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BRACHYROPHUS |
| DESCRIBER | Cope,1878 |
| TIME | Jurassic
Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian |
| CLASSIFICATION | Ornithischia Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Camptosauridae |
| DIET | Herbivore |
| FOSSILSITE | Morrsison Formation, Colorado, US |
| FALL UNDER | CAMPTOSAURUS |
| LENGTH | |
| INFO | Camptosaurus
(Marsh,1885)
= Brachyrophus (Cope,1878) Cumnoria
(Seeley,1888) Symphyrophus
(Cope,1878) Camptosaurus
> C.dispar
(Marsh,1879) =
Camptonotus
dispar (Marsh,1879)
> Brachyrophus
altarkansanus (Cope,1878) Symphyrophus
musculosus (Cope,1878) Camptosaurus
medius (Marsh,1894) Camptosaurus
nanus (Marsh,1894) Camptosaurus
browni (Gilmore,1909) Camptosaurus
prestwichii (Hulke,1880) =
Iguanodon
prestwichii (Hulke,1880) Camptosaurus
> ?C.depressus
(Gilmore,1909)
Probably named for the remarkable "shortness of the pit-like facet for the attachment of the neuropophysis" on the dorsal vertebrae. Brachyrophus was originally considered a sauropod. Its name predates that of Camptosaurus, making it technically the senior synonym. |
