Second Named! On February 10th, 1825, the description of “Iguanodon, “iguana tooth,” was read aloud to the Royal Society of London. The second #dinosaur ever named, after #Megalosaurus, first #herbivore, first #ornithischian, and first not ending in ‘saurus,’ this creature turned heads even in 1825! Much is known about its origins. Scholars have cast severe doubt on the story I grew up learning, that Mantell’s wife found it. They also poured water on various proposed names, species-name issues,

Surrounded by some of the best Iguanodon fossils in the world. 😍 If you know your palaeontology lore, these fossils are from the famed 1878 discovery of more than 30 skeletons found underground at a depth of 322 metres(!), inside a coal mine in Bernissart, Belgium. Yup, these are the 'Bernissart Dinosaurs'. Absolutely beautiful! On display at the Royal Belgian institute of Natural Sciences. | Dr Dean Lomax - Palaeontologist