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Definition of Genus Iguanodon
1. Noun. Type genus of the Iguanodontidae.
Group relationships: Family Iguanodontidae, Iguanodontidae
Member holonyms: Iguanodon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Iguanodon
Literary usage of Genus Iguanodon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1898)
"... series of more or less complete skeletons, five of which are actually mounted
in one of their public galleries. The genus Iguanodon was founded in 1825, ..."
2. Publication by Palaeontographical Society (Great Britain) (1858)
"Genus—IGUANODON, Mantell. Dentition of the Upper and Lower Jaws (Tab. VII).
IN the year 1858 a considerable part of the skeleton of an Iguanodon was ..."
3. Descriptive Catalogue of the Fossil Organic Remains of Reptilia and Pisces by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England (1854)
"... and is not contracted as it recedes from the crown. From the Wealden formations
of Sussex. Presented by Dr. Gideon A. Mantell, FRS genus Iguanodon\. ..."
4. The Geology of the South-east of England by Gideon Algernon Mantell (1833)
"Having thus shown, or rather rendered highly probable, that the reptile whose
teeth have furnished the characters on which the genus Iguanodon is founded, ..."
5. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1897)
"Especially famous is the genus Iguanodon, of which many complete skeletons have
been found in Belgium. Dinosaurs are much less common in the marine Upper ..."
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