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| | Iguanodon (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Iguanodon, "iguana tooth lizard", was described by Dr. |
 | | Because Iguanodon's remains were sparse, and because very little was known about dinosaurs at the time (remember, Richard Owen did not name the Order Dinosauria until 1842!), Mantell's reconstruction of what he thought Iguanodon looked like is rather different from our current knowledge of the animal. |
 | | Iguanodon was an herbivore (a plant eater) belonging to the Family Iguanodontidae, which now contains Camptosaurus, Callovosaurus, Vectisaurus, Ouranosaurs, Muttaburrasaurs, and Probactrosaurus, all have prominent thumb spikes. |
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