Iguanodon atherfieldensis

Juvenile Skull (top)
6' l x 1' w x 2' h
[1.8 m x 0.25 m x 0.53 m]

(Lower Cretaceous, England)

This skull of a juvenile individual is the most complete and finely preserved one known for this species. It was discovered on the Isle of Wight in 1984. Iguanodon, a member of Ornithopodia, is the most common herbivorous dinosaur from Europe. Thousands of bones and more than 20 complete skeletons are known but complete skulls are very rare.

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Maidstone Slab (bottom)
(Lower Cretaceous, England)

This sleb containing disarticulated bones of a single adult was of great historic significance in the early study of dinosaurs. It is known as the 'Maidstone Slab' after the name of the town in Kent where it was discovered.

It was purchased in 1834 by friends of Gideon Mantell from him to study, allowing him the first opportunity to gain a real view of what Iguanodon looked like. Mantell was the first person to deduce that giant extinct reptiles had lived in the remote past and named Iguanodon on the basis of isolated teeth.

Mantell produced the first drawing of a dinosaur skeleton based on the bones in the Maidstone slab.

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