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Iguanodon

Pronunciation:: ig-WHA-noh-don
Name meaning:: 'iguana tooth'

Type of dinosaur:: large ornithopod
Length:: 10.0m
Weight:: 4000kg

Diet:: herbivorous
Teeth:: chewing cheek teeth and horny beak
Food:: plant material
How it moved:: on 2 or 4 legs
When it lived:: Early Cretaceous, 140-110 million years ago
Found in:: Belgium, England, United Kingdom

Iguanodon could probably walk on all fours or on two legs. It had a large thumb spike on the end of its hand, probably to fend-off predators, and the structure of the muscles inside its head suggest it had a very long tongue.

Taxonomic details

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