Dyslocosaurus
Field photograph to come
Dyslocosaurus
DV-0349 · type species Dyslocosaurus polyonychius
- Lived
- 155 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Dicraeosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Mcintosh et al. 1992
Field notes
About Dyslocosaurus
Dyslocosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 155 to 143 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dicraeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Dyslocosaurus, from Wyoming. Its fossils come from the Morrison Formation. It was named by Mcintosh et al. in 1992.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
150 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dicraeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. S. Mcintosh, W. P. Coombs, and D. A. Russell. 1992. A new diplodocid sauropod (Dinosauria) from Wyoming, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(2):158-167