Iguanodon Gallery

Iguanodon Gallery

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About Iguanodon

Scientific Name (Genus) Iguanodon
Meaning of Name Iguana tooth
iguana (iguana) [Spanish] - odōn (tooth) [Greek]
Classification Ornithischia, Ornithopoda (Iguanodontia)
Total Length Approx. 6 - 10m
Diet Herbivorous
Period Early Cretaceous
Species Iguanodon bernissartensis
Year of Paper Publication 1825
Genus Name Publication Notice on the Iguanodon, a newly discovered fossil reptile, from the sandstone of Tilgate forest, in Sussex.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 115
by Mantell, Gideon A. 1825.
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