AfricaDinosauriaEarly CretaceousEurypodaGenasauriaOrnithischiaStegosauriaThyreophora
Paranthodon africanus
Dinosaur: Paranthodon africanus
| Length*: | 7.4 m | 24.3 ft |
| Weight*: | 3 tons | 6,614 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Berriasian-Valanginian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Nopcsa
Year: 1929
Area: Africa
Country: South Africa
Region: Eastern Cape
Formation: Kirkwood
Classification
Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Genasauria
Thyreophora
Eurypoda
Stegosauria
Other
Material: Left partial maxilla, premaxilla, nasal and a dorsal vertebra.
References: Raven, T.J.; Maidment, S.C.R. (2018). "The systematic position of the enigmatic thyreophoran dinosaur Paranthodon africanus, and the use of basal exemplifiers in phylogenetic analysis".
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