Second Evolution Message: The MegalocerosвЂ™ antlers could measure up to 12 feet wide from tip to tip or about twice the size of a grown man. Initial Message: The name Megaloceros signifies 'Giant Horn' in Greek.ДЇirst Evolution Message: The Megaloceros is also known as the Irish Elk. Unlike the later hadrosaurs, Iguanodon sports very large thumb spikes used for fighting as well as an opposable fifth digit (a 'pinkie') for grasping food. The underbelly, throat, and cheeks are also pale. The default coloration is dull green with pale stripes down the back, especially on the tail. Despite its name, the Irish Elk was not related to the elk or wapiti but instead is closely related to the fallow deer genus Dama, and the genus was part of a Late Neogene Eurasian radiation of fallow deer relatives of which today only 2 taxa remain. Iguanodon is a very robust, large herbivorous dinosaur with a vaguely horse-like head, muscular forelimbs, and wide body. rhopalophorus was just 65 cm high at the shoulder вЂ“ are sometimes included in Megaloceros as a subgenus. The various species of the Cretan genus Candiacervus вЂ“ the smallest of which, C. Discovery and Early Reconstruction of Iguanodon.

Fossil representation: Many specimens resulting in reconstruction of complete examples.

Some specimens from some parts of the world suggest as late as the Cenomanian of the Cretaceous. Most members of the genus were extremely large animals that favoured meadows or open woodlands, with most species averaging slightly below 2 metres at the withers. Time period: Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic through to the Barremian/Aptian of the Cretaceous. Lived throughout Eurasia, from Ireland to China during the last Ice Age. Largest, best known, and among the last species of the genus, about 2 m (6.6 ft) at the shoulders.

Iguanodon jurassic world evolution