Lhuyd's book mainly contained fossils from the Coal Measures, the strata in which much of Earth’s early vegetation is preserved
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FIRST DESCRIPTION OF A DINOSAUR TOOTH
Dinosaur fossils have been studied for hundreds of years, but scientists didn’t know what they were – everything from giant elephants to dragons were suggested instead. In 1699, Edward Lhuyd published a catalogue of fossils that included the tooth of a sauropod – think Diplodocus – called Rutellum impicatum, found in Caswell, Oxfordshire. It was the first example of a named entity now recognisable as a dinosaur.
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