The first dinosaur received its name 200 years ago. We know a lot more now

[ad_1] On February 20, 1824, English naturalist and theologian William Buckland addressed the Geological Society of London and described a huge jaw and limb bones unearthed in a slate quarry in the village of Stonesfield, near Oxford. Buckland recognized that these fossils belonged to a huge ancient reptile and gave it a formal scientific name: … Read more