Iguanodon
Pronounced: ig-WAH-noh-don
🌿 Herbivore 🌺 Cretaceous
One of the first dinosaurs ever discovered. It had a sharp spike on each thumb!
- length
- 10 m
- weight
- 3 t
- lived
- 126–122 million years ago
- diet
- Herbivore
Did you know?
- Its thumb spikes may have been for defence, or for breaking open food – scientists aren’t sure.
- It was among the first dinosaurs scientists ever identified.
- It could walk on two legs or on four.
How big were they?
Iguanodon: 10 m – about 7.7 times your height!