The Folsom thread got me thinking...when we're the first discovery of dinosaurs made? What was the reports and opinion?

Finding and excavating bones that massive must've been a wtf moment.

The First Dinosaur Fossil Was Named Before We Had A Word For Dinosaurs

Lewis and Clark were supposed to look for them . Locals had found dinosaur bones in Kentucky in the late 1700's and Jefferson took great interest in them.

In ancient China, when dinosaur fossils were unearthed they simply assumed they were dragon bones.

There must of been a whole lot of them to make all of this oil that we have on planet earth...joke

On 6 August 1804, Sgt. Patrick Gass found the one fossil known to survive from the expedition today. He did not mention it in his journal (nor did either of the captains in their journals), but the data were recorded by Lewis on a tag that accompanied the specimen to Philadelphia. It accompanied the so-called Fort Mandan shipment, the first batch of specimens to be sent back East from Fort Mandan, in 1805. Gass's discovery was near Soldiers River, which flows in Harrison County, Iowa, in (we know now) strata dated to the Cretaceous Period. The original label indicates that it was collected in a "cavern," but this is more likely to have been an undercut in the stream bank rather than an underground passage.

Lewis and Clark - Fossils

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In ancient China, when dinosaur fossils were unearthed they simply assumed they were dragon bones.

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This. The prevalence of myths about dragons across the world suggests a lot more dinosaur bones were found in prehistoric times.

You can simply go to Morisson colorado and see them up close in personal. They are everywhere in the great formations there.

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In ancient China, when dinosaur fossils were unearthed they simply assumed they were dragon bones.

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This. The prevalence of myths about dragons across the world suggests a lot more dinosaur bones were found in prehistoric times.

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For some reason this is fascinating me. I never made the connection that it's likely where dragon mythology originated.

Thanks guys

Somewhat related

English fishing nets fave been bringing back mastodon or mammoth teeth and giant antlers prior to our understanding of those animals.

Ice age leftovers from when the area between England and France was above water.

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I'm glad animals are much smaller now.

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Yeah but how cool would it be to go hunting and bag a T-Rex?! Lol

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Patriot101 said:

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I'm glad animals are much smaller now.

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Yeah but how cool would it be to go hunting and bag a T-Rex?! Lol

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Humans actually did hunt mega fauna like mammoths , bison and sloths. Male mammoth stood 14-16 foot tall at the shoulders. I have found one wash out of shoreline at Whitney Lake. Legs bones are huge. Imagination goes nuts thinking bout the possibility of these things roaming through my back yard....

Tibbers said:

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You can simply go to Morisson colorado and see them up close in personal. They are everywhere in the great formations there.

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Dinosaur National Monument over in Utah had the Carnegie Quarry also. Definitely worth a trip!