William Buckland, from satirical etching by T. Sopwith, in the Costume of the Glaciers. William Buckland (March 12, 1784 - August, 14 1856) the English geologist and paleontologist who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he called "megalosaurus," or "great lizard." He was a pioneer in the use of fossilized feces, for which he coined the term coprolites, to reconstruct ancient ecosystems.

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William Buckland, English Paleontologist

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