In the past 200 years of paleontology, many educated guesses about dinosaurs were incorrect. There were wild guesses and shots in the dark that missed the mark entirely. But, these mistakes are part of the learning process. Let's celebrate these errors and explore some dinosaurs that were misunderstood.

Learn more about these topics:

• The Bone Wars
• Cope's embarrassment and legacy
• Elasmosaurus' neck usage
• Brontosaurus and the "snorkel" theory
• Pterodactyl mistaken for a sea creature
• The myth of Stegosaurus' tiny brain
• Iguanodon's misplaced thumb spike
• Other famous dinosaur misidentifications
• Dinosaurs wrongly accused of cannibalism
• Coelophysis and the flood misunderstanding

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• Velociraptor: Watch here
• Therizinosaurus: Watch here

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