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Paranthodon
Taxonomy
Paranthodon was named by Nopcsa (1929). Its type is Palaeoscincus africanus.
It was assigned to Nodosauridae by Romer (1966); to Pareiasauridae by Kuhn (1966); to Ankylosauria by Coombs (1978) and Molnar (1980); to Kentrosauridae by Olshevsky and Ford (1993); to Stegosaurinae by Romer (1956) and Maidment et al. (2008); to Stegosauria by Mateus et al. (2009); to Stegosauridae by Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1964), Charig (1967), Galton (1981), Galton and Coombs (1981), Bonaparte (1986), Sereno (1986), Carroll (1988), Galton (1990), Molnar (1992), Jacobs et al. (1996), Galton and Upchurch (2004) and Ulansky (2014); and to Stegosauria by Salisbury et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Nodosauridae by Romer (1966); to Pareiasauridae by Kuhn (1966); to Ankylosauria by Coombs (1978) and Molnar (1980); to Kentrosauridae by Olshevsky and Ford (1993); to Stegosaurinae by Romer (1956) and Maidment et al. (2008); to Stegosauria by Mateus et al. (2009); to Stegosauridae by Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1964), Charig (1967), Galton (1981), Galton and Coombs (1981), Bonaparte (1986), Sereno (1986), Carroll (1988), Galton (1990), Molnar (1992), Jacobs et al. (1996), Galton and Upchurch (2004) and Ulansky (2014); and to Stegosauria by Salisbury et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1929 | Paranthodon Nopcsa |
1956 | Paranthodon Romer p. 634 |
1964 | Paranthodon Kuhn p. 36 |
1964 | Paranthodon Tatarinov p. 573 |
1966 | Paranthodon Kuhn p. 18 |
1966 | Paracanthodon Romer p. 370 |
1967 | Paranthodon Charig p. 715 |
1978 | Paranthodon Coombs p. 144 |
1980 | Paranthodon Molnar p. 139 |
1981 | Paranthodon Galton p. 43 |
1981 | Paranthodon Galton and Coombs, Jr. p. 304 |
1986 | Paranthodon Bonaparte p. 84 |
1986 | Paranthodon Sereno |
1988 | Paranthodon Carroll |
1990 | Paranthodon Galton |
1992 | Paranthodon Molnar p. 266 |
1993 | Paranthodon Olshevsky and Ford |
1996 | Paranthodon Jacobs et al. p. 605 |
2004 | Paranthodon Galton and Upchurch p. 345 |
2008 | Paranthodon Maidment et al. p. 390 fig. 11 |
2009 | Paranthodon Mateus et al. |
2014 | Paranthodon Ulansky p. 5 |
2016 | Paranthodon Salisbury et al. p. 127 |
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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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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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S. C. R. Maidment et al. 2008 | As for type and only known species. |
Measurements
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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 |
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Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Iguanodon sp. (45929) |