Genus
Valid Extinct

Paranthodon

Nopcsa 1929

Paranthodon is a genus of stegosaurian dinosaur that lived in what is now South Africa during the Early Cretaceous, between 139 and 131 million years ago. Discovered in 1845, it was one of the first stegosaurians found. Its only remains, a partial skull, isolated teeth, and fragments of vertebrae, were found in the Kirkwood Formation.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Paranthodon
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Prionodontia Unranked clade
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Genasauria Unranked clade
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Thyreophora Unranked clade
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Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
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Eurypoda Unranked clade
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Stegosauria Unranked clade
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Stegosauridae Family
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Paranthodon Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇿🇦 South Africa
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Geological formations
Kirkwood
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Temporal distribution
Berriasian (143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
Species (3)
Paranthodon africanus 143 Ma
Paranthodon owenii subjective synonym of Paranthodon africanus 143 Ma
Paranthodon owenii subjective synonym of Paranthodon africanus 143 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution.
Bibliography (1)
P. M. Galton. 1981. Craterosaurus pottonensis Seeley, a stegosaurian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of England, and a review of Cretaceous stegosaurs. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 161(1):28-46 DOI ↗