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Who first discovered dinosaurs?


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Dinosaurs :

  1. Dinosaurs are the diverse group of reptiles and are extinct.
  2. They appeared during the Triassic period, 230 millions year ago.
  3. Non-avian dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago. Since then, there have been no other creatures quite like the dinosaurs.
  4. Modern-day birds are the sole surviving lineage in the dinosaur family tree.

Discovered by:

  1. The first ever dinosaur fossil was discovered by Robert Plot in 1677.
  2. But the scientific study of dinosaurs began with Gideon Mantell, a paleontologist, geologist and obstetrician in 1822.

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