Talk:Iguanodon/@comment-162.254.122.151-20151202011150

Iguamodon is one of the three dinosaurs used to define the word "dinosaur" by Richard Owen, along with Megalosaurus and Hylaeosaurus. It was also frequently depicted in popular culture, where in the 19th century, it was one of the subjects to change our perception of dinosaurs. In the 19th century, Iguanodon was depicted as an elephantine reptile with its thumb spike being mistaken for a nose horn, while in the 20th century, it is depicted as a bipedal dimosaur, and in the 21st century, it is depicted as a quadrupedal dinosaur.