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Hypsirophus discurus
Taxonomy
Hypsirophus discurus was named by Cope (1878). Its type specimen is AMNH 5731 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cope Quarry III, Cope's Nipple, which is in a Tithonian dry floodplain mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Hypsirhophus.
It was recombined as Stegosaurus discurus by Nopcsa (1901), Hay (1902), Hay (1930) and Kuhn (1964); it was recombined as Hypsirhophus discurus by Mook (1916); it was considered a nomen dubium by Galton (1990); it was considered a nomen dubium by Galton and Upchurch (2004).
It was recombined as Stegosaurus discurus by Nopcsa (1901), Hay (1902), Hay (1930) and Kuhn (1964); it was recombined as Hypsirhophus discurus by Mook (1916); it was considered a nomen dubium by Galton (1990); it was considered a nomen dubium by Galton and Upchurch (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1878 | Hypsirophus discurus Cope |
| 1901 | Stegosaurus discurus Nopcsa p. 215 |
| 1902 | Stegosaurus discurus Hay p. 496 |
| 1915 | Hypsirophus discurus Hennig p. 11 |
| 1916 | Hypsirhophus discurus Mook p. 141 |
| 1919 | Hypsirophus discurus Osborn and Mook p. 390 |
| 1930 | Stegosaurus discurus Hay p. 234 |
| 1964 | Stegosaurus discurus Kuhn p. 38 |
| 2001 | Hypsirophus discurus Carpenter et al. p. 55 |
| 2006 | Hypsirophus discurus Mateus p. 231 |
| 2010 | Hypsirophus discurus Galton p. 190–191 |
| 2014 | Hypsirophus discurus Ulansky p. 5 |
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†Hypsirophus discurus Cope 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available