How were Dinosaur fossils only discovered in the 1800’s? Did no one prior to this time period come across them?

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How were Dinosaur fossils only discovered in the 1800’s? Did no one prior to this time period come across them?

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If you consider people say 500 years ago finding skeletons of big dinos then it’s not unreasonable to imagine the stories about dragons originating from this.