Iguanodon coloring pages

 Here is a new drawing of Iguanodon to color. 

There is also an older drawing of Iguanodon.

This is a free coloring pages blog.

Iguanodon Mother with Calf and a Pteranodon near a Volcano

Iguanodon was a Genus of herbivorous dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic into the Cretaceous Period.  They lived in what is now the continents of Australia, Asia, North America, Asia, & Europe.  They grew to up to 33 feet or about 10 meters long and weighed up to 5.5 tons.  

There were at least 4 different species of Iguanodon, however, some speculation says there may have been more spaces than that.  They had a large thumb spike and a smaller pinky finger spike that seem to have been for defense.  

Iguanodon was one of, if not the very first dinosaur discovered and identified by Science.  It was originally thought that what we now know is the thumb spike was a nose horn.  Iguanodon's teeth looked like iguana teeth so its name means "iguana tooth."  Iguanodon genus lived from 157 - 94 million years ago. That is a VERY long tine for a genus to live on Earth.

The Pteranodon in the drawing I must admit, appeared around about 4 million years later.  So maybe it is possible that there were Pteranodons and Iguanodons living at the same time. Pteranodons were fairly large Pteraosaurs or flying reptiles (not dinosaurs) and they had a wingspan of up to 18 feet or 5.6 meters.  The Pteranodon genus lived on Earth from about 90 - 71 million years ago.  That is also a long time for a genus to live.  

IF you are wondering about the grass in the drawing... some fairly recent discoveries of grass seeds in Hadrosaur coprolite supports the idea that grass may have evolved sooner than previously thought.  Other evidence supports the idea that flowering plants also evolved much earlier than previously thought.  Hence the flowers in the lower drawing. 

One more quick thing is this volcano is spewing volcanic ASH into the air, not smoke.  

NOTE:  This top new drawing is found, in printable form, by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology."  Then scroll to the bottom of the Mesozoic Era section of the drop-down menu. Below is an older drawing from a previous post. It is also of an Iguanodon. 

Iguanodon and Dermodactylus