Alternative spelling: Paracanthodon
Parent taxon: Stegosauria according to O. Mateus et al. 2009
See also Bonaparte 1986, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Coombs 1978, Galton 1981, Galton 1990, Galton and Coombs 1981, Galton and Upchurch 2004, Jacobs et al. 1996, Kuhn 1964, Kuhn 1966, Maidment et al. 2008, Molnar 1980, Molnar 1992, Olshevsky and Ford 1993, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Salisbury et al. 2016, Sereno 1986, Tatarinov 1964 and Ulansky 2014
Sister taxa: Adratiklit, Amargastegos, Baiyinosaurus, Bashanosaurus, Chialingosaurus, Chialingosaurus kuani, Craterosaurus, Deltapodus, Eoplophysis, Euscelosaurus, Ferganastegos, Garbina, Huayangosauridae, Huayangosaurus, Isaberrysaura, Kentrosaurus, Lexovisaurus durobrivensis, Luluichnus, Monkonosaurus, Omosaurus leedsi, Regnosaurus, Rigalitidae, Saldamosaurus, Stegopodus, Stegosauridae, Tuojiangosaurus, Wuerhosaurus ordosensis, Yanbeilong
Subtaxa: Paranthodon africanus
Type: Palaeoscincus africanus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Bushmans River, Woodbury Farm (Cretaceous of South Africa)
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