The dinosaur-bird connection first came to light in the 1860s, when quarrymen in Germany discovered a fossil called Archaeopteryx.

恐龙与鸟类的联系在 1860 年代首次为人所知，当时德国的采石工人发现了一种名为始祖鸟的化石。

Mantell continued hunting for fossils-he found another giant, the Hylaeosaurus, in 1833 and purchasing others from quarrymen and farmers until he had probably the largest fossil collection in Britain.

继续寻找化石——1833年，他发现了另一个庞然大物雨蛙龙并从采石场工人和农夫手里买回别的化石，最后很可能成了英国最大的化石收藏家。