| Iguanodontidae Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 140–110 Ma |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | †Ornithopoda |
| Superfamily: | †Iguanodontoidea |
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†Iguanodontidae Huxley, 1870 |
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Iguanodontidae is a family of iguanodontians belonging to Styracosterna, a derived clade of the iguanodont group Ankylopollexia. In the past, Iguanodontidae became a repository for any ornithopod that did not belong in either Camptosauridae, Hadrosauridae or Hypsilophodontidae. However, a number of studies demonstrated that Iguanodontidae as traditionally defined is paraphyletic with respect to Hadrosauridae. Nevertheless, a handful of recent cladistic analyses have found support for a monophyletic Iguanodontidae consisting of a handful of taxa, including Barilium, Bolong, Iguanodon, Jinzhousaurus, Mantellisaurus, Ouranosaurus, and Proa.