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Description
Iguanodon bernissartensis
Named by Gideon Mantell, 1825
Diet: Herbivore
Type: Ornithopod dinosaur; iguanodontid
Size: 30 to 33 feet (9 to 10 meters) long and 3 tons [Note: some specimens shows that it may have been larger, up 43 feet (13 meters) long]
Region: Northern Europe (England UK and more commonly Belgium)
Age: Early Cretaceous (127 to 124 million BC; Late Barremian to Early Aptian)
Enemies: Theropod dinosaurs such as Neovenator, Eotyrannus, Baryonyx (For the juveniles as the remains of one were found in its stomach), and an unnamed 20-foot (6-metre) velociraptorine dromaeosaurid that's known from isolated teeth found in Isle of Wight, England UK (news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3… ); crocodilians for the youngsters.
Episode: Giant of the Skies
Info: Named by Gideon Mantell in 1825 after a large teeth (that resembles an iguana's, hence its generic name, albiet much bigger) his wife Mary Anne found in Sussex, Iguanodon was one of the first non-avian dinosaurs (second after Megalosaurus) ever to be scientifically named and described and along with Megalosaurus and Hylaeosaurus, it was one of the species Sir Richard Owen classed in the Dinosauria clade in 1842. Originally it was thought to be a giant, rhinoceros-like reptile which is still on display in the Crytal Palace Park in South London since the 1850's by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, but thanks to a large number of complete specimens found in a coal mine in Bernissart, Belgium in 1878 and fossilized footprints, we now know that this dinosaur was a docile, common plant-eater that roamed in herds and not only walked on all fours, but also on two legs when browsing and running away when threatened, while the so-called "nasal-horn" was actually a sharp, thumb-spike used for defense against an attacking dinosaur.

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Description
Iguanodon bernissartensis
Named by Gideon Mantell, 1825
Diet: Herbivore
Type: Ornithopod dinosaur; iguanodontid
Size: 30 to 33 feet (9 to 10 meters) long and 3 tons [Note: some specimens shows that it may have been larger, up 43 feet (13 meters) long]
Region: Northern Europe (England UK and more commonly Belgium)
Age: Early Cretaceous (127 to 124 million BC; Late Barremian to Early Aptian)
Enemies: Theropod dinosaurs such as Neovenator, Eotyrannus, Baryonyx (For the juveniles as the remains of one were found in its stomach), and an unnamed 20-foot (6-metre) velociraptorine dromaeosaurid that's known from isolated teeth found in Isle of Wight, England UK (news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3… ); crocodilians for the youngsters.
Episode: Giant of the Skies
Info: Named by Gideon Mantell in 1825 after a large teeth (that resembles an iguana's, hence its generic name, albiet much bigger) his wife Mary Anne found in Sussex, Iguanodon was one of the first non-avian dinosaurs (second after Megalosaurus) ever to be scientifically named and described and along with Megalosaurus and Hylaeosaurus, it was one of the species Sir Richard Owen classed in the Dinosauria clade in 1842. Originally it was thought to be a giant, rhinoceros-like reptile which is still on display in the Crytal Palace Park in South London since the 1850's by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, but thanks to a large number of complete specimens found in a coal mine in Bernissart, Belgium in 1878 and fossilized footprints, we now know that this dinosaur was a docile, common plant-eater that roamed in herds and not only walked on all fours, but also on two legs when browsing and running away when threatened, while the so-called "nasal-horn" was actually a sharp, thumb-spike used for defense against an attacking dinosaur.

Note: On 8/13/2016, I updated the dinosaur based on

Requested by ninjakingofhearts

Walking with Dinosaurs is owned by BBC