Iguanacolossus Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous,
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Diagram showing the known fossil elements | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
Clade: | †Styracosterna |
Genus: | †Iguanacolossus McDonald et al., 2010 |
Type species | |
†Iguanacolossus fortis McDonald et al., 2010
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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.[1]