Richard Owen

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Richard Owen

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Palaeontologist Richard Owen told him the fossils he had found were of extinct relatives of South American animals living today .

古生物学家理查德·欧文则对他说，他发现的化石是现今生活在南美洲的动物业已灭绝的亲属。
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The fossil fragment was uncovered during the 19th Century in Cambridge , and was given to the Natural History Museum by renowned fossil hunter Sir Richard Owen who helped found the museum and coined the word dinosaur .

直到19世纪，化石碎片才在英国剑桥被发现，著名的化石猎人理查德·欧文爵士将它交予自然历史博物馆。理查德·欧文爵士帮助建造了这座博物馆，他也是发明恐龙这个新词的人。