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    Who discovered the first dinosaur fossil?

    Question #45799. Asked by water edd. (Mar 28 04 10:25 AM)


    Brainyblonde

    		There are references to "dragon" bones found in Wucheng, Sichuan, China over 2,000 years ago; these were probably dinosaur fossils.
    In 1676, a huge thigh bone (femur) was found in England by Reverend Plot. It was thought that the bone belonged to a "giant," but was probably from a dinosaur. A report of this find was published by R. Brookes in 1763.
    The first dinosaur to be described scientifically was Megalosaurus. This genus was named in 1824, by William Buckland
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/First.shtml


    Mar 28 04, 12:06 PM

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