Iguanodon Leg Bone (Iguanodon atherfieldensis)
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In 1820s, English Doctor Gideon Mantell described some teeth and bones from rocks in Sussex which he thought came from a very large unknown reptile. He named it “Iguanodon” because the teeth were similar to those of the Iguana. He did not know that they were perhaps 100 million years old.
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