Green Iguana
They say that the Iguana makes a nice pet in your house. But you need to take good care of the fellow because when it gets angry it really gets angry! The tail of an adult animal can become a really nasty weapon.
Iguanodon
Much of what we know today was not known by the best of the best at the beginning of the 19th century. But something they did know and they were aware that something like dinosaurs once existed.
This knowledge is of particular importance to us when considering the background of Darwin's amazing achievement. He was aware that there were earlier life forms and that evidence of them existed in fossil rocks. This fact of God's creation required explanation as the prevailing view at that time was that God had created everything as it is now.
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Iguanodon because "it has teeth like Iguana"
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Named in 1825 by English geologist Gideon Mantell, Iguanodon was the second dinosaur formally named, after Megalosaurus. Together with Megalosaurus and Hylaeosaurus, it was one of the three genera originally used to define Dinosauria.
A large, bulky herbivore, Iguanodon is a member of Iguanodontia, along with the duck-billed hadrosaurs.
The taxonomy of this genus continues to be a topic of study as new species are named or long-standing ones reassigned to other genera. Scientific understanding of Iguanodon has evolved over time as new information has been obtained from the fossils. The numerous specimens of this genus, including nearly complete skeletons from two well-known bonebeds, have allowed researchers to make informed hypotheses regarding many aspects of the living animal, including feeding, movement, and social behaviour.
As one of the first scientifically well-known dinosaurs, Iguanodon has occupied a small but notable place in the public's perception of dinosaurs, its artistic representation changing significantly in response to new interpretations of its remains.wikipedia
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Fossil discovery of Iguanodon made during Darwin's time - 1834
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The taxonomy of this genus continues to be a topic of study as new species are named or long-standing ones reassigned to other genera. Scientific understanding of Iguanodon has evolved over time as new information has been obtained from the fossils. The numerous specimens of this genus, including nearly complete skeletons from two well-known bonebeds, have allowed researchers to make informed hypotheses regarding many aspects of the living animal, including feeding, movement, and social behaviour.
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