During the Great Dinosaur Rush of the 1800s two men met and started such a venomous rivalry that their decades long feud has come to be known as “The Bone Wars”.

Othniel Marsh and Edward Cope were not only mortal enemies, but also two of the most prolific palaeontologists of all time!

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References and Further Reading:

1. https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/the-bone-wars-how-a-bitter-rivalry-drove-progress-in-palaeontology/amp/

2. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-second-jurassic-dinosaur-rush-78519329/

3. https://animals.howstuffworks.com/dinosaurs/dinosaur-discoveries3.htm

4. https://ansp.org/exhibits/online-exhibits/stories/bone-wars-the-cope-marsh-rivalry/

5. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02t674k

6. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2015/04/15/battle-for-the-bone-wars-beasts/

7. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-are-fossils-formed.html

8. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-are-dinosaurs.html

9. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/dinosaur-rivalry/

10. https://youtu.be/iP_3PF-FOV0

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