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Iguanodon was the second type of dinosaur formally named based on fossil specimens, after Megalosaurus. Together with Megalosaurus and Hylaeosaurus, it was one of the three genera originally used to define Dinosauria. The genus Iguanodon belongs to the larger group Iguanodontia, along with the duck-billed hadrosaurs. The taxonomy of this genus ...
Iguanodon was the largest, best known, and most widespread of all the iguanodontids (family Iguanodontidae), which are closely related to the hadrosaurs, or duck-billed dinosaurs. Iguanodon was 9 metres (30 feet) long, stood nearly 2 metres tall at the hip, and weighed four to five tons.
Taxonomy: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Euornithopoda, Iguanadontia, Euiguanadontia, Dryomorpha, Ankylopollexia, Iguanodontoidea. Named by: Boulenger and van Beneden (1881) Type species: bernissartensis. Explore Iguanodon, a plant-eating ornithopod dinosaur in the Dino Directory.
The Iguanodon stands out not just for its size but for a range of unique features that set it apart from other dinosaurs. One of its most distinctive characteristics was its thumb spike, a peculiar adaptation that has puzzled and fascinated paleontologists.
Meet one of the first dinosaurs that scientists found. An Iguanodon stands on its powerful hind legs and reaches for a flowering plant—something new on Earth at the time, around 130 million...
Iguanodon was a large herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, around 130-125 million years ago. Its name means “iguana tooth,” due to the similarity between its teeth and those of modern-day iguanas.
The Iguanodon was a widespread ornithopod that roamed much of the Earth during the late Jurassic to early Cretaceous period. It was one of the first dinosaurs ever discovered, along with the Megalosaurus, and paved the way for paleontology.