Like several other dinosaur genera named by Joseph Leidy (Deinodon, Thespesius, and Trachodon), it is an historically important genus with a convoluted taxonomy that has been all but abandoned by modern dinosaur paleontologists.
Like several other dinosaur genera named by Joseph Leidy (Deinodon, Thespesius, and Trachodon), it is a historically significant genus with a complicated classification system that has been largely discredited by contemporary dinosaur paleontologists.