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Gideon Algernon Mantell war ein britischer Arzt, Geologe und Paläontologe, dem zugeschrieben wird, als erster anhand des Studiums von Fossilien erkannt zu haben, dass die Erde in der geologischen Vergangenheit von den riesigen Landreptilien bevölkert wurde, die später unter der Bezeichnung Dinosaurier populär wurden.
Gideon Algernon Mantell MRCS FRS (3 February 1790 – 10 November 1852) was an English obstetrician, geologist and palaeontologist. His attempts to reconstruct the structure and life of Iguanodon began the scientific study of dinosaurs: in 1822 he was responsible for the discovery (and the eventual identification) of the first fossil ...
13. Nov. 2009 · Gideon Mantell was a 19th century paleontologist who described Iguanodon and other dinosaurs. He died of an opium overdose in 1852, but his spine was preserved and used to diagnose scoliosis in living patients.
- Riley Black
Gideon Algernon Mantell (born Feb. 3, 1790, Lewes, Sussex, Eng.—died Nov. 10, 1852, London) was a British physician, geologist, and paleontologist, who discovered four of the five genera of dinosaurs known during his time.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Learn how Gideon Mantell and his wife Mary Ann found the first evidence of Iguanodon, a giant herbivorous dinosaur, in Sussex in 1822. Discover how their fossil teeth led to the naming of Iguanodon and the coining of the word 'dinosaur'.
3. Feb. 2022 · Learn about the life and achievements of Gideon Mantell, an English obstetrician, geologist and palaeontologist who discovered the first fossil teeth and skeleton of Iguanodon. He also studied the Cretaceous period and its dinosaurs, and challenged the prevailing views of his time.
Learn about the discoveries and studies of Gideon Mantell, a surgeon and geologist who found the first dinosaur fossils in England. Explore his papers, specimens and maps from the Whipple Library Special Collections.
