On this day 200 years ago, history was made when William Buckland named the great fossil lizard of Stonesfield Megalosaurus, ushering in the (scientific) age of dinosaurs.
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While today we recognize fossils as the remains of extinct animals, our ancestors weren’t so observant. This led to a few… peculiar name choices, including that of the first known dinosaur fossil…
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