[D] Tanystropheus willistoni
Describer
Cope, 1887
Time
Triassic Late Carnian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Nomina Dubia
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Chinle Formation, New Mexico, US
Fall Under
Coelophysis willistoni
Info
Coelophysis willistoni (Cope, 1887) > Tanystropheus willisstoni (Cope, 1887)
The type material consitsts of a small, imperfectly preserved ilium.
In addition Cope (1887) referred to this taxon several dorsal vertebrae and miscellaneous bone fragments. Cope (1889) synomyzed this species with Coelophysis willistoni.
In all probability this specimen is a juvenile of Coelophysis bauri, as has been proposed by Colbert (1964), but this cannot be proven.