What is William Buckland famous for writing the first full account of?
A Mammoth
A Megalosaurus
A T-Rex
A Sabertooth tiger
Answer
William Buckland was a British geologist and paleontologist who is famous for writing the first full account of a Megalosaurus. Megalosaurus was a large, carnivorous dinosaur that lived during the Jurassic period. Buckland's account of Megalosaurus was based on a partial skeleton that he discovered in 1824. The skeleton was found in a quarry near Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, England.
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