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Iguanodon
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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
- Height
- 3m - 5m
- 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
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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
