Iguanodon

Description

One of the most successful dinosaurs, species of Iguanodon have been found in many parts of the world.

Iguanodon could probably walk on all fours or on 2 legs. It had a large thumb spike, probably to fend off predators. Muscle attachment areas inside its head suggest that it may have had a long tongue.

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• Pronounced: ig-WHA-noh-don
• Meaning of name: iguana tooth
• Length: 10m
• Weight: 4000kg – 5000kg
• Teeth: chewing cheek teeth and horny beak
• Diet: herbivorous
• Food: plant material
• How it moved: on 2 or 4 legs
• When it lived: Early Cretaceous
  (140 – 110 million years ago)
• Found in: England, United Kingdom, Germany, USA, Spain, Belgium

Taxonomic details

• Taxonomy: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Cerapoda, Ornithopoda, Euornithopoda, Iguanadontia, Euiguanadontia, Dryomorpha, Ankylopollexia, Iguanodontoidea, Iguanodon
• Named by: Boulenger and van Beneden (1881)
• Type species: bernissartensis