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Dinosaurs and Fossils. Page 1 of 2
Although the Hunterian Museum does not hold a vast collection of dinosaurs, it does have a number of quite important specimens.
Specimens collected at the beginning of the 1800’s by Gideon Mantel, which found their way into the Thomas Brown of Lanfine Collection. The collection came to the Hunterian in the late 1800’s, but was assembled before the 1850’s. Gideon Mantel was on of the first dinosaur researchers and discoverers. He published on the herbivorous dinosaur Iguanodon.
The Hunterian Museum has several pieces collected by Mantell including teeth of Iguanodon and Megalosaurus.
As the Hunterian Museum is actively involved in researching Scottish dinosaurs, it has a number of key specimens in its collections. Scotland’s first dinosaur footprint found in 1982, as well as the first dinosaur trackway, and several dinosaur bones can be seen here. Replicas were made of other important bones held in museums on the Isle of Skye and Edinburgh. The replicas were made to help researchers identify the Lower and Middle Jurassic animals, which include the sauropod, Cetiosaurus, at least two small ceratosaurs, a thyreophoran, and a number of different types and sizes of footprints. Most of these finds have been made since the early 1990’s and many of the original bones are held in the Staff in Museum on the Isle of Skye.
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