PaleoArte: Iguanodon de Gideon Mantell

En el siglo XIX cuando casi nada se sabía de los dinosaurios el Dr Mantell tomó la información que tenía y a su manera reconstruyó a este magnífico animal. Es un modelo erróneo pero por algo se comienza. Ahora Iguanodon es uno de los dinosaurios cuya fisonomía ha cambiado más con los años.

Iguanodon

Iguanodon was one of the first dinosaurs ever discovered... when just a few people knew dinosaurs existed.

Iguanodon was the most common plant-eating dinosaur during the early Cretaceous period Here a herd of Iguanodon walk through the marshy forests that covered southern England at this time.

When a herd of this species was found in Bernissart, knowledge on dinosaurs was changed! from slowly rhinolike creatures they changed into ostrichlike creatures!

In fact, iguanodon's appearance changed a lot since its discovery. At the beginning it was depicted as a giant iguana with a rhinolikehorn!!!