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Spurred on by Mantelleaux's discoveries in the 1830s, Yonderian polymath [[Killian Lange]] (1799-1870) mounted his own expedition to the mountains of the [[Black Forest]] in 1834. The small team Lange paid for out of his own pocket turned up countless fossiles of flora and fauna from after the {{wpl|Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event}}. Another expedition in the [[Vollardic Mountains]] in 1840 uncovered sparse remains of ''[[Vollardisaurus]]'', which became the first theropod and fourth dinosaur ever named when Lange published his findings in 1842.<ref>Lange, Killian: ''Of Vollardisaurus and dinosauria, their traits and their life'', [[University of Collinebourg]]. 1842.</ref> While on a dig in 1845 in Azikor, [[Kiravia]], Lange discovered the first fossil remains of the early rodent ''[[Rattusfukus]]'', an animal speculated to be the {{wpl|Most recent common ancestor|most recent common ancestor}} of all rodents.<ref>Lange, Killian: ''Rattusfukus, a rat-like mammal from Azikor,'' [[University of Collinebourg]]. 1847.</ref> Lange soon took up a lecturate at the [[University of Collinebourg]] teaching the very first classes of paleontology in [[Yonderre]]. Lange was an early adopter and proponent of [[Carl-Auguste d'Arvinne]]'s theories of evolution, a controversial stance even in the scientific communities of the time whose stance was of the biblical inclination that all creatures were created simultaneously. | Spurred on by Mantelleaux's discoveries in the 1830s, Yonderian polymath [[Killian Lange]] (1799-1870) mounted his own expedition to the mountains of the [[Black Forest]] in 1834. The small team Lange paid for out of his own pocket turned up countless fossiles of flora and fauna from after the {{wpl|Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event}}. Another expedition in the [[Vollardic Mountains]] in 1840 uncovered sparse remains of ''[[Vollardisaurus]]'', which became the first theropod and fourth dinosaur ever named when Lange published his findings in 1842.<ref>Lange, Killian: ''Of Vollardisaurus and dinosauria, their traits and their life'', [[University of Collinebourg]]. 1842.</ref> While on a dig in 1845 in Azikor, [[Kiravia]], Lange discovered the first fossil remains of the early rodent ''[[Rattusfukus]]'', an animal speculated to be the {{wpl|Most recent common ancestor|most recent common ancestor}} of all rodents.<ref>Lange, Killian: ''Rattusfukus, a rat-like mammal from Azikor,'' [[University of Collinebourg]]. 1847.</ref> Lange soon took up a lecturate at the [[University of Collinebourg]] teaching the very first classes of paleontology in [[Yonderre]]. Lange was an early adopter and proponent of [[Carl-Auguste d'Arvinne]]'s theories of evolution, a controversial stance even in the scientific communities of the time whose stance was of the biblical inclination that all creatures were created simultaneously. | ||
===''Joanusaurus'' and international expeditions=== | ===''Joanusaurus'' and international expeditions=== | ||
Paleontological digs increased in number and scope during the 1860s but were still hampered by a relatively modest number of working paleontologists. The first {{wpl|Mantellisaurus}} specimens in [[Yonderre]] were discovered in the [[Vollardic Mountains]] in 1866 by [[Thibault d'Avignon]], a student of [[Killian Lange]]. While not as complete as the Carveaux Slab discovered in the [[Ile Burgundie]] in 1843, the specimen included a complete pelvis and several vertebrae, both very well preserved for their time. d'Avignon would continue to uncover fossils in the [[Vollardic Mountains]], most notably when the discovery of ''Joanusaurus'' came in 1878, when a friend of d'Avignon bought a petrified bone from a curio shop in [[Koop]], [[Yonderre]]. When examined by d'Avignon, the bone was recognized as the ''radius'' bone of a large theropod, and d'Avignon tentatively assigned it to the genus established genus ''[[Vollardisaurus]]''. d'Avignon would go on to uncover more remains of ''[[Joanusaurus]]'' in the [[Vollardic Mountains]] and eventually describe it as a seperate genus in 1878.<ref> Balboa, Maximus: ''A comprehensive history of paleontology'', pg. 14-19. 2004.</ref> | Paleontological digs increased in number and scope during the 1860s but were still hampered by a relatively modest number of working paleontologists. The first ''{{wpl|Mantellisaurus}}'' specimens in [[Yonderre]] were discovered in the [[Vollardic Mountains]] in 1866 by [[Thibault d'Avignon]], a student of [[Killian Lange]]. While not as complete as the Carveaux Slab discovered in the [[Ile Burgundie]] in 1843, the specimen included a complete pelvis and several vertebrae, both very well preserved for their time. d'Avignon would continue to uncover fossils in the [[Vollardic Mountains]], most notably when the discovery of ''Joanusaurus'' came in 1878, when a friend of d'Avignon bought a petrified bone from a curio shop in [[Koop]], [[Yonderre]]. When examined by d'Avignon, the bone was recognized as the ''radius'' bone of a large theropod, and d'Avignon tentatively assigned it to the genus established genus ''[[Vollardisaurus]]''. d'Avignon would go on to uncover more remains of ''[[Joanusaurus]]'' in the [[Vollardic Mountains]] and eventually describe it as a seperate genus in 1878.<ref> Balboa, Maximus: ''A comprehensive history of paleontology'', pg. 14-19. 2004.</ref> | ||
===Golden age of paleontology=== | ===Golden age of paleontology=== | ||
===Dinosaur renaissance=== | ===Dinosaur renaissance=== | ||