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Iguanodon ottingeri Galton and Jensen 1979 (bird foot dinosaur)

Reptilia - Neornithischia

PaleoDB taxon number: 64514

Full reference: P. M. Galton and J. A. Jensen. 1979. Remains of ornithopod dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of North America. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 25(3):1-10

Belongs to Iguanodontia according to D. B. Norman 2004

Sister taxa: Albisaurus, Albisaurus scutifer, Anoplosaurus major, Bihariosaurus, Camptosauroidea, Dryomorpha, Euiguanodontia, Fostoria, Fulgurotherium, Iguanodon anglicus, Iguanodontoidea, Loncosaurus, Owenodon, Ratchasimasaurus, Rhabdodontomorpha, Siamodon, Sphenospondylus, Tenontosaurus, Tichosteus, Vectisaurus

Type specimen: BYU 2000, a maxilla. Its type locality is Dalton Wells Quarry, BYU Loc. 7510, which is in a Valanginian crevasse splay mudstone in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore