- Name
- Paranthodon africanus
- Authority
- (Broom, 1912)
- Meaning of generic name
- "Beside Anthodon"
- Meaning of specific name
- From Africa
- Remains
- Holotype (BMNH 47338) : skull.
- Age and Distribution
- Horizon: Kirkwood Formation. Early Cretaceous (Berriasian–Valanginian)
Locality: Bushmans River, Woodbury Farm, Algoa Basin, Cape province, South Africa. - Classification
- Dinosauria Ornithischia Stegosauria Stegosauridae.
- Further Reading
- P. M. Galton and W. P. Coombs. 1981. Paranthodon africanus (Broom), a stegosaurian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of South Africa. Géobios 14(3):299-309.
- Synonyms
- Palaeoscincus africanus Broom, 1912; Paranthodon oweni Nopcsa 1929, Paranthodon owenii Nopcsa 1929
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Paranthodon africanus
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