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Coeluridae (coelurid)
Taxonomy
Coeluridae was named by Marsh (1881). Its type is Coelurus.
It was assigned to Coeluria by Vetter (1884); to Megalosauria by Baur (1891); to Plateosauria by Tornier (1913); to Goniopoda by Matthew and Brown (1922); to Coeluroidae by Hay (1930); to Coelurosauria by Kuhn (1946) and Parsch (1963); to Coeluroidea by Tatarinov (1964) and Maleev (1968); to Coelurosaurida by Kuhn (1971); to Saurischia by Cope (1889), Arldt (1909), Huene (1909) and Madsen and Miller (1979); to Theropoda by Zittel (1890), Van Den Broeck (1900), Nopcsa (1901), Huene (1902), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), Hay (1902), Sauvage (1907), Coulton (1976) and McIntosh (1981); to Coelurosauria by Roxo (1937), Romer (1966), Charig (1967), Reig (1970), Bonaparte (1978), Bonaparte (1980) and Buscalioni and Sanz (1987); to Theropoda by Lydekker (1888), Huene (1908), von Zittel (1911), Swinton (1936), Miller (1955), Galton (1977) and Carroll (1988); to Coeluria by Marsh (1881), Sauvage (1882), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Kuhn (1966), Casamiquela (1975) and Paul (1988); to Coelurosauria by Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Matthew (1915), Huene (1920), Nopcsa (1923), Huene (1923), Lull (1924), Huene (1929), Huene (1933), Stromer (1934), Romer (1956), Huene (1959), Lapparent (1960), Estes (1964), Colbert (1964), Colbert and Russell (1969), Swinton (1970), Steel (1970), Barsbold (1976), Raath (1977), Barsbold (1977), Ostrom (1980), Santafé et al. (1982), Dong et al. (1983), Barsbold (1983), Russell (1984) and Dong (1992); to Coelurosauria by Rauhut (2003); and to Maniraptora by Carpenter et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Coeluria by Vetter (1884); to Megalosauria by Baur (1891); to Plateosauria by Tornier (1913); to Goniopoda by Matthew and Brown (1922); to Coeluroidae by Hay (1930); to Coelurosauria by Kuhn (1946) and Parsch (1963); to Coeluroidea by Tatarinov (1964) and Maleev (1968); to Coelurosaurida by Kuhn (1971); to Saurischia by Cope (1889), Arldt (1909), Huene (1909) and Madsen and Miller (1979); to Theropoda by Zittel (1890), Van Den Broeck (1900), Nopcsa (1901), Huene (1902), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), Hay (1902), Sauvage (1907), Coulton (1976) and McIntosh (1981); to Coelurosauria by Roxo (1937), Romer (1966), Charig (1967), Reig (1970), Bonaparte (1978), Bonaparte (1980) and Buscalioni and Sanz (1987); to Theropoda by Lydekker (1888), Huene (1908), von Zittel (1911), Swinton (1936), Miller (1955), Galton (1977) and Carroll (1988); to Coeluria by Marsh (1881), Sauvage (1882), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Kuhn (1966), Casamiquela (1975) and Paul (1988); to Coelurosauria by Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Matthew (1915), Huene (1920), Nopcsa (1923), Huene (1923), Lull (1924), Huene (1929), Huene (1933), Stromer (1934), Romer (1956), Huene (1959), Lapparent (1960), Estes (1964), Colbert (1964), Colbert and Russell (1969), Swinton (1970), Steel (1970), Barsbold (1976), Raath (1977), Barsbold (1977), Ostrom (1980), Santafé et al. (1982), Dong et al. (1983), Barsbold (1983), Russell (1984) and Dong (1992); to Coelurosauria by Rauhut (2003); and to Maniraptora by Carpenter et al. (2005).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1881 | Coeluridae Marsh |
1882 | Coelurosauridae Cope |
1882 | Coeluridae Sauvage p. 36 |
1884 | Coeluridae Dollo p. 298 |
1884 | Coeluridae Marsh p. 69 |
1884 | Coeluridae Vetter p. 363 |
1885 | Coeluridae Marsh p. 765 |
1888 | Coeluridae Lydekker p. 155 |
1889 | Coeluridae Cope p. 16 |
1890 | Coeluridae Zittel p. 731 |
1891 | Coeluridae Baur p. 450 |
1895 | Coeluridae Marsh |
1896 | Coeluridae Marsh p. 240 |
1900 | Coeluridae Van Den Broeck p. 83 |
1901 | Coeluridae Nopcsa p. 195 |
1902 | Coeluridae Hay p. 492 |
1902 | Coeluridae Huene |
1902 | Coeluridae Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxv |
1907 | Coeluridae Sauvage p. 9 |
1908 | Coeluridae Huene p. 307 |
1909 | Coeluridae Arldt p. 261 |
1909 | Coeluridae Huene p. 13 |
1911 | Coeluridae von Zittel p. 280 |
1913 | Coeluridae Tornier p. 368 |
1914 | Coeluridae Huene p. 37 |
1915 | Coeluridae Matthew p. 32 |
1920 | Coeluridae Huene p. 162 |
1922 | Coeluridae Matthew and Brown p. 381 |
1923 | Coeluridae Huene p. 455 fig. 3 |
1923 | Coeluridae Nopcsa p. 125 |
1924 | Coeluridae Lull p. 231 |
1928 | Coelurosauroidea Nopcsa p. 183 |
1929 | Coeluridae Huene p. 270 |
1930 | Coeluridae Hay p. 184 |
1933 | Coeluridae Huene p. 60 |
1934 | Coeluridae Stromer p. 80 |
1936 | Coeluridae Swinton p. 208 |
1937 | Caeluridae Roxo p. 65 |
1946 | Coeluridae Kuhn p. 65 |
1948 | Coelurosauridae Huene p. 89 |
