Iguanodon was discovered in 1825 โ one of the first dinosaurs ever named; Maiasaura was described in 1979.
Iguanodon (10 m, ~3,400 kg) and Maiasaura (9 m, ~4,000 kg) were similar-sized herbivorous ornithopods.
Iguanodon had a distinctive thumb spike used for defense or food gathering; Maiasaura lacked this feature.
Maiasaura is celebrated for demonstrating dinosaur parental care; Iguanodon's social behavior is less well-understood.
Iguanodon lived in Early Cretaceous Europe; Maiasaura in Late Cretaceous North America.
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Both Iguanodon and Maiasaura were herbivores.
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Iguanodon lived during the Cretaceous Early while Maiasaura lived during the Cretaceous Late, separated by roughly 0 million years.
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Iguanodon was discovered 154 years earlier, in 1825.
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Iguanodon belonged to Ornithischia while Maiasaura belonged to Hadrosauridae.
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