Alternative spelling: Distrophaeus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. On a dinosaurian from the Trias of Utah. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 16:579-584
Parent taxon: Eusauropoda according to E. Tschopp et al. 2015
See also Carroll 1988, Chure et al. 2006, Cope 1877, Cope 1877, Dollo 1884, Gillette 1993, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Huene 1902, Huene 1904, Huene 1908, Huene 1908, Huene 1909, Huene 1927, Huene 1927, Huene 1929, Lull 1924, Madsen and Miller 1979, Marsh 1895, Marsh 1896, McIntosh 1990, Nopcsa 1901, Nopcsa 1928, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Sauvage 1882, Steel 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Upchurch et al. 2004, von Zittel 1911, Wilson 2002, Winkler 1893 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Algoasaurus, Algoasaurus bauri, Bagualia, Bothriospondylus madagascariensis, Cardiodon, Cetiosauridae, Cetiosaurus glymptonensis, Datousaurus, Ferganasaurus, Haestasaurus, Huashanosaurus, Janenschia, Jinchuanloong, Jobaria, Lapparentosaurus, Mamenchisauridae, Nebulasaurus, Neosauropoda, Ornithopsis leedsi, Ornithopsis leedsii, Perijasaurus, Rhoetosaurus, Shunosaurus, Tharosaurus, Tharosaurus indicus, Turiasauria
Subtaxa: Dystrophaeus viaemalae
Type: Dystrophaeus viaemalae
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at East Canyon Quarry, Painted Canyon (Jurassic of Utah)
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