Thursday 28 November 2013

Paranthodon africanus

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

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