| 1676 |
Robert
Plot illustrates the first dinosaur bone without recognising its true identity |
| 1809 |
William Smith finds an Iguanodon specimen but cannot identify it |
| 1822 |
Gideon Mantell finds Iguanodon
toothl |
| 1824 |
William Buckland
describes Megalosaurus, the first recognised dinosaur, although nameless as yet |
| 1825 |
Mantell describes Iguanodon |
| 1833 |
Hylaeosaurus
discovered by Gideon Mantell |
| 1836 |
Edward Hitchcock discovers
Dinosaur footprints |
| 1842 |
Richard Owen creates name ‘Dinosauria’ (‘terrible
lizards’) for these new reptiles |
| 1853 |
Crystal
Palace exhibition opened |
| 1855 |
First North American Dinosaurs discovered by F.V.Hayden |
| 1877 |
'Berlin' Archaeopteryx found and discovery of Brontosaurus/Apatosaurus
by O.C.Marsh |
| 1888 |
Discovery of the first
Triceratops
by J. B. Hatcher for O.
C. Marsh |
| 1902 |
Discovery of first Tyrannosaurus
rex remains in Montana, by Barnum
Brown |
| 1923 |
First discoveries of
dinosaurs from Mongolia |
| 1970 |
John Ostrom's Paper comparing Archaeopteryx to Deinonychus fires publics interest in dinosaurs |
| 1979 |
The world’s largest dinosaur Ultrasaurus discovered in Colorado |
| 1983 |
Discovery of first Baryonyx by Bill Walker, a plumber and local amateur fossil hunter in Surrey |
| 1990 |
Discovery of 2 largest
specimens of T. rex yet found, in South Dakota. One is 70% complete,
and nicknamed 'Sue'. |
| 1996 |
Liaoning
province of northeastern China yields a new dinosaur covered with
feathers -
Sinosauropteryx prima. |
| 2001 |
Microraptor,
a new Dromaeosaur skeleton, complete with feather
structures, discovered in Lianing province of NE China |
| 2002 |
Jeholornis
prima half bird, half dinosaur? Discovered in
Liaoning province of Northeastern China. |
