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Aerospace Engineering
Kindergarten
10/28/2009

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cheng qu
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thought dinosaur bones were dragons in sichuan china. climbed up the mountain ionly to find gates of heaven shut
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scrotum humanum
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megalosaurs femur originally, later found to be remains of the groin. first scientific name
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l'heureux
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thought dinosaur remains were large buffalos
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meriwether lewis
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giant rip in montana, said it was immense fish
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mososaurus
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not a dino, seagoing relative of todays monitor lizards. cuvier said it was crazy tot hink they lived today.
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cuvier
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first person to get respect from people and actually consider extinct animals. saw mososaurus remains were impossible to be around now, buried in chalk quarry, no sea
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buckland
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scientifically describing first dinosaur. large jaw with saber teeth. said reptile based on teeth. megalosaurus
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gideon mantell
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surgeon who found iguanodon. cuvier exmined these fossils. cuvier was wrong and said they were from rhino or hippo.
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iguanadon
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found by mantell, first described herbivorous dino.
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owen
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said dinos were scaled up members of living reptile groups. worked for old crocs, not dinos. he finally said these bones were from an unrecognized reptile group.
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