Dystrophaeus
Field photograph to come
Dystrophaeus
DV-0036 · type species Dystrophaeus viaemalae
- Lived
- 158 to 155 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Cope 1877
Field notes
About Dystrophaeus
Dystrophaeus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 158 to 155 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Dystrophaeus, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Morrison Formation. It was named by Cope in 1877.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
155 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Eusauropoda.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: E. D. Cope. 1877. On a dinosaurian from the Trias of Utah. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 16:579-584