[D] Rioarribasaurus colberti [Su] [jG]
Describer
Hunt & Lucas, 1991
Time
Triassic Late
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Ceratosauria Podokesauridae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, US
Fall Under
Coelophysis
Info
Genus
Coelophysis (Cope, 1889) = Rioarribasaurus (Hunt & Lucas, 1991)
Coelophysis bauri (Cope, 1889) = Coelurus bauri (Cope, 1887) [Rioarribasaurus bauri] (Cope, 1887) [Tanystrophaeus bauri] (Cope, 1887) Rioarribasaurus colberti (Hunt & Lucas, 1991) [Syntarsus colberti] (Hunt & Lucas, 1991)
Many hundreds of whole skeletons. Rioarribasaurus colberti has been rejected as reported in the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, opinion #1842. They are considered junior objective synonyms of Coelophysis bauri. The new type specimen of Coelophysis bauri is AMNH (American museum of Natural History in New York) 7224, which is the Hunt & Lucas, 1991 type specimen Rioarribasaurus colberti. It is also known affectionately (?) as the Ghost Ranch theropod.
Hunt & Lucas, 1991
Time
Triassic Late
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Ceratosauria Podokesauridae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, US
Fall Under
Coelophysis
Info
Genus
Coelophysis (Cope, 1889) = Rioarribasaurus (Hunt & Lucas, 1991)
Coelophysis bauri (Cope, 1889) = Coelurus bauri (Cope, 1887) [Rioarribasaurus bauri] (Cope, 1887) [Tanystrophaeus bauri] (Cope, 1887) Rioarribasaurus colberti (Hunt & Lucas, 1991) [Syntarsus colberti] (Hunt & Lucas, 1991)
Many hundreds of whole skeletons. Rioarribasaurus colberti has been rejected as reported in the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, opinion #1842. They are considered junior objective synonyms of Coelophysis bauri. The new type specimen of Coelophysis bauri is AMNH (American museum of Natural History in New York) 7224, which is the Hunt & Lucas, 1991 type specimen Rioarribasaurus colberti. It is also known affectionately (?) as the Ghost Ranch theropod.