The bigger question that everyone might ask is who discovered the first dinosaur fossil. In 1677, Robert Plot was credited with discovering the first dinosaur bone. But a professor of Geology at Oxford University, William Buckland, correctly identified dinosaur skin fossils. Buckland also acted as the unofficial curator of the museum of the campus, and he also traveled the world finding specimens for its collections. During his trip in 1815 in England, he found bones of an animal that were very similar, which was once discovered by Robert Plot. By examining the bones of its teeth, jaw, and limbs, he...

Some 150 years ago, Victorian England was thrilled by the discovery of large bones emerging from its rocky outcrops. Those bones belong to the world’s largest land animal. The British anatomist Richard Owen named them dinosaurs which means terrible lizards, as he recognized some anatomical similarities to modern reptiles. Most rocks were formed by ancient river deposits and mud in a shallow sea. In most cases, only a single bone survives in the fossilization process. The first Dinosaur Fossils, Megalosaurus, were described in 1824 from a partially preserved jaw. The first herbivore dinosaur, Iguanodon, was known at the time only from...

Finding fossils is amazing because you've discovered evidence of something that existed millions of years ago. However, preserving them is challenging due to their fragile nature, which necessitates your undivided care. It's critical to take adequate care of them as historical relics, and this is true even for the fossils you acquire, whether it's an Orthacanthus Shark Tooth for sale or a Rare Eutrichiurides Fossil Fish Tooth. Here's a basic primer on how to care for fossils: 1). Clean them before storage Cleaning fossils to remove dirt and residue is the first step in preserving them. Cleaning fossils found on the ground...

Pterosaurs were flying reptiles of the extinct clade or order Pterosauria. They are the earliest vertebrates who have evolved powered flight. They had a variety of lifestyles and were traditionally seen as fish-eaters, fruit-eaters, and predators of other pterosaurs. They reproduce by eggs.  Some of the pterosaurs lived close to the places where fossils were formed, but their bones were fragile and very poorly preserved. That’s why most Pterosaur Fossils were incomplete. But to create a picture of this species, paleontologists gather information from numerous fossils and draw a conclusion from related pterosaurs.    Do you know that of all the...

Are you someone who loves to collect fossils and waiting for Ammonite Fossils to be available at a cheap price? Well, good news for fossil lovers. Ammonite Fossil for sale is meant especially for fossil lovers. Information about Ammonite Fossil- When the earth had only one continent without forests or mammals, the Tethys ocean was hunted by the schools of ammonites. Ammonites are squid-like creatures with sharp, beak-like jaws buried in tentacle rings and could eat what they could catch. Like dinosaurs, ammonites became extinct about 66 million years ago. They got demise when an asteroid strikes the earth and cools the climate. ...