First Dinosaurs Discovered On Each Continent?

[Loon]

Hi everyone, I'm working on a personal project that involves the first dinosaur fossils discovered on each continent: Antarctica, Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, and both South and North America. However, I'm a little stumped and could use some help.

So far I've gathered these:

North America - Hadrosaurus (Maybe?)
Europe - Megalosaurus
Africa - Paranthodon (At least in South Africa)
Antarctica - Antarctopelta

[Newt]

I believe Antarctosaurus wichmannianus was the first dinosaur described from South America (1929). Not sure about Asia, but I suspect it would be one of Lydekker's Indian discoveries, such as Titanosaurus.

[Dinoguy2]

Do you want first discovered or first named? Those might be different in some cases. For example, the a Connecticut Valley footprints ("Ornithichnites") predate Hadrosaurs by a long time. Deinodon was named in 1856, Hadrosaurus was named in 1858, but Hadrosaurus was discovered earlier, in 1836, but not necessarily recognized as a dinosaur.

[Loon]

Do you want first discovered or first named? Those might be different in some cases. For example, the a Connecticut Valley footprints ("Ornithichnites") predate Hadrosaurs by a long time.

First discovered is what I'm looking for.

[Dinoguy2]

Do you want first discovered or first named? Those might be different in some cases. For example, the a Connecticut Valley footprints ("Ornithichnites") predate Hadrosaurs by a long time.

First discovered is what I'm looking for.

Ok, then do you mean discovered and recognized as a dinosaur? Hadrosaurus was dug up in 1838 but the guy kept it in his house and I doubt he knew it was a "dinosaur". It was recognized as a dinosaur in 1858, but in the mean time other dinosaur fossils had been identified from North America, like Deinodon and Trachodon.

[Loon]

Do you want first discovered or first named? Those might be different in some cases. For example, the a Connecticut Valley footprints ("Ornithichnites") predate Hadrosaurs by a long time.

First discovered is what I'm looking for.

Ok, then do you mean discovered and recognized as a dinosaur? Hadrosaurus was dug up in 1838 but the guy kept it in his house and I doubt he knew it was a "dinosaur". It was recognized as a dinosaur in 1858, but in the mean time other dinosaur fossils had been identified from North America, like Deinodon and Trachodon.

I think first named would actually be more appropriate, now that I think about it. Sorry for being so vague before.

[Dinoguy2]

Do you want first discovered or first named? Those might be different in some cases. For example, the a Connecticut Valley footprints ("Ornithichnites") predate Hadrosaurs by a long time.

First discovered is what I'm looking for.

Ok, then do you mean discovered and recognized as a dinosaur? Hadrosaurus was dug up in 1838 but the guy kept it in his house and I doubt he knew it was a "dinosaur". It was recognized as a dinosaur in 1858, but in the mean time other dinosaur fossils had been identified from North America, like Deinodon and Trachodon.

I think first named would actually be more appropriate, now that I think about it. Sorry for being so vague before.

Then it would be Leidy's tooth taxa from Judith River for North America. Deinodon, Trachodon, etc. named in 1856. However, to add another complication, the type specimen of Anchisaurus was found before them in 1855, but not described until 1863 and not named until 1865!

[Brontozaurus]

For Australia, the first dinosaur discovered was a theropod claw from Cape Paterson in Victoria, found in 1903. The first dinosaur named seems to be Rhoetosaurus, in 1926.