16 | | Homo habilis | 1.7 mya | Olduvai Gorge | A partial neurocranium. | |
| Twiggy | OH 24 | | Homo habilis | 1.8 mya | Olduvai Gorge | A cranium. | |
| Selam, Dikika infant/baby/child, Lucy's Baby | DIK-1/1 | National Museum, Addis Ababa | Australopithecus afarensis | 3.3 mya | Dikika | An infantile skeleton including cranium and mandible. | |
| Samuel/Samu | Vsz II | Hungarian National Museum | Homo heidelbergensis? | 325-340 ka | Vertesszolos | A fragmentary | |
| Mystery Skull | KNM-ER 1805 | National Museums of Kenya | Homo habilis | 1.74 mya | Kariri Ridge | A cranium. | |
| The First Family | AL 333 | | Australopithecus afarensis | 3.2 mya | Hadar | Various skeletal elements. | |
| Moshe | KMH2 | | Homo neanderthalensis | 60 ka | Kebara Cave | A skeleton including cranium. | |
| Agamenón | SH 4 | | Homo neanderthalensis | 430 ka | Sima de los Huesos | A cranium. | |
| Miguelón | SH 5 | | Homo neanderthalensis | 430 ka | Sima de los Huesos | A cranium and mandible. | |
| Benjamina | SH 14 | | Homo neanderthalensis | 430 ka | Sima de los Huesos | An infantile cranium. | |
| Little Foot | StW 573 | | Australopithecus africanus | 3.67 mya | Sterkfontein | A skeleton. | |
| Elvis | Pelvis 1 | | Homo neanderthalensis | | Sima de los Huesos | A pelvis. | |
| Eurydice | DNH-7 | | Paranthropus robustus | 2.04-1.95 mya | Drimolen | A cranium and mandible. | |
| Orpheus | DNH-8 | | Paranthropus robustus | | Drimolen | A mandible. | |
| Khethi | DNH 152 | | Paranthropus robustus | 2.04–1.95 mya | Drimolen | | |
| Simon | DNH 134 | | Homo erectus | 2 mya | Drimolen | A neurocranium. | |
| Abel | KT12/H1 | | Australopithecus bahrelghazali | 3.5 mya | Koro Toro | A mandible. | |
| Toumaï | TM 266-01-060-1 | | Sahelanthropus tchadensis | 7-6 mya | Djurab Desert | A cranium and limb bone | |
| Kadanuumuu, Big Man | KSD-VP-1/1 | | Australopithecus afarensis | 3.58 mya | | | |
| Karabo | MH1 | Wits University | Australopithecus sediba | 1.8 mya | Malapa Cave | A partial skeleton. | |
| Issa | MH2 | Wits University | Australopithecus sediba | 1.8 mya | Malapa Cave | A partial skeleton. | |
| X-woman | Denisova 3 | | Denisovan | 76.2–51.6 ka | Denisova Cave | A finger bone. | |
| Denny | Denisova 11 | | Denisovan x Neanderthal | 118.1–79.3 ka | Denisova Cave | Limb fragments. | |
| Neo | NES1 | | Homo naledi | 300 kya | Lesedi Chamber | A cranium and mandible. | [[File:Homo naledi LES1 cranium.jpg|frame/ref> | Vsz II | Hungarian National Museum | Homo heidelbergensis? | 325-340 ka | Vertesszolos | A fragmentary |
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| Mal’ta Boy | MA-1 | | Homo sapiens | 24 ka | Mal'ta | Skeleton. | |
| Mtoto | Panga ya Saidi | | Homo sapiens | 78 ka | Panga ya Saidi | Skeleton, a burial. | |
| Vera | Prado Vargas 1360 | | Homo neanderthalensis | 54.7-39.8 ka | Prado Vargas | | |
| Pàus | St.n.166623 | | Homo neanderthalensis | | | | |
| La Dame du Cavillon | Barma del Caviglione 1 | | Homo sapiens | 24 ka | Cavillon Cave | Skeleton, a burial. | |
| Ötzi the Iceman | | South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology | Homo sapiens | 3300 BC | Ötztal Alps | A mummified body. | |
| Luzia | Lapa Vermelha IV Hominid 1 | | Homo sapiens | 11.5 ka | Lapa Vermelha | A fragmentary skeleton. | |
| Naia | HN5/48 | | Homo sapiens | 13-12 ka | Hoyo Negro | A skeleton. | |
| Kwäday Dän Ts’ìnchi | None | | Homo sapiens | 550–300 years | Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park | A mummified body. | |
| Anzick Boy | Anzick-1 | | Homo sapiens | 13-12.85 ka | Near Wilsall | A skeleton. | |
| Leanderthal Lady | | | Homo sapiens | 13-10 ka | Wilson-Leonard Brushy Creek Site | A skeleton. | |
| El Graeco | | | Graecopithecus freybergi | 7.2 mya | Pyrgos Vasilissis | Dental-mandibular remains. | |
| Madam Buya | Buia UA 31 | | Homo erectus | 1 mya | Afar | A cranium. | |
| Eve | Qazeh 9 | | Homo sapiens | 100–90 ka | Qafzeh Cave | A cranium. | |
| Besséʼ | | | Homo sapiens | 7200 years | Leang Panninge cave | A skeleton. | |
| Roger | Boxgrove 1 | | Homo heidelbergensis | 500 ka | Boxgrove | Limb and dental fragments. | |
| Pau | IPS21350 | | Pierolapithecus catalaunicus | 12.5-13 mya | Barranc de Can Vila-1 site | A skeleton. | |

