DinosauriaEurypodaGenasauriaLate JurassicNorth AmericaOrnithischiaStegosauriaStegosauridaeStegosaurinaeThyreophora

Hypsirophus discurus

Dinosaur: Hypsirophus discurus

Jurassic: 149.2–145 Ma
Type: Stegosaur

Length*:7.2 m23.6 ft
Weight*:2.8 tons6,173 lb
ESR: 1 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*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


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.

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