Preface
Popular interest in dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles began during the third decade of the 19th century, and has increased continually since that time. In 1841, the name Dinosauria 'terrible lizards' was proposed by Richard Owen at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held in Plymouth it first appeared in print the following year. During subsequent decades, both scientific and popular interest were extended to pterosaurs, mosasaurs, ichthyosaurs and...