Iguanodon

2 days ago - Furthermore, he admitted in 1851 ... not certainly false. It is known from his notebooks that Mantell first acquired large fossil bones from the quarry at Whitemans Green in 1820....

May 27, 1999 - Iguanodon, (genus Iguanodon), large herbivorous dinosaurs found as fossils from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods (161.2 million to 99.6 million years ago) in a wide area of Europe, North Africa, North America, Australia, and Asia; a ...

May 16, 2025 - In 1822, Gideon Mantell, a Sussex doctor passionately interested in the study of fossils, discovered the Iguanodon species based only on specimens of fossilised teeth. In 1834, however, he was alerted to a find of a much larger fossil. Found in a quarry near Queen’s Road, Maidstone, it was obviously the remains of a very large animal.

Fossil iguanodont remains found in Maidstone in 1834, now classified as Mantellisaurus Mantell sent a letter detailing his discovery to the local Portsmouth Philosophical Society in December 1824, several weeks after settling on a name for the fossil creature.

It had thumb spikes for food preparation or defence, three middle fingers fused into a 'hoof' for walking on and a fifth finger that was possibly used for grasping. By this point no complete Iguanodon skeleton had been found - until a chance discovery in a Belgian coal mine in March 1878.

In 1925 he settled on the species name Iguanodon atherfieldensis, after the small village of Atherfield near the discovery site on the Isle of Wight. But the bones he found turned out to be a different dinosaur altogether.

April 22, 2022 - Iguanodon was one of the first dinosaurs described by scientists after its fossilized tooth was found in southeast England in 1822. (The word “dinosaur” wasn’t even used until 1842.)

Thirty relatively complete iguanodon skeletons were discovered in a coal mine in Bernissart, at the end of the 19th century.

Maidstone's Iguanodon fossil can be found at Maidstone Museum.

November 16, 2024 - ... It lived mostly during the Early Cretaceous Period, approximately 157.3 to 110 million years ago. ... Fossils have been found in various locations, including England, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sudan, and Texas.

Iguanodon was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Europe. Its fossils have been found in places such as Arad (Romania), Valencian Community (Spain) and Grand Est (France).

It is one of the first fossils ever to be recognised as dinosaur and its discovery marked the beginning of dinosaur studies. Found by Mary Ann Mantell or her husband Gideon Mantell (or acquired from quarrymen) in September 1820 at a quarry near Cuckfield in Sussex, England, it is 132 to 137 ...

The Iguanodon thus became the first dinosaur in the world to be recognised and named. His paper announcing these discoveries was officially published in 1825 "Notice on the Iguanodon, a newly discovered fossil reptile, from the sandstone of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex, " in: Philosophical ...

May 27, 2024 - The Iguanodon is a large herbivorous ... The fossil distribution shows the species lived predominantly in Europe but might have lived in North Africa and North America as well....

Two hundred years ago, on 10th February 1825, a huge prehistoric animal was presented to the world for the first time. It was identified by doctor and geologist Gideon Mantell from large fossil teeth found in Sussex, England, by him and his ...

March 27, 2020 - Have you ever noticed that the coat of arms of Maidstone features an iguanodon? ... In 1834 during the excavation of a quarry in the Queen’s Road area of Maidstone, a fossil bone was uncovered which appeared to be from an animal of tremendous size. After further investigation by quarry owner Mr W H Bensted, it was found that this bone was one piece of a partial skeleton.

It is part of a diverse and populous ... a lot is known about the Iguanodon and its family. It has been found in almost all the continents including Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America....

Mary Ann Mantell (Gideon Mantell’s wife) is generally credited with discovering the first ever remains of iguanodon (fossil teeth) in Cuckfield, Sussex.

Iguanodon is a notable dinosaur that was first discovered in 1822 and formally named in 1825. Initially recognized from a tooth found in England, its name means "iguana tooth," reflecting its resemblance to the teeth of modern iguanas. Scientific understanding of Iguanodon has evolved significantly, shifting from an initial belief that it was quadrupedal with a horned nose, to a more accurate depiction as a bipedal dinosaur with distinctive thumb spikes used potentially for defense or feeding.

February 8, 2025 - Dinosaurs in the Iguanodon genus didn’t have front teeth. Instead, they gathered foliage with their beak-like mouths and used their back teeth to chew. In 1878, fossils of 31 adult Iguanodon were found in a coal mine in Belgium.