1806 in paleontology

none 1806 paleontology science 1806 Reptiles William Clark notices an exposed fossil rib in an area later known as the Hell Creek Formation on the south bank of the Yellowstone River. Although he mistakenly believed the rib belonged to a huge fish, paleontologists have determined that this event marks the first documented dinosaur fossil discovery in North America. Farlow James Orville M. K. Brett-Surmann The Complete Dinosaur Indiana University Press 1999 Bloomington, Indiana 6 9780253213136 37107117 References Category:1800s in paleontology Paleontology