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Who named the dinosaurs?

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The first hadrosaur discovered was Hadrosaurus, and the group Hadrosauridae gets its name from it. Hadrosaurus was named by Joseph Leidy. The name means "sturdy lizard."

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Who ever dug there bones up named that kind of dinosaur.

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