Dinosauria › Ornithischia
Iguanodon
Iguanodon galvensis (Verdú et al. 2015)
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · 125.8–121.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Iguanodon galvensis is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 125.8–121.4 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by (Verdú et al. 2015). The species is represented by 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~24%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 7 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.