Iguanodon

Iguanodon bernissartensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Iguanodontia

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Genus: Iguanodon
Species: I. bernissartensis – I. major – I. schaumburgensis – I. iguanodontoides

Name

• Iguanodon Mantell, 1825 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by ICZN (2000: 61)] [source: ICZN (2000: 61)]
  • Gender: masculine [source: ICZN (2000: 61)]
  • Type species: Iguanodon bernissartensis Boulenger in Beneden, 1881, by designation under the plenary power by ICZN (2000: 61) [source: ICZN (2000: 61)]

Synonyms

• Iguanosaurus Ritgen, 1825
• Heterosaurus Cornuel, 1850
• Struthopus Ballerstedt, 1922
• Therosaurus Fitzinger, 1843
• Uestisaurus von Zittel, 1911
• Vectisaurus Hulke, 1879
• Wealdenichnites Kuhn, 1958

References

cited sources

• ICZN 2000: OPINION 1947. Iguanodon Mantell, 1825 (Reptilia, Ornithischia): Iguanodon bernissartensis Boulenger in Beneden, 1881 designated as the type species, and a lectotype designated. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 57: 61-62. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL BioStor

additional references

• Weishampel, D.B.; Bjork, P.R. 1989: The first indisputable remains of Iguanodon (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from North America: Iguanodon lakotaensis, sp. nov. Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 9: 56-66. JSTOR PDF

links

• ION search for Iguanodon
• Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Iguanodon
• The Paleobiology Database

Vernacular names

español: Iguanodonte
עברית: איגואנדון
ქართული: იგუანოდონი
日本語: イグアノドン
Türkçe: İguana dinozor
українська: Ігуанодон
中文: 禽龙