The Crystal Palace Park exhibition in London unveils the first life-sized dinosaur models, forever cementing them in popular culture . The "Bone Wars" (1870s–1890s): Competition and Expansion
The American Museum of Natural History puts Tyrannosaurus rex on display, making it the most famous predator in history. Dinosaurs by the Decades: A Chronology of the D...
Rivals Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh discover hundreds of species in the American West, including iconic giants like Triceratops , Stegosaurus , and Brontosaurus . The Crystal Palace Park exhibition in London unveils
Megalosaurus becomes the first dinosaur officially named by William Buckland . 1842: Sir Richard Owen coins the term " Dinosauria Megalosaurus becomes the first dinosaur officially named by
Scientists propose that an asteroid impact caused the mass extinction 66 million years ago.
Sinosauropteryx , the first dinosaur with fossilized feathers, is discovered in China.
The discovery of Deinonychus suggests dinosaurs were active, warm-blooded, and related to birds .