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Paranthodon

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Paranthodon Nopcsa
1956Paranthodon Romer p. 634
1964Paranthodon Kuhn p. 36
1964Paranthodon Tatarinov p. 573
1966Paranthodon Kuhn p. 18
1966Paracanthodon Romer p. 370
1967Paranthodon Charig p. 715
1978Paranthodon Coombs p. 144
1980Paranthodon Molnar p. 139
1981Paranthodon Galton p. 43
1981Paranthodon Galton and Coombs, Jr. p. 304
1986Paranthodon Bonaparte p. 84
1986Paranthodon Sereno
1988Paranthodon Carroll
1990Paranthodon Galton
1992Paranthodon Molnar p. 266
1993Paranthodon Olshevsky and Ford
1996Paranthodon Jacobs et al. p. 605
2004Paranthodon Galton and Upchurch p. 345
2008Paranthodon Maidment et al. p. 390 fig. 11
2009Paranthodon Mateus et al.
2014Paranthodon Ulansky p. 5
2016Paranthodon Salisbury et al. p. 127

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Thyreophora()
Stegosauria()
genusParanthodonNopcsa 1929

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Paranthodon Nopcsa 1929
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Paranthodon africanus Broom 1912
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Invalid names: Paranthodon owenii Nopcsa 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. C. R. Maidment et al. 2008As for type and only known species.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Early/Lower Valanginian or 145.00000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian145.0 - 136.4South Africa (Eastern Cape) Iguanodon sp. (45929)