Parankylosauria
| Parankylosaurs Temporal range: Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Fossil material of Stegouros, a parankylosaur | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Thyreophora |
| Clade: | †Ankylosauria |
| Clade: | †Parankylosauria Soto-Acuña et al., 2021 |
| Subgroups | |
Parankylosauria is a group of basal ankylosaurian dinosaurs known from the Cretaceous of South America, Antarctica, and Australia. It is thought the group split from other ankylosaurs during the mid-Jurassic period, despite this being unpreserved in the fossil record.