Full reference: M. A. Raath. 1969. A new coelurosaurian dinosaur from the Forest Sandstone of Rhodesia. Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 4(28):1-254
Parent taxon: Coelophysoidea according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2005
See also Anderson and Cruickshank 1978, Battail 1986, Benton 1990, Bristowe and Raath 2004, Carrano et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Chatterjee 1987, Currie 1997, Ezcurra 2007, Ezcurra and Novas 2007, Gauthier 1986, Gay 2005, Holtz 2000, Irmis 2004, Jain 1990, Jasinski 2011, Novas 1991, Novas 1992, Olsen and Galton 1984, Osmolska 1981, Ostrom 1981, Parrish and Carpenter 1986, Paul 1993, Raath 1969, Raath 1977, Rauhut 2003, Rowe 1989, Rowe and Gauthier 1990, Rowe et al. 1997, Sereno 1997, Thulborn 1984, Thulborn 2006, Tykoski and Rowe 2004, Welles 1984 and Yates 2005
Sister taxa: Coelophysidae, Dolichosuchus cristatus, Dracoraptor, Gojirasaurus, Longosaurus, Lophostropheus, Pendraig, Podokesauridae, Sarcosaurus
Subtaxa: Syntarsus kayentakatae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of South Africa (4 collections), United States (6: Arizona)
• Triassic to Jurassic of United States (1: Arizona)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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