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Iguanodon major

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Streptospondylus major was named by Owen (1842). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Iguanodon bernissartensis by Lydekker (1888), Newton (1889) and Van Den Broeck (1900); it was considered a nomen dubium by Mantell (1851); it was recombined as Iguanodon major by Delair (1966) and Naish and Martill (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Streptospondylus major Owen p. 91
1849Streptospondylus major Melville p. 286 figs. Pl. 28:4
1855Streptospondylus major Owen p. 6
1859Streptospondylus major Owen p. 22
1867Streptospondylus major Quenstedt p. 144
1869Streptospondylus major Hulke p. 388
1966Iguanodon major Delair pp. 58-59
2008Iguanodon major Naish and Martill p. 620

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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()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
Clypeodonta
Iguanodontia()
Dryomorpha
Ankylopollexia
genusIguanodon
speciesmajor()

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.

Iguanodon major Owen 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
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: 2005-08-25 05:57:52
Modified: 2005-08-25 07:57:52
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Barremian or 136.40000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Late/Upper Barremian136.4 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) Iguanodon major (80508)