Paranthodon africanus (broom) a stegosaurian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of South Africa

Galton, Peter M.; Coombs, Walter P.

doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(81)80177-5

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“…As such, it fills an important temporal gap in the Australian fossil record and potentially provides a blueprint for (Atherstone, 1857;Galton, 1981b;Galton and Coombs, 1981;Maidment et al, 2008). Indeterminate stegosaurian remains have been also been described from the Barremian-lower Aptian La Amarga Formation of Argentina (Bonaparte, 1996;Pereda Suberbiola et al, 2013).…”

Section: Implications For Understanding the Composition And Paleobiogmentioning

confidence: 93%

Gut contents of a small ankylosaur

Molnar

Clifford

2000

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

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Section: Implications For Understanding the Composition And Paleobiogmentioning

confidence: 93%

Gut contents of a small ankylosaur

Molnar

Clifford

2000

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

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“…Discovered in 1845 by W. G. Atherstone and A. G. Bain from the Valanginian Kirkwood Formation on the Bushman's River, Dassieklip, near Grahamstown, South Africa, the specimen underwent numerous referrals until its final identification as a stegosaur by Galton and Coombs (1981). According to Atherstone (1857) a number of large limb bones, as well as a fragmentary skull were collected.…”

Section: Stegosaurs From Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…He named it 'Paranthodon oweni', being apparently unaware of Broom's earlier species name (Klerk 2000). Galton and Coombs (1981), realising that the fossil was not ankylosaurian, retained the genus name of Nopcsa (1929), and the species name of Broom (1910), which took precedence. They therefore recognised Paranthodon africanus as a valid genus based on features of the teeth that they considered to be diagnostic.…”

Section: Stegosaurs From Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

Stegosauria: a historical review of the body fossil record and phylogenetic relationships

Maidment

2010

Swiss J Geosci

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The first partial skeleton of a stegosaurian dinosaur was discovered in a brick pit in Swindon, UK in 1874. Since then, numerous stegosaurian remains have been discovered from Europe, North America, Africa and Asia, and continue to be discovered regularly. Stegosaurs are known from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous; no definitive evidence of the clade is known from younger deposits. New discoveries are improving our understanding of stegosaur biology and showing that stegosaurs were more morphologically diverse than was previously realized. A new phylogeny, which includes all valid stegosaurian taxa, largely agrees with previous studies and shows the European Dacentrurinae was sister taxon to Stegosaurus. Poor resolution at the base of Stegosauria is probably due to the fragmentary nature of many of the Chinese taxa.

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“…The most glaring geographic deficiency in this emerging story remains sub-equatorial Africa. Non-marine Cretaceous strata in sub-equatorial Africa are extremely rare and low in vertebrate diversity (Dingle et al, 1983;Mateer et al, 1992), with two notable exceptions: the Berriasian-Valanginian Kirkwood Formation of South Africa (Broom, 1904;Galton and Coombs, 1981;Rich et al, 1983;Ross et al, 1999;de Klerk et al, 2000), and the Aptian Dinosaur Beds of Malawi (Dixey, 1928;Haughton, 1928;Colin and Jacobs, 1990;Jacobs, 1990;Jacobs et al, 1990Jacobs et al, , 1992Jacobs et al, , 1993Gomani, 1999).…”

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confidence: 99%