Iguanacolossus
"iguana colossus"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Iguanacolossus 9 m (29.5 ft) long
as long as 6 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 9 m (29.5 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (139–134.6 Mya)
- Place
- North America · Utah, USA
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Iguanacolossus (meaning “iguana colossus” or “colossal iguana”) is a genus of iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Early Cretaceous period. It is known from UMNH VP 20205, the associated holotype with a large partial skeleton of a single individual.
What we know
- Named by McDonald et al., 2010.
- Body length estimated at about 9 m.
- Fossils found in North America and Utah, USA.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Iguanacolossus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.