How FOSSIL HUNTER'S Changed the way we think about
the past!
THE BONE WARS ARE ON!!
.Intro.
I’ll give you a short Intro for each
FOSSIL HUNTER:
William Buckland.
Name in history: Buckland.
Why he is a FOSSIL hunter: Because he
uncovered the first dinosaur fossils.
William Devonshire saull.
Name in history: unknown.
Why he is a FOSSIL hunter: Because he
uncovered iguana like fossils.
Richard Owen.
Name in history: Owen.
Why he is a FOSSIL hunter: Because he
became intrigued in FOSSIL’S.
Marsh.
Name in history: Marsh.
Why he is a FOSSIL hunter: Because he
uncovered a good 46% of FOSSIL’S.
5. Cope.
Name in history: Cope.
Why he is a FOSSIL hunter: Because he
uncovered a good 42% of FOSSIL’S.
6. Modern hunters
Name in history: unknown
Why he/ she is a FOSSIL hunter: Because he/ she
digs non stop in: rain and boiling sun
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William Buckland
Our story starts here with William Buck land:
William Buckland was a 72 year old man.
He changed the world by:
Finding the worlds first:
DINOSAUR FOSSIL.
A megalosaurus to be exact.
Buckland thought they belonged
to a larger, and ancient version of a
modern reptile.
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William Devonshire Saull
William Devonshire Saull was a 72 year old man.
He changed the world by:
Finding the worlds first:
IGUANODON FOSSIL.
He named It after a modern
day iguana, because Iguanodon’s
Thumb looks alot like an iguana's fang!
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Richard Owen
Richard Owen was a 88 year old man.
He changed the world by:
Crating the word:
DINOSAURS,
DINOSAUR,
DINO.
And completed the
Puzzles of the two
William’s
And the rest to
come.
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Marsh
Marsh is probably the most
famous fossil hunter in,
history!
Altho Marsh is
probably the most
famous. He still makes
some mistakes like the time
when he:
Thought he uncovered a new dinosaur:
BRONTOSAURUS which means THUNDER LIZARD!
He later was sued for renaming:
APATOSAURUS which means DECEPTIVE
LIZARD! Both wer sauropods pronounced: saur ’ o ‘ pods
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Cope
Cope was a close second
to Marsh in fame.
But Cope also
made
some
Mistakes to
Like the time:
He put the head of a plesiosaur … on the end of it’s
TAIL!!!
Pronounced: please ‘ e ’ o ‘ saur
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Modern day
And now our story ends here, or has it?
We are STILL looking for fossils!
And … we have been successful!
Plus we’ve got ourselves:
Experts, new comers and
Most important of all ,,,
MORE FOSSILS!!!
All together,
We’ve roughly uncovered 700
different species of dinosaurs.
