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• The first dinosaur fossils ever discovered and given official names were found in England.
• One of the first almost complete dinosaur skeletons, that of the big plant-eater Iguanodon, was found in 1871, in southern England.
• Some of the most numerous early fossils found were those of Iguanodon, discovered in a coal mine in the Belgian village of Bernissart in 1878.
• About 155-150 mya, Solnhofen in southern Germany was a mosaic of lush islands and shallow lagoons--ideal for many kinds of life.
• In sandstone in the Solnhofen region of Germany, fossils of amazing detail preserved the tiny Compsognathus and the first known bird, Archaeopteryx.
• Fossils of tiny Compsognathus were found near Nice in southern France.
• Many fossils of the plant-eating prosauropod Plateosaurus were recovered from Trossingen, Germany, in 1911-12, 1921-23, and 1932.
• Some of the largest fossil dinosaur eggs, measuring 1ft (30cm) long (five times longer than a hen's egg), were thought to have been laid by the sauropod Hypselosaurus near Aix-en-Provence in southern France.
• The Isle of Wight off southern England has provided so many dinosaur fossils that it is sometimes known as "Dinosaur Island."
• Fossils of Hypsilophodon have been found in eastern Spain, and those of Camptosaurus on the coast of Portugal.
By: Parker, Steve, Dinosaurs
• One of the first almost complete dinosaur skeletons, that of the big plant-eater Iguanodon, was found in 1871, in southern England.
• Some of the most numerous early fossils found were those of Iguanodon, discovered in a coal mine in the Belgian village of Bernissart in 1878.
• About 155-150 mya, Solnhofen in southern Germany was a mosaic of lush islands and shallow lagoons--ideal for many kinds of life.
• In sandstone in the Solnhofen region of Germany, fossils of amazing detail preserved the tiny Compsognathus and the first known bird, Archaeopteryx.
• Fossils of tiny Compsognathus were found near Nice in southern France.
• Many fossils of the plant-eating prosauropod Plateosaurus were recovered from Trossingen, Germany, in 1911-12, 1921-23, and 1932.
• Some of the largest fossil dinosaur eggs, measuring 1ft (30cm) long (five times longer than a hen's egg), were thought to have been laid by the sauropod Hypselosaurus near Aix-en-Provence in southern France.
• The Isle of Wight off southern England has provided so many dinosaur fossils that it is sometimes known as "Dinosaur Island."
• Fossils of Hypsilophodon have been found in eastern Spain, and those of Camptosaurus on the coast of Portugal.
By: Parker, Steve, Dinosaurs
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