Are iguanodons and iguanas related?

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Illustration comparing a green iguana, a modern lizard about 2 meters long, with an iguanodon, a large dinosaur about 9 meters long, showing differences in size and body shape.

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Illustration comparing a green iguana, a modern lizard about 2 meters long, with an iguanodon, a large dinosaur about 9 meters long, showing differences in size and body shape.

Iguanodon and green iguana

Despite similar names iguanodons and iguanas are not closely related.

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