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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On the top of the mountain that flanks the east side of my town there are seashell fossils 10,000+ feet above sea level.

Some people told me when I was young and impressionable that this was evidence of the biblical flood, how else were sea creatures that high up. The actual answer is that 100 million years ago it was below sea level and the mountain rose after.