Jurassic Period

General Jurassic Dinosaur Facts

Did the first dinosaur fossil to be named come from the Jurassic period?

Yes, the first dinosaur fossil to be named was the Megalosaurus, named by geologist William Buckland (1784–1856) in 1824. The fossil came from the Middle Jurassic, and was found in Oxfordshire, England.

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