Gojirasaurus quayi Carpenter 1997 (coelophysoid)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: K. Carpenter. 1997. A giant coelophysoid (Ceratosauria) theropod from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico, USA. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 205(2):189-208

Belongs to Gojirasaurus according to R. S. Tykoski and T. E. Rowe 2004

See also Carpenter 1997, Ezcurra 2017, Lucas et al. 2006, Naish 1999, Nesbitt et al. 2007, Rauhut 2003 and Yates 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCM 47721, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is UCM Loc. 82021, Revuelto Creek Local Fauna, which is in a Norian terrestrial mudstone in the Bull Canyon Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCM Loc. 82021, Revuelto Creek Local Fauna

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