Dystrophaeus
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Dystrophaeus (meaning "coarse joint") is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic. It was a diplodocoid sauropod. Its fossils were found in Utah.
The type species, D. viaemalae, was described by Cope in 1877. It includes one partial skeleton.