Talk:Iguanodon
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[edit] Where first found?
I've always heard that Mantell first found the Iguanodon at Cuckfield not Tilgate?--69.106.240.106 02:56, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Horned Iguanodon
I added a link to the already existing image of Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins-designed Iguanodon statues at Crystal Palace based on the theories of Sir Richard Owen. To me, no discussion of Iguanodon's is complete without a mention of this early four-legged theory. Side-note: before the dinosaur exhibit opened at Crystal Palace, a fancy diner party was actually heald inside the horizontal iguanodon statue's cramped frame. - Kevingarcia 07:47, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
I totally agree, i had a pic I took with an old analog camera which I sharpened teh image and substituted. I remember the drawing of the dinner party, that would be cool. Cas Liber 20:56, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Images
I have been playing around with images, was wondering whether a gallery or a row of left thumbs was better..Cas Liber 20:57, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
- I think it's better if they can be incorporated as thumbnails into the text. If there's no place for them in the article, they probably should be left out. Also, the image labelled as a "current" restoration is really very outdated. Compare with modern restorations like [1] and [2].Dinoguy2 23:22, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
OK. Then maybe taking the WWD image out of the taxobox is better to use. Feel free to play with it (I just got something on DYK but have to fix it :) Cas Liber 08:34, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
PS: Those links are to some really cool images! Maybe asking Raul Martin? Cas Liber 08:35, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sirrush (mytholgy)
Dinoguy just beat me to this - with an edit clash. I agree citations are needed. There are indeed myths about possible living dinosaurs in the Congo but most seem to related to sauropod-like creatures and are unsubstantiated (also in S. American tropical forests). I can find no reference to Koldeway, saying he thought it was an Iguanodon. Whatever, please supply references. - Ballista 16:09, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] New name for Iguanodon atherfieldensis
Iguanodon atherfieldensis has been re-assigned to its own genus, Mantellisaurus Paul, 2006. The reason why this animal was generically renamed is because it shows a number of differences from the true Iguanodon. Paul (2006) doesn't mention Vectisaurus, Heterosaurus, or Sphenospondylus, so I can say that these genera are undiagnostic and may or may not be dinosaurian.
Paul, G. S. 2006. Turning the old into the new: a separate genus for the gracile iguanodont from the Wealden of England; pp. 69-77 in K. Carpenter (ed.), Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington.
