[D] Brachyrophus altarkansanus [jG]
Describer
Cope, 1878
Time
Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian
Classification
Ornithischia Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Camptosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Morrison Formation, Colorado, US
Fall Under
Camptosaurus
Info
Genus
Camptosaurus (Marsh, 1885) = Brachyrophus (Cope, 1878) Cumnoria (Seeley, 1888) Symphyrophus (Cope, 1878)
Camptosaurus > Camptosaurus 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)
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.