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Vor 23 Stunden · Weight: Approximately 2 metric tons (4,409 pounds) Period: Early Cretaceous (about 140 to 136 million years ago) Hylaeosaurus was one of the first dinosaurs to be scientifically described. It was discovered by Gideon Mantell in 1832 and described in 1833, following the discoveries of Iguanodon and Megalosaurus.
Vor 5 Tagen · Better known are the finds in southern England during the early 1820s by William Buckland (a clergyman) and Gideon Mantell (a physician), who described Megalosaurus and Iguanodon, respectively. In 1824 Buckland published a description of Megalosaurus, fossils of which consisted mainly of a lower jawbone with a few teeth.
Vor 23 Stunden · In 1850, Gideon Mantell recognized the dinosaurian nature of several bones assigned to Cetiosaurus by Owen. Mantell noticed that the leg bones contained a medullary cavity, a characteristic of land animals. He assigned these specimens to the new genus Pelorosaurus, and grouped it together with the dinosaurs.
Vor 3 Tagen · John A Cooper (UK) The legacy of Gideon Mantell’s fossil collection, sold to the British Museum in 1833, would have been so much more significant to Brighton had he been successful in establishing a permanent Sussex scientific institute to house it. In his article, Gideon Mantel and the dinosaur relic, …
Vor 4 Tagen · The dinosaurs mainly responsible for the footprints and tail traces appear to be Iguanodontids – the scientific name for the family of dinosaurs that includes the Iguanodon, named by Gideon Mantell in 1825, making next year (2025) the bicentenary.
Vor einem Tag · In 1829, Gideon Mantell added the specific epithet hoffmannii, in honor to Hoffmann. Cuvier later designated the second skull as the new species' holotype (defining example). Other species M. missouriensis holotype, with the Harlan snout and Goldfuss skull; drawn in 1834 and 1845 respectively
Vor 4 Tagen · English geologist remembered as the first person to recognize that dinosaurs were reptiles (1790-1852)
