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The Crystal Palace dinos are an odd mix of creatures which reflect scientific understanding of various extinct animals at the time. They pre-date Darwin's Origin of Species and represent radical ideas for the public and to some extent science at the time. Developments in palaeontology since mean that the morphology of the dinosaurs is quite different to what we are now familiar with. Their sculptor hosted a dinner party inside the giant mould used to cast the Iguanadon. When they were first unveiled the pond in which they sit was made to be "tidal" by pumping water so the water exposed and obscured the marine sculptures throughout the day. Much more info on wikipedia.

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I loved this place since reading about it as a kid. The most famous models are of Iguanodon, but with the thumb spike assumed to be a horn on its nose!