Describer

Cope, 1889

Time

Triassic Late Carnian Norian

Classification

Saurischia Theropoda Ceratosauria Podokesauridae

Diet

Carnivore

Fossilsite

Chinle Formation, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, US

Fall Under

Coelophysis

Length

3 meter

Info

Skull

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)

Several hundred individuals, juvenile to adult, including nearly complete articulated skeletons.

Taxonomic placement by Nesbitt, S.J., Irmis, R.B. and Parker, W.G. (2007): A valid taxon and basal member of the Neotheropoda.