We finally begin our journey into Oregon's prehistoric history... Sort of! Oregon is rich in fossils, and unfortunately it also played partial host to a feud that saw many of those fossil lost to greed. Stories include Oregon's only dinosaur fossil, Thomas Condon, the Bone Wars, and more!

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophanes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil#:~:text=A%20fossil%20(from%20Classical%20Latin,petrified%20wood%20and%20DNA%20remnants.

https://www.americanscientist.org/article/american-dinosaurs-who-and-what-was-first#:~:text=The%20first%20ever%20description%20of,first%20formal%20name:%20Scrotum%20humanum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkdale_Cave

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Buckland#Megalosaurus

https://www.opb.org/news/article/mitchell-oregon-first-dinosaur-fossil-ornithopod/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34256321/thomas-condon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Condon

https://www.nps.gov/joda/learn/historyculture/index.htm#:~:text=In%201862%20gold%20was%20found,there%20were%20fossils%20in%20Oregon!

https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/dr-thomas-condon/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_Wars#Legacy

https://offbeatoregon.com/1601c.bone-wars.374.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Drinker_Cope#Biography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othniel_Charles_Marsh

https://www.koin.com/local/oregon-coast/third-20-million-year-old-hippo-like-fossil-found-on-the-oregon-coast-in-2-weeks/#:~:text=Oregon%20Coast-,Third%2020%2Dmillion%2Dyear%2Dold%20hippo%2Dlike%20fossil,Oregon%20Coast%20in%202%20weeks&text=PORTLAND%2C%20Ore.,unearthed%20at%20Lincoln%20County%20Beach.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleontology_in_Oregon#History