Oryctos
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Eric Buffetaut, Mantell, Cuvier, Buckland and the identification of Iguanodon : a contribution based on unpublished annotations by Mantell. Oryctos 2, 101-109.
Previously unpublished annotations by Gideon Mantell on a publication sent to Alexandre Brongniart in 1824 document his vacillating conceptions about the fossil vertebrates from Tilgate Forest, just before he finally identified Iguanodon as a giant herbivorous reptile. The influences of Cuvier and Buckland on Mantell’s conceptions are discussed. Cuvier at first misidentified Iguanodon remains as those of mammals, and it took him nearly a year to change his mind. His eventual conversion to Mantell’s original idea of a large herbivorous reptile then played an important part in the final recognition of Iguanodon.
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