Pronunciation: i-GWAHN-o-DON-tee-uh
Author: Luis Dollo
Year: 1888
Meaning: Iguana teeth
Locomotion: bi and quadrupedal
Synonyms: None known
[Madzia et al, 2021]Definition:
The least inclusive clade containing Iguanodon bernissartensis, Dryosaurus altus, Rhabdodon priscus, and Tenontosaurus tilletti.
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Etymology
Iguanodontia is derived from the Latin "Iguana" (from the Carib "iwana", a native name for what we know as Iguana), "odon" (tooth) and "-ia" (neuter plural), named for the flag-bearer Iguanodon, which was itself named for its iguana-like teeth.
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References
• Norman DB (2004) "Basal Iguanodontia". In "The Dinosauria: Second Edition".
• Fastovsky DE and Weishampel DB (2012) "The evolution of Ornithopoda". In "Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History". Cambridge University Press.
• Holtz TR jr "GEOL 104. Dinosaurs: A Natural History". University of Maryland. Department of Geology.
• Madzia D, Arbour VM, Boyd CA, Farke AA, Cruzado-Caballero P and Evans DC (2021) "The phylogenetic nomenclature of ornithischian dinosaurs". PeerJ, 9: e12362. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12362.
• Fonseca AO, Reid IJ, Venner A, Duncan RJ, Garcia MS and Müller RT (2024) "A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis on early ornithischian evolution". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 22(1): 2346577. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2024.2346577.
