Dinosaur: Iguanodon bernissartensis
| Length*: | 12.5 m | 41.0 ft |
| Weight*: | 8.5 tons | 18,739 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian-Aptian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Boulenger
Year: 1881
Area: Europe
Country: Belgium,
United Kingdom, Spain,
Germany,
France
Region: Hainaut,
England, Valencian Community, North Rhine-Westphalia, Grand Est
Formation: Sainte-Barbe Clays, Argiles à Plicatules, Argiles Ostréennes, Grès et sables piquetés, Capas Rojas, Arcillas de Morella, Wealden Group, Wessex
Other
Material: At least several dozen individuals (include almost complete skeletons and skulls).
References: Verdú, F. J., Royo-Torres, R., Cobos, A., & Alcalá, L. (2015). Perinates of a new species of Iguanodon (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the lower Barremian of Galve (Teruel, Spain).
Norman, D.B., (2012). Iguanodontian taxa (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the lower cretaceous of England and Belgium. In: Godefroit, P. (Ed.), Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems.
Paul, G.S. (2008) "A revised taxonomy of the iguanodont dinosaur genera and species".
Gasulla, J.M., Escaso, F., Ortega, F., Sanz, J.L., (2014). New hadrosauriform cranial remains from the Arcillas de Morella Formation (lower Aptian) of Morella, Spain.
Norman, D.B. (2010) "A taxonomy of iguanodontian (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the lower Wealden Group (Cretaceous: Valanginian) of southern England".
Norman, D.B., (1987). A mass-accumulation of vertebrates from the lower cretaceous of Nehden (Sauerland), West Germany.
