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Explore the scientific paper by Gideon Mantell naming the Iguanodon species.

Gideon Mantell presented the paper to the Royal Society in 1825.

The discovery was based on fossilised teeth found by Mary Ann Mantell who illustrated them.

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This is the iguanodon logo featuring a hand holding a tooth with an iguanodon perched on the arm

This book is:

Pages from the book Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Volume 115, Issue 115, published in 1825 in which Gideon Mantell announces the name of the fossil reptile found in the sandstone of Tilgate forest, Sussex, including illustrations by Mary Ann Mantell.

By kind permission of the Royal Society.