A new genus of Dinosauria from Colorado

Citation

Cope, E. D. (1878). A new genus of Dinosauria from Colorado. American Naturalist 12(3): 188-189.

Names first published here

• Hypsirhophus genus
• Hypsirhophus discurus species

Cited by genera

• Hypsirhophus

  Brief General Notes entry erecting Hypsirhophus discurus on vertebral material from the "Dakota Beds" of Colorado (now Morrison Formation); Cope proposed no formal higher placement beyond Dinosauria.