Iguanodon bernissartensis
species · Boulenger 1881 · accepted · extinct
23 fossil sites · 8 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
145.06–100.5 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
8 rock formations
Fossil record
23 sites
15 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 45 million years, from 145.06 to 100.5 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 100.5 million years old — that is roughly 335 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Iguanodon bernissartensis was named in 1881 (Boulenger 1881) — 145 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 8 named rock formations.
- 15 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).