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[[Image:Fdt566e4.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Triceratops skeleton at the American Museum of Natural History.]]
 
[[Image:Fdt566e4.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Triceratops skeleton at the American Museum of Natural History.]]
 
'''Dinosaurs''' were large, [[reptile|reptilian]] creatures which are now generally believed to be extinct.  The word '''dinosaur''' was coined in 1841 by [[Richard Owen]]<ref>Grigg, Russell, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/1956/ Dinosaurs and dragons: stamping on the legends], ''Creation''
 
'''Dinosaurs''' were large, [[reptile|reptilian]] creatures which are now generally believed to be extinct.  The word '''dinosaur''' was coined in 1841 by [[Richard Owen]]<ref>Grigg, Russell, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/1956/ Dinosaurs and dragons: stamping on the legends], ''Creation''
14(3):10–14, June 1992</ref>, from the [[Greek]] words δεινός (deinos [actual pronunciation: dhinos]) and σαύρα (saura [savra]), meaning "terrible lizard."
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14(3):10–14, June 1992</ref>, from the [[Greek]] words δεινός (IPA: /dɛinos/) and σαύρα (/sauɾa/), meaning "terrible lizard."
    
==Highlights of the history of dinosaur paleontology==
 
==Highlights of the history of dinosaur paleontology==
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