Iguanacolossus
Field photograph to come
Iguanacolossus
DV-0740
- Lived
- 139 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- McDonald et al. 2010
Field notes
About Iguanacolossus
Iguanacolossus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 139 to 133 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Iguanacolossus, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was named by McDonald et al. in 2010.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
135 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Styracosterna.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. T. McDonald, J. I. Kirkland, and D. D. DeBlieux, S. K. Madsen, J. Cavin, A. R. C. Milner, L. Panzarin. 2010. New basal iguanodonts from the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah and the evolution of thumb-spiked dinosaurs. PLoS One 5(11):e14075:1-35