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horned dinosaur · Doubtful name
Dysganus
Say it like this: “dis-GANN-us”
Dysganus encaustus
Dysganus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1876 · Cope, E. D.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United States · Judith River
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Ceratopsia
The story in short
In 1876, E. D. Cope published the name Dysganus.
Fossils referred to Dysganus date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Judith River Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Dysganus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Ceratopsia, among the horned dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Ajkaceratops
Ajkaceratops kozmai
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago
Craspedodon
Craspedodon lonzeensis
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian · Santonian) · roughly 89.8 to 83.6 million years ago
Ferenceratops
Ferenceratops shqiperorum
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago