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English: Reconstructed skull of Paranthodon africanus (Broom, 1912) Nopcsa, 1929. This skull reconstruction is based upon the figures in Galton & Coombs (1981), and Raven & Maidment (2018) with the rear of the skull and lower jaw based upon Stegosaurus stenops USNM 4934. White material is known, based upon BMNH 47337, the holotype front portion of jaw, BMNH 47338, a matrix including some impressions and teeth, and BMNH 49992, including teeth. Scale bar is 10cm. References:
  • Broom, R. (1912). "Observations on some specimens of South African fossil reptiles preserved in the British Museum". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 2: 19–25. doi:10.1080/00359191009519357
  • Nopsca, F. (1929). "Dinosaurierreste aus Siebenburgen V. Geologica Hungarica. Series Palaeontologica". Fasciculus 4: 1–76
  • Galton, P.M.; Coombs, W.P. Jr. (1981). "Paranthodon africanus (broom) a stegosaurian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of South Africa". Geobios 14(3): 299–309. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(81)80177-5
  • Raven, T.J.; Maidment, S.C.R. (2018). "The systematic position of the enigmatic thyreophoran dinosaur Paranthodon africanus, and the use of basal exemplifiers in phylogenetic analysis". PeerJ 6: e4529. doi:10.7717/peerj.4529
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    current00:03, 24 May 2018Thumbnail for version as of 00:03, 24 May 20185,337 × 2,185 (135 KB)IJReid (talk | contribs)attempt thicker line fix
    23:39, 14 May 2018Thumbnail for version as of 23:39, 14 May 20185,337 × 2,185 (125 KB)IJReid (talk | contribs)complete revision based on complete Stegosaurus skull USNM 4934
    15:40, 29 March 2015Thumbnail for version as of 15:40, 29 March 20152,536 × 1,500 (444 KB)IJReid (talk | contribs)corrections to premaxilla/maxilla and premaxilla/nasal sutures
    18:12, 12 September 2014Thumbnail for version as of 18:12, 12 September 20142,536 × 1,500 (576 KB)IJReid (talk | contribs)oops, forgot to replace suture between premaxilla and nasal.
    18:11, 12 September 2014Thumbnail for version as of 18:11, 12 September 20142,536 × 1,500 (576 KB)IJReid (talk | contribs)minor updates, fixing lines.
    17:40, 12 September 2014Thumbnail for version as of 17:40, 12 September 20142,536 × 1,500 (577 KB)IJReid (talk | contribs)major updates, rely more heavily on free image for unknown material, thinner lines inside the skull, properly section based on bones.
    00:10, 2 September 2014Thumbnail for version as of 00:10, 2 September 20142,536 × 1,500 (727 KB)IJReid (talk | contribs){{Information |Description ={{en|1=Reconstructed skull of ''Paranthodon africanus'' (Broom, 1912) Nopcsa, 1929.This skull reconstruction if freehanded based upon the only figure including the specimens, Galton & Coombs (1981), with the rear of the s...

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