Mantellisaurus is the iguanodont dinosaur formerly known as Iguanodon atherfieldensis.
The terms hypsilophodont and iguanodont are ambiguous when applied to pre-Cretaceous ornithopods.
Similarly, iguanodont refers to animals more bulky than hypsilophodonts, often with spiked thumbs and an ability to walk on all fours, but not having the characters that define hadrosaurids.
Definition of iguanodont in US English:
iguanodont
adjective-ˌdänt
See iguanodon
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Similarly, iguanodont refers to animals more bulky than hypsilophodonts, often with spiked thumbs and an ability to walk on all fours, but not having the characters that define hadrosaurids.
The terms hypsilophodont and iguanodont are ambiguous when applied to pre-Cretaceous ornithopods.
Mantellisaurus is the iguanodont dinosaur formerly known as Iguanodon atherfieldensis.