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Dinosaur: Hypsirophus discurus
| Length*: | 7.2 m | 23.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 2.8 t | 6,173 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Early Tithonian
Years: 149.2–145 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Cope
Year: 1878
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Colorado
Formation: Morrison
Locations
Sources
Material: Dorsal vertebra, caudal neural spine, rib fragment and two distal caudal centra.
References: Galton, P. M. (2010). Species of plated dinosaur Stegosaurus (Morrison Formation, Late Jurassic) of western USA: new type species designation needed.
