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RE: _I. Orientalis_; Dinosaur TV Problem

> From: Larry Dunn [mailto:majestic_cheese@yahoo.com]
>
> Season's greetings.  I don't have my references and
> hope someone would help me.  How long are the
> specimens of _Iguanodon orientalis_ estimated as being
> when they were living animals?  Roughly 25 feet, or
> smaller/larger?  TIA.
>
If by "_I. orientalis_" you mean the type material: these bones are very
fragmentary and cannot be distinguished from _I. bernissartensis_ (a 11 m
long critter).

If by "_I. orientalis_" you mean the big-nosed iguanodontian from Mongolia
(which you probably do), then that dinosaur's true name is _Altirhinus
kurzanovi_.  This ornithopod is about 8 m long (a tad over 26 feet).

Hope this helps

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
                Vertebrate Paleontologist
Department of Geology           Director, Earth, Life & Time Program
University of Maryland          College Park Scholars
                College Park, MD  20742
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