[D] Gojirasaurus quayi [sG] [T]
Describer
Carpenter, 1997
Time
Triassic Late Norian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Coelophysoidea Incertae Sedis
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Dockum Group, Cooper Canyon Formation (middle Norian), along Revuelto Creek, Quay County, New Mexico, US
Length
5,5 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Holotype
UCM 47221, partial skeleton.
Referred material
Hunt (1994) referred the following isolated postcranial material to this taxon, none of which is diagnostic. NMMNH P-4666, pubis; NMMNH P-16607, teeth fragments; NMMNH P-16656, dorsal and caudal centra; NMMNH P-17258, vertebrae and fragmentary scapula; NMMNH P-17134, fragments of pelvis and dorsal and caudal vertebrae; UMMP 7274 (in part), two dorsal centra.
Taxonomic placement by Nesbitt, S.J., Irmis, R.B. and Parker, W.G. (2007): Coelophysoidea incertae sedis.
Remarks by Nesbitt, S.J., Irmis, R.B. and Parker, W.G. (2007)
Because the holotype of Gojirasaurus is from a mixed, disarticulated assemblage (Parrish & Carpenter 1986), the association of the fossil material remains problematic. The tibia and pubis of the holotype of Gojirasaurus belong to a coelophysoid theropod, whereas some of the included material cannot be differentiated from the contemporaneous Shuvosaurus-like taxon and most of the remaining material is non-diagnostic.
Named for our favorite Japanese dino-monster. Material includes tooth, cervical rib, two anterior dorsal ribs, one posterior dorsal rib, four mid-dorsal centra, one mid-dorsal neural arch, one anterior chevron, two gastralia(?), a right scapula, a right pubis, a left tibia, and one metatarsal, all belonging to the same individual, a subadult estimated to be 5.5 meters long. The specimen is presently stored at the University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, Colorado as UCM 47221.
Carpenter, 1997
Time
Triassic Late Norian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Coelophysoidea Incertae Sedis
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Dockum Group, Cooper Canyon Formation (middle Norian), along Revuelto Creek, Quay County, New Mexico, US
Length
5,5 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Holotype
UCM 47221, partial skeleton.
Referred material
Hunt (1994) referred the following isolated postcranial material to this taxon, none of which is diagnostic. NMMNH P-4666, pubis; NMMNH P-16607, teeth fragments; NMMNH P-16656, dorsal and caudal centra; NMMNH P-17258, vertebrae and fragmentary scapula; NMMNH P-17134, fragments of pelvis and dorsal and caudal vertebrae; UMMP 7274 (in part), two dorsal centra.
Taxonomic placement by Nesbitt, S.J., Irmis, R.B. and Parker, W.G. (2007): Coelophysoidea incertae sedis.
Remarks by Nesbitt, S.J., Irmis, R.B. and Parker, W.G. (2007)
Because the holotype of Gojirasaurus is from a mixed, disarticulated assemblage (Parrish & Carpenter 1986), the association of the fossil material remains problematic. The tibia and pubis of the holotype of Gojirasaurus belong to a coelophysoid theropod, whereas some of the included material cannot be differentiated from the contemporaneous Shuvosaurus-like taxon and most of the remaining material is non-diagnostic.
Named for our favorite Japanese dino-monster. Material includes tooth, cervical rib, two anterior dorsal ribs, one posterior dorsal rib, four mid-dorsal centra, one mid-dorsal neural arch, one anterior chevron, two gastralia(?), a right scapula, a right pubis, a left tibia, and one metatarsal, all belonging to the same individual, a subadult estimated to be 5.5 meters long. The specimen is presently stored at the University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, Colorado as UCM 47221.