Edmontosaurus vs Iguanodon
Una comparación detallada en paralelo de Edmontosaurus y Iguanodon, que incluye tamaño, dieta, clasificación, período geológico e historia de descubrimiento.
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| Propiedad | Edmontosaurus | Iguanodon |
|---|---|---|
| Nombre científico | Edmontosaurus regalis | Iguanodon bernissartensis |
| Clasificación | Hadrosauridae | Ornithischia |
| Período | Cretaceous Late | Cretaceous Early |
| Dieta | Herbivore | Herbivore |
| Longitud | 12.0 m | 10.0 m |
| Peso | 3.4 m | 3.0 m |
| Peso | 4.0 t | 3.4 t |
| Año de descubrimiento | 1917 | 1825 |
| Lugar de descubrimiento | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | Sussex, England |
| Nombrado por | Lawrence Lambe | Gideon Mantell |
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about as long as 2 cars end-to-end
about as long as 2 cars end-to-end
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comparable to 4.0 small cars
comparable to 3.4 small cars
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Edmontosaurus
HerbivoreEdmontosaurus era un herbívoro que se alimentaba de vegetación como helechos, coníferas y cícadas.
Iguanodon
HerbivoreIguanodon era un herbívoro que se alimentaba de vegetación como helechos, coníferas y cícadas.
Clasificaciones
Edmontosaurus
Iguanodon
Grupo: Ornithischia
(Dinosaurios con cadera de ave)
Diferencias clave
- Iguanodon (10 m, ~3,400 kg) lived in the Early Cretaceous of Europe; Edmontosaurus (12 m, ~4,000 kg) lived in the Late Cretaceous of North America — separated by ~65 million years.
- Both were large ornithopod herbivores that could walk on two or four legs.
- Iguanodon had a distinctive thumb spike used for defense or foraging; Edmontosaurus had a soft-tissue crest but no spike.
- Iguanodon was one of the first dinosaurs ever named (1825); Edmontosaurus was named nearly a century later (1917).
- Iguanodon's thumb spike was initially mistaken for a nose horn by early paleontologists.
¿Sabías que?
Both Edmontosaurus and Iguanodon were herbivores.
Edmontosaurus lived during the Cretaceous Late while Iguanodon lived during the Cretaceous Early, separated by roughly 79 million years.
Iguanodon was discovered 92 years earlier, in 1825.
Edmontosaurus belonged to Hadrosauridae while Iguanodon belonged to Ornithischia.
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