曼特尔首次发现恐龙牙齿化石后,这类动物的化石开始越来越多地被人们从地层里发掘出来。化石分布的地域非常广阔,地质年代的跨度也相当大。曼特尔不相信自己发现的是“犀牛的上牙”,于是他自己给这个动物命名为“牙齿像鬣蜥牙的动物”……1825年,曼特尔在英国皇家学会报上报道了他的发现。后来,有位英国学者注意到,这类动物很不一般。它 After Mantels first discovered dinosaur tooth fossils, the fossils of these animals began to be more and more excavated from the earth by humans. Fossil distribution area is very wide, the span of geology is also quite large. Mantel did not believe he had discovered “the upper teeth of the rhinoceros,” and he himself named the animal “teeth like iguana teeth.” ... In 1825 Mantel reported on the Royal Society The discovery. Later, a British scholar noted that such animals are very unusual. it