Also known as Coelophysis type site, Cope
Where: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (36.2° N, 106.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.4° N, 45.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Chinle Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• Rock Point or Petrified Forest member
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Baldwin in 1881; reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1887. The dinosaurian genus Coelurus. American Naturalist 21:367-369 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 52498: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.08.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Coelurus bauri" = Coelophysis bauri, "Coelurus longicollis n. sp." = Coelophysis bauri, "Tanystropheus willistoni n. sp." = Coelophysis bauri1
"Coelurus bauri" = Coelophysis bauri Cope 1887 coelophysoid |