Iguanodon

Iguanodon anglicus

Description

Iguanodon is an ornithopod dinosaur, roughly halfway between the early hypsilophodontids and their ultimate culmination in the duck-billed dinosaurs. They lived between 120 to 140 million years ago, in the Barremian to Valanginian ages of the early Cretaceous period, though one unknown species is from the late Jurassic.

Related Topics:
Ornithopod - Hypsilophodontid - Duck-bill - Barremian - Valanginian - Cretaceous - Period - Jurassic

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The various Iguanodon species are bulky herbivores, ranging from 6 to 11 metres (20 to 36 feet) in length, and averaging about 5 tonnes (5.5 tons) in weight.

Related Topics:
Herbivore - Metre - Feet - Tonne - Ton

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