What Was the First Dinosaur Fossil Found?
Early Discovery jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/s5/7u/first-dinosaur-fossil-found-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Dinosaur fossils were being discovered millennia before they were recognized for what they were. They were mostly thought to be the bones of dragons, giants or mythological creatures. Robert Plot In 1676, a large bone was discovered and sent to Professor Robert Plot in Oxford. He thought the discovery to be the femur of a giant or other some pre-flood, biblical being. William Buckland 1699, this femur and other fossils like it were assembled by William Buckland, who soon after published his findings in a scientific journal. Iguanadon The second genus of dinosaur discovered was found by Gideon Mantell , in 1822. He only later noted the similarities between his findings and the modern iguana. The Dinosaur The name dinosaur was not used for these mysterious reptiles until Richard Owen coined the t
