Dyslocosaurus

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Dyslocosaurus Fossil range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Sauropodomorpha Infraorder: Sauropoda Family: ?Diplodocidae Genus: Dyslocosaurus
Species
D. polyonychius

Dyslocosaurus (meaning "hard-to-place lizard") is the name given in 1992 to a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period. Its fossils were found in North America.

The type species, D. polyonychius, was 'discovered' in a museum, with little information as to where it came from, leading to a rather dubious guess to its exact age. It was originally thought to be from the Late Cretaceous Period, but is now thought to be from the Jurassic Period, like most diplodocids. The genus name is a reference to this confusion. It was originally thought to be a diplodocid itself but may in fact be a titanosaur.

[edit] References

• McIntosh,J., Coombs, W. and Russell, D., 1992, "A new diplodocid sauropod (Dinosauria) from Wyoming, U.S.A". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 12, Number 2: 158-167
• Dyslocosaurus from the Dinosaur Encyclopedia