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The first dinosaur fossils were recognized in the early 19th century, with the name "dinosaur" (meaning "terrible lizard") being coined by Sir Richard Owen in 1842 to refer to these "great fossil lizards".
The Diccionario de la lengua española [a] (DLE; [b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [1] It is produced, edited, and published by the Royal Spanish Academy, with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language.
Apatosaurus (/ ə ˌ p æ t ə ˈ s ɔːr ə s /; [3] [4] meaning "deceptive lizard") is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic period. Othniel Charles Marsh described and named the first-known species, A. ajax, in 1877, and a second species, A. louisae, was discovered and named by William ...
Apatosaurinae (the name deriving from the type genus Apatosaurus, meaning "deceptive lizard") is a subfamily of diplodocid sauropods, an extinct group of large, quadrupedal dinosaurs, the other subfamily in Diplodocidae being Diplodocinae. Apatosaurines are distinguished by their more robust, stocky builds and shorter necks proportionally to ...
Megalosaurus (meaning "great lizard", from Greek μέγας, megas, meaning 'big', 'tall' or 'great' and σαῦρος, sauros, meaning 'lizard') is an extinct genus of large carnivorous theropod dinosaurs of the Middle Jurassic Epoch (Bathonian stage, 166 million years ago) of southern England.
Meaning:: Originally the Ancient Greek name for the Ancient Egyptian crocodile-headed god, Sobek. Used to denote crocodilians or crocodile-like animals. Examples: Deinosuchus ("terrible crocodile"); Anatosuchus ("duck crocodile"), Suchomimus ("crocodile mimic")
Gorgosaurus (/ ˌ ɡ ɔːr ɡ ə ˈ s ɔːr ə s / GOR-gə-SOR-əs; lit. ' dreadful lizard ') is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period (), between about 76.5 and 75 million years ago. [1]
Dazzle the Dinosaur: Marcus Pfister: Dinosaur Dinosaur: Dinosaur vs. Bedtime: Bob Shea: An unnamed young dinosaur taking on a series of challenges before going to bed. Edwina Alamosaurus: Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct: Mo Willems: A kind and well-loved dinosaur, ostracised only by Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie. No name Unknown