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The Natural History Museum
www.nhm.ac.uk
The Natural History Museum is the UK's national museum of natural history and a centre of scientific excellence in taxonomy and biodiversity. Its website has a wide range of information for dinosaur enthusiasts and history lovers.
Gideon Mantell
www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Biographies/
MainBiographies/M/Mantell/1.html
A short biography of Gideon Mantell, the man who first discovered and named the Iguanodon in the early 1800s.
Bexhill Museum
www.1066country.com/bexhillmuseum.htm
Information page relating to Bexhill Museum near Hastings, which has more information about the Iguanodon fossils found in the area and the footprints found on the beach.
Hastings Today
www.hastingstoday.co.uk
Information portal about the town of Hastings, where the Big Dig, team found the largest ,Iguanodon.
Books for adults
The Dinosaur Hunters: A true story of scientific rivalry and the discovery of the prehistoric world by Deborah Cadbury (Fourth Estate, 2001)
The remarkable story of the bitter rivalry between Gideon Mantell and Richard Owens, both of whom were obsessed with fossil finding and dinosaurs.
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Gideon Mantell and the Discovery of Dinosaurs by Dennis R Dean (Cambridge University Press, 1999)
Academic biography of Gideon Mantell, one of the first wave of dinosaur hunters in the 19th century. He found many species of dinosaur, including the Iguanodon.
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Books for children
Iguanodon (Discovering Dinosaurs) by George Olshevsky and Sandy Fritz (The Creative Company, 2003)
Children's book about the Iguanodon, including information about its physical characteristics, diet, habitat, known social organization, close relatives, and areas where fossils have been found.
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Dinosaur Bones by Bob Barner (Chronicle Books, 2001)
This book uses rhyme and pictures to bring the world of dinosaurs to life for children and contains many dino-facts for the uninitiated.
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