1955 | Coeluridae Miller, Jr. p. 911 |
1956 | Coeluridae Romer p. 611 |
1959 | Coeluridae Huene p. 121 |
1960 | Coeluridae Lapparent p. 30 |
1963 | Coeluridae Parsch p. 4 |
1964 | Coelurosauroidea Casamiquela p. 126 |
1964 | Coeluridae Colbert p. 21 fig. 6 |
1964 | Coeluridae Estes p. 142 |
1964 | Coeluridae Tatarinov p. 533 |
1966 | Coeluridae Kuhn p. 92 |
1966 | Coeluridae Romer p. 369 |
1967 | Coeluridae Charig p. 714 |
1968 | Coeluridae Maleev p. 95 |
1969 | Coeluridae Colbert and Russell p. 45 |
1970 | Coeluridae Reig p. 279 |
1970 | Coeluridae Steel p. 13 |
1970 | Coeluridae Swinton p. 124 |
1971 | Coeluridae Kuhn p. 15 |
1975 | Coeluridae Casamiquela p. 97 |
1976 | Coeluridae Barsbold p. 74 |
1976 | Coeluridae Coulton p. 177 |
1977 | Coeluridae Barsbold p. 50 |
1977 | Coeluridae Galton p. 230 |
1977 | Coeluridae Raath pp. 207-208 |
1978 | Coeluridae Bonaparte p. 321 |
1979 | Coeluridae Madsen and Miller p. 5 |
1980 | Coeluridae Bonaparte p. 82 |
1980 | Coeluridae Ostrom p. 21 |
1981 | Coeluridae McIntosh p. 10 |
1982 | Coeluridae Santafé et al. p. 81 |
1983 | Coeluridae Barsbold p. 86 |
1983 | Coeluridae Dong et al. |
1984 | Coeluridae Russell p. 28 |
1987 | Coeluridae Buscalioni and Sanz p. 66 |
1988 | Coeluridae Carroll |
1988 | Coeluridae Paul p. 300 |
1992 | Coeluridae Dong p. 164 |
2003 | Coeluridae Rauhut p. 149 |
2005 | Coeluridae Carpenter et al. p. 51 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Coeluridae Marsh 1881 [coelurid]
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Invalid names: Coeluridae Nopcsa 1901 [empty], Coelurosauridae Cope 1882 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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K. A. v. Zittel 1890 | Wirbel und alle übrigen Skeletknochen hohl. Vordere Halswirbel opisthocöl, die übrigen amphicöl. Neuralkanal stark erweitert. Halsrippen mit den Centra verschmolzen. Metatarsalia sehr lang und dünn. | |
B. F. Nopcsa 1901 | A femur rövidebb a tibiánál; az összes csontok többé-kevésbbé pneumatikusak.
[The femur is shorter than the tibia; all bones are more or less pneumatic.] | |
R. S. Lull 1924 | Dinosaurs of small size, with relatively small skull and long, slender neck; fore limbs relatively large, having specialized manus with long, slim phalanges, except for short, divergent first digit; claws strongly curved; tibia a little longer than femur; foot long and slender, with three functional digits; claws of pes moderately curved. | |
B. F. Nopcsa 1928 (Coelurosauroidea) | penumatic bones; anterior extremity a grasping organ; hallux reduced; pes only organ of locomotion | |
F. v. Huene 1948 (Coelurosauridae) | Extremely thin-walled bones; 9 cervicals, 14 dorsals, 5 sacrals; as in preceding families, manus with functioning 3 fingers, second the longest; anterior spine of ilium high, strong crista supra-acetabularis; pubis thin, long, with distal thickening; mt. II-IV long, III not reduced at proximal end. Jurassic. |
Measurements
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References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 |
Collections (28 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Aalenian - Bajocian | China (Sichuan) | Coeluridae indet. (140257) | |
Callovian | Kyrgyzstan (Jalal-Abad) | Coeluridae indet. (37596) | |
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (New Mexico) | Coeluridae indet. (192449) | |
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Coelurosauridae indet. (39370) | |
Hauterivian - Albian | China (Liaoning) | Coeluridae indet. (66923) | |
Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Teruel) | Coeluridae indet. (67985) | |
Aptian | USA (Nevada) | Coeluridae indet. (167384) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Uzbekistan (Navoi) | Coeluridae indet. (58208) | |
Senonian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Kazakhstan (Almaty) | Coelurosauridae indet. (59384) | |
Early/Lower Santonian | Tajikistan (Sogd) | Coeluridae indet. (58491) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | Coeluridae indet. (36449) | |
Maastrichtian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Coeluridae indet. (37019) | |
Maastrichtian | Portugal (Aveiro) | Coeluridae indet. A, Coeluridae indet. C (75866) | |
Maastrichtian | Portugal (Coimbra) | Coeluridae indet. A, Coeluridae indet. B, Coeluridae indet. C (49276) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Coeluridae indet. (14502) | |
Lancian | USA (Montana) | Coeluridae indet. (14533 14534 14535 14546 14559 14582 14639 14654) Coelurosauridae indet. (14508 14513) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | Coelurosauridae indet. (45122 45381) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Montana) | Coeluridae indet. (13142) |