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2 days ago · The first description of dinosaurs as a separate group of life forms (known as “Dinosauria”) was published in 1842 by British paleontologist Richard Owen, who based his findings on fossil fragments of the Cladeiodon and the Cetiosaurus.
- Classification
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- 6 Awesome Dinosaur Species You Should Know
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- Dinosaur Ancestors
An early candidate for the ancestor of dinosaurs was a small...
- Natural History
Dinosaur - Extinction, Fossils, Evolution: Dinosaurs lived...
- Extinction
Dinosaur - Extinction Causes, Evidence, & Theory: The mass...
- Thyreophora
Dinosaur - Armored, Herbivorous, Ornithischians: The...
- Herding Behaviour
Dinosaur - Herding, Socialization, Adaptation: Fossil...
- The Asteroid Theory
Dinosaur - Asteroid Theory, Extinction, Fossils: The...
- Body Temperature
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- Ankylosaurs
Dinosaur - Armored, Herbivorous, Extinct: Ankylosaurs are...
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4 days ago · The type species, G. clavipes, was described in 1839 by notable British paleontologist Sir Richard Owen. Later in the 19th century, dozens of complete skeletons were unearthed from localities and described by paleontologists such as Florentino Ameghino and Hermann Burmeister.
5 days ago · A new paper describes the most complete dinosaur discovered in this country in the past century. The specimen, approximately 125 million years old and featuring a pubic hip bone the size of a dinner plate, was found in 2013 in the cliffs of Compton Bay on the Isle of Wight.
3 days ago · Sir Richard Owen tried to rename the Ichthyosauria the Ichthyopterygia. The first ichthyosaur fossils known from Australia were discovered in Queensland and named Ichthyosaurus australis. 1866. Oskar Fraas of Stuttgart's Museum of Natural History documented the bustling ichthyosaur excavations at Holzmaden. 1867
2 days ago · The weekend saw a packed programme of dinosaur appearances, fossil handling, talks, shows, dino crafts, Dino Marketplace and so much more. Dino Fest marks Lancaster’s prehistoric links as the home of Sir Richard Owen – the man who came up with the word ‘dinosaur’.
4 days ago · Almost a century later, Richard Brookes depicted the Cornwell fossil again in his book A New and Accurate System of Natural History (1763) in a more schematic manner and inverted the figure, describing it clearly as “the lowermost part of the thigh-bone of a man”. However, within the illustration page the image of the Cornwell bone was ...
2 days ago · Missing most of its head and neck, it was described in 1863 by Richard Owen as Archaeopteryx macrura, allowing for the possibility it did not belong to the same species as the feather.
