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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