Paranthodon
Field photograph to come
Paranthodon
DV-0140 · type species Paranthodon africanus
- Lived
- 143 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Stegosaurs, Stegosauridae
- Found in
- South Africa
- Named by
- Nopcsa 1929
Field notes
About Paranthodon
Paranthodon was a plant-eating stegosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 143 to 133 million years ago. It belongs to the family Stegosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Paranthodon, from South Africa. Its fossils come from the Kirkwood Formation. It was named by Nopcsa in 1929.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
140 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Stegosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution.