Megalosaurus fossils
| Megalosaurus fossils | |
| Buckland, Megalosaurus jaw | |
| Buckland hyena | |
| Official name | First account of a fossil dinosaur named Megalosaurus by William Buckland |
| Year | 1824 |
| Date | 00/00 |
| Place | London |
| Place | United Kingdom |
| Place | Europe |
| Perpetrator/s | William Buckland |
Official summary
In 1824 William Buckland became president of the Geological Society of London. Here he announced the discovery, at Stonesfield, of fossil bones of a giant reptile which he named Megalosaurus ('great lizard') and wrote the first full account of what would later be called a dinosaur.
In 1825, Buckland was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[9] That year he resigned his college fellowship: he planned to take up the living of Stoke Charity in Hampshire but, before he could take up the appointment, he was made a Canon of Christ Church, a rich reward for academic distinction without serious administrative responsibilities.
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- Wikipedia: William Buckland [MSM 1]
- Wikipedia - Geological Society of London [MSM 2]
- History of paleontology [MSM 3]
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