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Dinosauria: How the ‘terrible lizards’ got their name
This gave more realistic lengths – around nine metres for Megalosaurus and Iguanodon ... Other scientists continued to use modern-day lizards as a model, with dinosaurs featuring legs that splayed out ...
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The seven greatest dinosaur discoveries of the last 200 years
Megalosaurus was the first dinosaur to be described by ... Well-preserved Maiasaura nests, like the one recreated in this model, show how dinosaurs fed and cared for their young. In 1923, scientists ...
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In the 200 years since the first dinosaur was named what have we learned?
Over the two centuries since the naming of Megalosaurus in 1824, dinosaur science has grown rapidly. Technology has helped us understand what these creatures looked like, how they lived ...