Iguanodon
Look at the Iguanodon in 3D
- Pronunciation:
- ig–WHA–noh–don
- Lived:
- 140–110 million years ago
- Size:
- up to 10 metres long
- Name means:
- Iguana tooth
- Fossils found in:
- Europe, USA and Mongolia
- Diet:
- herbivore – ate conifers, cycads and other plants
- I was a huge 10 metres long and there were lots of us around
- My hands were very useful in helping me munch through the equivalent of 300 bananas a day
- I had a flexible fifth finger for grasping plants and a thumb spike I could use for defence