Hypsirhophus

Hypsirhophus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
146 Ma
Holotype vertebrae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Thyreophora
Clade: Stegosauria
Family: Stegosauridae
Subfamily: Stegosaurinae
Genus: Hypsirhophus
Cope, 1878
Type species
Hypsirhophus discurus
Cope, 1878

Hypsirhophus (meaning "high roof"; often misspelled "Hypsirophus") is a genus of stegosaurian dinosaurs. It contains a single species, Hypsirhophus discurus, which is known only from a fragmentary specimen. The fossil consists of partial vertebrae from the back, three from the tail, and a piece of rib.