[D] Iguanodon orientalis
Describer
Rozhdestvensky, 1952
Time
Cretaceous Early Aptian Albian
Classification
Nomina Dubia
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Khukhtekskaya Svita, Dundgov, Ovorhkangai, Shinekhudukskaya Svita, Dundgov, Mongolia
Fall Under
Altirhinus kurzanovi
Info
Skull
Altirhinus kurzanovi (Norman, 1998) > Iguanodon mongoliensis (Whitfield, 1992) >> \\\"Iguanodon orientalis\\\" (Rozhdestvensky, 1952)
Holotype
PIN 559/1
The name \\\"Iguanodon orientalis\\\" was originally proposed based on another very incomplete specimen (jaw fragments) from Mongolia that appear to belong to an animal distinct from the new \\\"high-snouted\\\" iguanodont Altirhinus kurzanovi, Norman (1996) considered Rozhdestvensky\\\'s type material inadequate to diagnose \\\"Iguanodon orientalis\\\" in a scientifically useful way.