Dinosauria › Ornithischia
Iguanodon
Iguanodon bernissartensis Boulenger 1881
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · 145.1–119.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Iguanodon bernissartensis is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 145.1–119.6 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Boulenger 1881. The species is represented by 23 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~60%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 23 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Iguanodon sits in deep time
Iguanodon
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Iguanodon's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.