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On December 31, 1853, the Crystal Palace in London hosted an event that would pique the interest of geologists, paleontologists, and notable figures of the time. Organized by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, the dinner was set inside a life-sized model of an Iguanodon, the iconic dinosaur that had just been brought to public attention by Professor Richard Owen, who famously categorized these ancient creatures as part of a new taxonomic group called "Dinosauria."