#### Ungulates

| Nickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Image |
| Blue Babe | | University of Alaska Museum | Steppe Bison (Bison priscus) | | | | Blue Babe frozen mummy |
| Thor | | | Megacerops | Eocene | | | |

#### Marsupials
### Pelycosaurs

| Nickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes | Images |
| Leidy | | Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (on loan to Royal Ontario Museum) | Dimetrodon borealis | Early Permian, 270 Ma (Artinskian) | Orby Head Formation | Named after Joseph Leidy, the original describer of the specimen | |

## Reptiles
### Lepidosauria

| Nickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes |
| Bèr | | Maastricht Natural History Museum | Prognathodon saturator | | | |
| Bob | | | Tylosaurus | | | |
| Bruce | | | Tylosaurus | | | |
| Brutus | | Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleaotology | Prognathodon overtoni | | Korite Ammolite mine, Bearpaw Formation | Named Brutus to describe the Burly nature of its anatomy. |
| Bunker | KUVP 5033 | University of Kansas Natural History Museum | Tylosaurus | | Niobrara Formation | |
| Max | | | Tylosaurus | | | |
| Mister Sinister | TMP 2008.036.0001 | Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleaotology | Mosasaurus missouriensis | Late Campanian; Late Cretaceous | Bearpaw Formation | A Juvenile, named after the comic book character Mister Sinister, in reference to its grin. |
| Mushy | | | | | | |
| Omācīw | | | Tylosaurus | | | |
| Sophie | | | Tylosaurus | | | |
| Suzy | | | Tylosaurus | | | |

### Pseudosuchians

| Nickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes |
| Big Bert | SMNH P2411.1 | Royal Saskatchewan Museum | Terminonaris robusta | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | Favel Formation | Most complete specimen of the genus |
| Black Sun | THOR16_100BS | | Crocodylus anthropophagus | Pleistocene | Olduvai Gorge | Named due to the fact that it was discovered during an annual solar eclipse on September 1, 2016 |
| Edgar | NHMUK P9/3a | Natural History Museum, London | Aenigmaspina pantyffynnonensis | Late Triassic (Rhaetian) | | |
| Mo | | | Terminonaris ponteixensis | Late Cretacaeous | | |
| Scarface | LPRP 0697 | Laboratório de Paleontologia de Ribeirão Preto | Aphaurosuchus escharafacies | Late Cretaceois (Coniacian-Campanian) | Bauru Group of Vale do Rio do Peixe Formation | A cut on the left jugal and dentary made by the rock saw during the collection of the specimen, promptly gave the fossil its nickname “Scarface.” |

### Pterosauria

| Nickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes |
| Butch | AODF 876 | Australian Age of Dinosaurs | Ferrodraco | Cenomanian; Late Cretaceous | Winton Formation | Holotype of Ferrodraco |
| Dark Wing | | | Rhamphorhynchus | | | |
| Dracula | | | undescribed azhdarchid | | | |
| Ian | | | undescribed wukongopterid | | | |
| Mrs. T | | | Darwinopterus | | | |

### Sauropterygia

| Nickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes |
| Albert | | Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology | possibly Albertonectes | Late Cretcaeois | Bearpaw Formation | Named after Albertonectes, because it might possibly belong to that genus. |
| Britney | | | Ophthalmothule | Tithonian-Berriasian | | |
| Doris | | | Pliosaurus carpenteri | | | |
| Harold | GPM 5001 | Paleon Museum | Serpentisuchops pfisterae | Late Cretaceous, (Lower Maastrichtian) | Pierre Shale | |
| Ichabod | TMP 2007.011.0001 | Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleaotology | Albertonectes vanderveldei | Late Campanian; Late Cretaceous | Bearpaw Formation | Named after Ichabod Crane from the Legend of the Sleepy Hollow, in reference to the missing skull of the specimen. |

### Misc Reptiles

| Nickname | Catalogue number | Institution | Taxon | Age | Unit | Notes |
| Brigitta | | Natural History Museum, Vienna | Archelon | Campanian | Pierre Shale | the largest known specimen of Archelon and second largest individual turtle fossil after specimen CIAAP-2002-01 of Stupendemys geographica |
| Delilah | | | Pareisaurus | | | |
| Jim 2 | LACM DI 157871 | Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | Cymbospondylus youngorum | Anisian | Favret Formation | holotype specimen of C. youngorum, the largest known member of the genus with a skull length of almost 2 meters |
| Oldie / Gamla | | | Keilhauia nui | | | |