[D] Coelurus longicollis
Describer
Cope, 1887
Time
Triassic Late
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Nomina Dubia
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Chinle Formation, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, US
Info
Collected by Cope in 1881. Cervical vertebrae considered to be the type specimen of Longosaurus.(type as Longosaurus (Welles, 1984) if the Longosaurus material is considered a separate species within the genus Coelophysis, its specific name is a junior homonym of Coelophysis longicollis (Huene, 1915)
This cervical vertebrae is a former part of AMNH 2701 the rest of the material has been renumbered in what is now 2701-2708 2715 & 2716. According to Kevin Padian 270l 2702 2704 & 2715 are Cope\\\'s type for Coelophysis longicollis.
Cope, 1887
Time
Triassic Late
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Nomina Dubia
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Chinle Formation, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, US
Info
Collected by Cope in 1881. Cervical vertebrae considered to be the type specimen of Longosaurus.(type as Longosaurus (Welles, 1984) if the Longosaurus material is considered a separate species within the genus Coelophysis, its specific name is a junior homonym of Coelophysis longicollis (Huene, 1915)
This cervical vertebrae is a former part of AMNH 2701 the rest of the material has been renumbered in what is now 2701-2708 2715 & 2716. According to Kevin Padian 270l 2702 2704 & 2715 are Cope\\\'s type for Coelophysis longicollis.