<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Buckland" id="mwVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William Buckland">William Buckland</a> formally announces the name <i id="mwVQ"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalosaurus" id="mwVg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Megalosaurus">Megalosaurus</a></i>, the first scientifically validly named non-avian dinosaur species.<sup about="#mwt35" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"buckland1824"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-buckland1824-5"}}' id="cite_ref-buckland1824_5-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_20#cite_note-buckland1824-5" id="mwVw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwWA">[5]</span></a></sup>