Paranthodon Paranthodon africanus (Broom 1912)
/pəˈrænθədɒn/
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · 143.1–132.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Paranthodon africanus is a stegosaur dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 143.1–132.6 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by (Broom 1912). The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Paranthodon africanus sits in deep time
Paranthodon
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Paranthodon africanus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.