- 1677 Robert Plot
- https://www.amnh.org/explore/videos/dinosaurs-and-fossils/who-discovered-the-first-dinosaur-fossils
- Was not recognized at the time as a fossil
- 1822 James Parkinson
- Coined the word Megalosaurus
- 1824 William Buckland
- Published his discovery
- https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/megalosaurus-0
- Richard Owen
- 1841 Identified the bones are similar to reptiles
- 1842 coined the word Dinosaud
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