This list of non-avian theropod type specimens is a list of fossils that are the official standard-bearers for inclusion in the Mesozoic species and genera of the dinosaur clade Theropoda, which includes the carnivorous dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptor, their herbivorous relatives like the therizinosaurs, and birds. Type specimens are those that are definitionally members of biological taxa, and additional specimens can only be "referred" to these taxa if an expert deems them sufficiently similar to the type. Theropods have been found all over the globe, and are alive today as birds.
The list SpeciesGenusNicknameCatalogue numberInstitutionAgeUnitCountryNotesImagesAbelisaurus comahuensisAbelisaurusMC 11098Bonaparte, J., and Fernando E. Novas. "Abelisaurus comahuensis, ng, n sp, Carnosauria from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia." Ameghiniana 21, no. 2-4 (1985): 259-265.Museo de CipolletiMaastrichtianAllen FormationArgentinaAcheroraptor temertyorumAcheroraptorROM 63777Royal Ontario MuseumUpper MaastrichtianHell Creek FormationUnited StatesAchillesaurus manazzoneiAchillesaurusMACN-PV-RN 1116Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"SantonianBajo de la Carpa FormationArgentinaAchillobator giganticusAchillobatorMNUFR-15Perle, Altangerel, Mark Norell, and James Matthew Clark. A new maniraptoran theropod, Achillobator giganticus (Dromaeosauridae), from the Upper Cretaceous of Burkhant, Mongolia. Geology and Mineralogy Chair, National University of Mongolia, 1999.Mongolian National UniversitySantonian-CampanianBayan Shireh FormationMongoliaAcrocanthosaurus atokensisAcrocanthosaurusHolotype: OMNH 10146Currie, Philip J., and Kenneth Carpenter. "A new specimen of Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from the lower Cretaceous Antlers formation (lower Cretaceous, Aptian) of Oklahoma, USA." Geodiversitas 22, no. 2 (2000): 207-246.