Did you know that the Section of Vertebrate Paleontology’s collection contains more than 460 type, or original, specimens? Type specimens are the specimens upon which individual species are (and always will be) based.
Among these Carnegie type specimens are those of several well-known dinosaurs—Diplodocus carnegii, Apatosaurus louisae (aka ‘Brontosaurus’), and the ‘Chicken from Hell’ Anzu wyliei.
We also have the type specimen of most famous dinosaur of all, Tyrannosaurus rex!
