Edmontosaurus vs Iguanodon
Uma comparação detalhada lado a lado de Edmontosaurus e Iguanodon, abrangendo tamanho, dieta, classificação, período geológico e histórico de descoberta.
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| Propriedade | Edmontosaurus | Iguanodon |
|---|---|---|
| Nome científico | Edmontosaurus regalis | Iguanodon bernissartensis |
| Classificação | Hadrosauridae | Ornithischia |
| Período | Cretaceous Late | Cretaceous Early |
| Dieta | Herbivore | Herbivore |
| Comprimento | 12.0 m | 10.0 m |
| Peso | 3.4 m | 3.0 m |
| Peso | 4.0 t | 3.4 t |
| Ano de descoberta | 1917 | 1825 |
| Local de descoberta | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | Sussex, England |
| Nomeado por | Lawrence Lambe | Gideon Mantell |
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Edmontosaurus
HerbivoreEdmontosaurus era um herbívoro que se alimentava de vegetação como samambaias, coníferas e cicas.
Iguanodon
HerbivoreIguanodon era um herbívoro que se alimentava de vegetação como samambaias, coníferas e cicas.
Classificações
Edmontosaurus
Iguanodon
Grupo: Ornithischia
(Dinossauros quadril-de-ave)
Diferenças principais
- 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.
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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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