Lecture 5 - updated Flashcards
When were the very early discoveries? Where did they take place?
206BC and 220AD
Major trade route b/w China, the rest of Asia and Europe
One theory suggests that the Griffin lore may have been based on discoveries of _____ in the _____ desert
Protoceratops, Gobi
Who described the first dino fossil?
Reverend Dr Robert Plot in England in 1677
What did Plot think the bone was?
The end of a large thigh bone of a pre-biblical Flood giant. First an elephant and then a giant human
What did Mary Ann Mantell discover?
Iguana teeth but way bigger
When did Mary Ann Mantell discover big iguana teeth?
1822
What were the 3 first identified dinos?
Iguandodon
Megalosaurus
Hylaeosaurus
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Builds a life size sculpture of Iguanodon in front of Crystal palace
Joseph Leidy
Desribes first significant dino remain in NA
Produces reconstructions that transform dinos into beasts
Describe the Bone wars. When? Who was involved? Where did it take place? How many species were discovered?
1877-1892
Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Marsh
Competing camps in Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska
>142 species discovered
When was the first written report of dino bones in alberta near Dino Prov Park?
1871
George Dawson
Discovered duck-billed dino fragments along Milk River
Joseph B. Tyrell
Discovery of skull of first meat-eating dino in Canada
When was the era of imperialistic paleontology?
1907-1920
When was the great Canadian Dino Rush
1910-1917
The people involved in the great canadian dino rush?
Barnum brown
Sternberg family
By the end of the great canadian dino rush ____ significant specimens had been collected and shipped to museums all over the world. What is the caveat?
> 300, very few stayed in Alberta
Describe The Calm Years
After G.D and WW2 funding decreases and large expeditions end
Interest in dinos declines and research slows
When is the Dino renaissance
1970-Today
Melanosomes
pigment producing cells
Which dino had the closest interpretation?
Hylaeosaurus
4 main points of the 1972 Alberta Historical Resources Act
Fossils are property of all Albertans
Fossils are to remain in Alberta
Excavation of fossils can only be done by qualified people with a permit
Violations punishable by up to $50,000 in fines and/or 1 year in prison
When did the Royal Tyrell Museum Open its doors?
1985
What are the two types of Fossil collection?
Surface collection and Excavation
