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Coelophysidae

Reptilia - Coelophysidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Coelophysidae Paul p. 258
1991Coelophysidae Novas p. 401
1992Coelophysidae Novas p. 141
1993Coelophysidae Paul p. 401
1994Coelophysidae Holtz
1997Coelophysidae Carpenter p. 191
1997Coelophysidae Rowe et al. p. 108
1997Coelophysidae Sereno p. 456
1998Coelophysidae Sereno p. 64
1999Coelophysidae Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2000Coelophysidae Holtz, Jr. pp. 13-15 fig. 5
2002Coelophysidae Carrano et al.
2003Coelophysidae Rauhut p. 136
2004Coelophysidae Bristowe and Raath p. 39
2004Coelophysidae Tykoski and Rowe p. 48
2005Coelophysidae Yates p. 118 fig. 9
2006Coelophysidae Ezcurra p. 657 fig. 3
2007Coelophysidae Ezcurra p. 186
2007Coelophysidae Ezcurra and Cuny p. 78 fig. 6
2014Coelophysidae You et al.
2016Coelophysidae Martill et al. p. 34 fig. 28
2017Coelophysidae Ezcurra p. 531 fig. 12
2017Coelophysidae Martinez and Apaldetti p. 502

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
superfamilyCoelophysoidea
familyCoelophysidae
familyCoelophysidae

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. †Coelophysidae Paul 1988
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Subfm. †Coelophysinae Nopcsa 1928
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G. †Camposaurus Hunt et al. 1998
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Camposaurus arizonensis Hunt et al. 1998
G. †Coelophysis Cope 1889
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Coelophysis bauri Cope 1887
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Invalid names: Coelurus longicollis Cope 1887 [synonym], Rioarribasaurus colberti Hunt and Lucas 1991 [synonym], Tanystropheus willistoni Cope 1887 [synonym]
Invalid names: Podokesaurus Talbot 1911 [synonym], Rioarribasaurus Hunt and Lucas 1991 [objective synonym]
G. †Lepidus Nesbitt and Ezcurra 2015
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Lepidus praecisio Nesbitt and Ezcurra 2015
G. †Segisaurus Camp 1936
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Segisaurus halli Camp 1936
G. †Lucianovenator Martinez and Apaldetti 2017
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Lucianovenator bonoi Martinez and Apaldetti 2017
G. †Megapnosaurus Ivie et al. 2001
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G. †Panguraptor You et al. 2014
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Panguraptor lufengensis You et al. 2014
G. †Powellvenator Ezcurra 2017
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Powellvenator podocitus Ezcurra 2017
G. †Procompsognathus Fraas 1913 [before elegant jaw]
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Invalid names: Hallopus celerrimus Fraas 1912 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Halticosaurinae Paul 1988 [empty], Procompsognathinae Nopcsa 1923 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. S. Paul 1993Basal theropods with slender body proportions. Skull long and fairly low, subnarial gap between premaxilla and maxilla, antorbital fenestra large, dentary slender, anterior tip slightly expanded and supports radiating tooth arrangement, teeth heterodont because those of premaxilla are more conical and less serrated than maxillary examples, 4 premaxillary teeth. Tail very long. Ilium fairly short.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Maximum body mass: 30 kgg
Minimum body mass: 1 kgg
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Alaunian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 215.56000 to 182.70000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Coelophysis sp. (71979 98596)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3Zimbabwe (Matabeleland North) Syntarsus rhodesiensis (34779)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3USA (Texas) Coelophysis sp. (39671)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Argentina (La Rioja) Coelophysoidea indet. (105691)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Coelophysis sp. (67699) Lepidus praecisio (196651)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Argentina (San Juan) Coelophysoidea indet. (182613)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) Camposaurus arizonensis (39160) Coelophysidae indet. (92850) Coelophysis bauri (49500 57687) Coelophysis sp. (57685)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Mexico) Coelophysis bauri (54167) Coelophysis sp. (54006 54008 54009 54010 54011 54012 54013 54014 57071 58106) Coelophysis sp., Coelophysis bauri (54168) Coelurus longicollis, Coelurus bauri, Tanystropheus willistoni (52498)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Colorado) Coelophysis sp. (178451)
Lacian - Sevatian221.5 - 205.6USA (New Mexico) Eucoelophysis sp. (62311)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Procompsognathus triassicus (47800)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (New Mexico) Coelophysis bauri (48422)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3USA (Utah) Megapnosaurus sp. (157016)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3USA (Connecticut) Coelophysis sp. (47198)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3China (Yunnan) Panguraptor lufengensis (49501)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Zimbabwe (Matabeleland North) Coelurosauria indet. (48392) Syntarsus rhodesiensis (22663 50824)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8South Africa (Free State) Coelophysis rhodesiensis (47031) Syntarsus rhodesiensis (45531)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Zimbabwe (Mashonaland North) Syntarsus rhodesiensis (50823)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Massachusetts) Podokesaurus holyokensis (34698)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8China (Yunnan) Podokesauridae indet. (72091)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7USA (Arizona) Segisaurus sp. (191751)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian190.8 - 174.1USA (Arizona) Dinosauria indet. (25306)