The discoveries listed below followed Mantell's contribution of 1822, and offer an insight into the way in which we have pieced together our knowledge of dinosaurs that we know existed in the past. Click on a name below for further details.
| Megalosaurus | 1824 |
| Hylaeosaurus | 1833 |
| Hitchcocks Footprints | 1836 |
| The Crystal Palace Restorations | 1854 |
| Trachodon, Troodon, Deinodon | 1856 |
| Hadrosaurus | 1858 |
| Compsognathus | 1861 |
| Archaeopteryx | 1861 |
| Laelaps | 1866 |
| Berlin Archaeopteryx | 1877 |
| Apatosaurus / Brontosaurus | 1877 |
| Stegosaurus | 1877 |
| Triceratops | 1888 |
| Diplodocus | 1899 |
| The Trachodon Mummy | 1908 |
| Corythosaurus | 1912 |
| Tyrannosaurus | 1902 |
| Camarasaurus | 1921 |
| Protoceratops and Oviraptor | 1923 |
| Velociraptor | 1923 |
| Dilophosaurus | 1940 |
| Coelophysis | 1947 |
| Deinonychus | 1964 |
| Baryonyx | 1983 |
| Tyrannosaurus (Sue) | 1990 |
| Sinosauropteryx | 1996 |
| Neovenator | 1996 |
| Jobaria | 1997 |
| Suchomimus | 1998 |
| Santana Raptor | 2000 |
| Paralatitan | 2001 |
| Microraptor | 2001 |
| Nothronychus | 2001 |
| Jeholornis | 2002 |
| Rajasaurus narmadensis | 2003 |
| Futalognkosaurus | 2007 |