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A Grade I listed site since 2007, these sculptures have been unveiled in 1854 as the first dinosaur sculptures in the world. The 15 models are notable for representing the scientific inaccuracies of early paleontology, the result of improperly reconstructed fossils and the nascent nature of the science in the 19th century.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Palace_Dinosaurs
November 17, 2020
Grade 1 listed dinosaur sculptures - created in 1850's by sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse-Hawkins and guided by Richard Own - Palaeontologist, who In 1842 coined the word dinosaur from Greek meaning ‘terrible lizard’.
March 18, 2024
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