List of dinosaur specimens with preserved soft tissue

There have been some discoveries of unusually well-preserved fossil dinosaur specimens which bear remnants of tissues and bodily structures. Such tissue usually decays too quickly to enter the fossil record, unlike more durable bones and teeth.

Ornithischians

Basal Ornithischians

Nickname	Catalogue Number(s)	Institution(s)	Taxon	Age	Unit	Country(s)	Notes	Images
	INREC K3/109	Institute of Natural Resources, Ecology, and Cryology	Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus	Bathonian	Ukureyskaya Formation	Russia	A basal Ornithischian that preserves protofeathers.

Hadrosaurs

Nickname	Catalogue Number(s)	Institution(s)	Taxon	Age	Unit	Country(s)	Notes	Images
Dakota	MRF-03	Marmarth Research Foundation	Edmontosaurus annectens	Maastrichtian	Hell Creek Formation	United States		Impression of "Dakota"'s skin
Trachodon mummy	AMNH 5060	American Museum of Natural History	Edmontosaurus annectens	Maastrichtian	Lance Formation	United States		The "Trachodon mummy"

Ceratopsians

Nickname	Catalogue Number(s)	Institution(s)	Taxon	Age	Unit	Country(s)	Notes	Images
	SMF R 4970	Naturmuseum Senckenberg	Psittacosaurus sp.	Aptian	Jehol Biota	China	This animal displays pigment preservation, bristles as well as a preserved Cloaca.

Thyreophorans

Nickname	Catalogue Number(s)	Institution(s)	Taxon	Age	Unit	Country(s)	Notes	Images
Suncor Nodosaur	TMP 2011.033. 0001	the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology	Borealopelta markmitchelli	Albian	Clearwater Formation	Canada	This animal displays pigment preservation, as well as keratinous sheaths and stomach contents.

Theropods

Maniraptoriformes

Catalogue Number(s)	Institution(s)	Taxon	Age	Unit	Country(s)	Notes
IVPP V14378, LPM – B00 169, and BMNHC PH828	Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Liaoning Paleontological Museum, and the Beijing Museum of Natural History	Anchiornis huxleyi	Oxfordian	Tiaojishan Formation	China	Many specimens of Anchiornis have been found, but a majority have not been described
IVPP 21711	Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology	Cruralispennia multidonta	Hauterivian	Huajiying Formation	China	It is a small Enantiornithine bird, it preserves pigment
PMoL-B00175	the Paleontological Museum of Liaoning	Caihong juji	Oxfordian	Yanliao Biota	China	The small bird possess pigments that might indicate black and iridescent colors.
MUSM 1444		Inkayacu paracasensis	Divisaderan-Tinguirirican	Otuma Formation	Peru	A Fossil Penguin, pigments are preserved on this specimen.
see Specimens of Archaeopteryx	British Museum, the Maxburg Museum, among others	Archaeopteryx lithographica	Tithonian	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany
see Specimens of Archaeopteryx	Natural History Museum, Berlin and the Wyoming Dinosaur Center	Archaeopteryx siemensii	Tithonian	Solnhofen Limestone	Germany
UFrJ-Dg 031	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro	Cratoavis cearensis	Aptian	Crato Formation	Brazil	It is a small Enantiornithine bird, it preserves a pygostyle and body feathers.

Compsognathidae

Catalogue Number(s)	Institution(s)	Taxon	Age	Unit	Country(s)	Notes
GMV 2123 and it's counter slab, NIGP 127587, and D 2141	Geologic Museum of China, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and the Dalian Natural History Museum	Sinosauropteryx prima	Aptian	Yixian Formation	China	Three Specimens of Sinosauropteryx have been discovered to date, coloration is know from this dinosaur.
JMP-V-05-8-01 and CAGS-IG-T1		Sinocalliopteryx gigas	Aptian	Yixian Formation	China	Preserves extensive protofeathers on the body and tail
SMNK PAL 29241	Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe	Ubirajara jubatus	Aptian	Crato Formation	Brazil	The specimen is controversial in it legality, and it possesses feather “spikes” on its shoulders