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Meet the Zoo's Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs Main > Iguanodon
Iguanodon

What's in a Name? Name means "Iguana Tooth" because its teeth were like today's iguanas only larger

Description: Probably traveling in herds, this dinosaur used its arms and thumb spikes for defense, could run on two hind legs and had a toothless beak.

Diet: Herbivore

Lived during: Cretaceous Period about 125 to 135 million years ago

Lived in: Europe