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Iguanodontoidea

Reptilia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Iguanodontoidea Hay p. 500
1930Iguanodontoidae Hay p. 202
1952Iguanodon orientalis Rozhdestvensky p. 1244 figs. 1-3
1964Iguanodontoidea Casamiquela
1964Iguanodon orientalis Kuhn p. 10
1977Iguanodon orientalis Rozhdestvensky p. 113
1979Iguanodon orientalis Jurcsak and Popa p. 53
1981Iguanodon orientalis Bartholomai and Molnar p. 343
1982Iguanodon orientalis Santafé et al. p. 124
1983Iguanodon orientalis Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44
1984Iguanodon orientalis Milner and Norman p. 148
1984Iguanodontoidea Norman pp. 342-344 fig. 7
1985Iguanodontoidea Cooper p. 286
1986Iguanodontoidea Sereno
1992Iguanodon orientalis Martin and Buffetaut p. 68
1997Iguanodon orientalis Barsbold p. 449
1997Iguanodon orientalis Vickaryous and Ryan p. 490
2000Iguanodon orientalis Shuvalov p. 263
2004Iguanodontoidea Norman p. 434
2008Iguanodontoidea Paul p. 199
2009Iguanodontoidea Barrett et al. p. 36
2011Iguanodontoidea Wang et al. p. 155 fig. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
Clypeodonta
Iguanodontia()
superfamilyIguanodontoidea
superfamilyIguanodontoidea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. †Iguanodontoidea Hay 1902
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G. †Craspedodon Dollo 1883
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Craspedodon lonzeensis Dollo 1883
G. †Lurdusaurus Taquet and Russell 1999
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Lurdusaurus arenatus Taquet and Russell 1999
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Invalid names: Gravisaurus tenerensis Chabli 1988 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Gravisaurus Chabli 1988 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Hadrosauria Horner 1990 [empty], Iguanodon orientalis Rozhdestvensky 1952 [nomen dubium], Lambeosauria Horner 1990 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. S. Paul 2008Ventral margin of premaxilla below ventral edge of maxilla. Dorsal apex of maxilla sited posteriorly on the element. Antorbital fossa and fenestra further reduced. Lacrimal usually has a contact with maxilla posterior to antorbital fossa, does not wedge between premaxilla and maxilla, ventral portion is ventral to dorsal tip of maxilla. Maxillary tooth positions 19e29, dentary tooth positions 21-25, maxillary teeth narrow, teeth usually 2 in each position, asymmetrically lozenge-shaped in labial view with prominent primary ridge which is displaced distally, dentary teeth broad and asymmetrically diamond shaped in lingual view with primary and secondary ridges separated by a median groove, and distal denticulate margins rolled lingually to produce a slight cingulum. Rhombic lattice of ossified ligaments astride mid-dorsal to mid-caudal neural spines. Manus usually narrow and compact, digits abbreviated.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 157.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Spain (Asturias) Iguanodontoidea indet. (219750)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8United Kingdom (England) Camptosaurus hoggii (52300)
Berriasian - Hauterivian145.0 - 129.4Brazil (Paraíba) Hadrosauria indet. (187920)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Spain (Castilla y Leon) Iguanodon atherfieldensis (89264)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian136.4 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) Iguanodontoidea indet. (83057)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian136.4 - 125.45Spain (Aragón) Iguanodontoidea indet. (84212 92841)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Aptian136.4 - 122.46United Kingdom (England) Dinosauria indet. (52653)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0United Kingdom (England) Iguanodon mantelli (52576)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Aragón) Iguanodon bernissartensis (68492 89262) Iguanodon sp., Iguanodontidae indet. (28196) Iguanodontidae indet., Iguanodon sp. (53921)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Aragón) Iguanodon sp. (89267)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0South Korea (Gyeongsangnam-do) Hadrosauria indet. (165565)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5China (Liaoning) Iguanodontoidea indet. (36971)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5South Korea (Gyeongsangnam-do) Hadrosauria indet. (165564 165579)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Mongolia (Dornogov) Iguanodon orientalis (53159)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Niger (Agadez) Ornithopoda indet. (28569)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Spain (Aragón) Iguanodontoidea indet. (61323)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3Spain (Aragón) Iguanodontoidea indet. (61328 61329)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Iguanodon sp. (65421 77232) Iguanodontoidea indet. (77229 77230)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Belgium (Namur) Craspedodon lonzeensis (51518)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Hadrosauria indet. (221937)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Hadrosauria indet. (90032)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Hadrosauridae indet. (167945)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Hadrosauria indet. (148950 169322)