The first dinosaurs in Mining Museum of St. Petersburg Mining University

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The first finds and scientific descriptions of dinosaurs were made in the early 19th century in the British Isles. Very quickly these discoveries became the property of scientists not only in Great Britain, but also all over the world, including Russia. Already in the middle of the 19th century, the Mining Museum in St. Petersburg received bones of the first described dinosaurs and their casts.

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A. G. Sennikov

Borissiak Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Moscow, Russia

K. A Sennikova

Borissiak Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Moscow, Russia

P. G Saburov

Saint Petersburg Mining University

St. Petersburg, Russia

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