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In the 1820s, fossils of Megalosaurus, a carnivorous theropod, and Iguanodon, an early Cretaceous herbivorous dinosaur, were discovered by geologists and doctors in England and recognised to belong to giant extinct reptiles. #Paleontology
Fossil specimens referred to M. bucklandii, Oxford University Museum of Natural History. The display shows most of the original syntype series, including the lectotype dentary, identified by Buckland in 1824. Credit: Ballista.
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