Dystrophaeus

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Dystrophaeus
Fossil range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Diplodocidae
Genus: Dystrophaeus
Cope, 1877
Species
  • D. viaemalae

Dystrophaeus (meaning "coarse joint") is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic that existed around 154.1 - 150.7 Ma. 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.

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