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Coelophysinae

Reptilia - Coelophysidae

Taxonomy
Coelophysinae was named by Nopcsa (1928). Its type is Coelophysis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Podokesauridae by Steel (1970).

It was assigned to Podokesauridae by Nopcsa (1928); and to Coelophysidae by Paul (1988), Sereno (1998), Carrano et al. (2002) and Ezcurra (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Coelophysinae Nopcsa p. 183
1988Coelophysinae Paul p. 259
1998Coelophysinae Sereno p. 64
2002Coelophysinae Carrano et al.
2017Coelophysinae Ezcurra p. 531 fig. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
subfamilyCoelophysinae
subfamilyCoelophysinae

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.

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
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. F. Nopcsa 1928caudals of moderate length
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 Lacian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 221.50000 to 182.70000 Ma

Collections (27 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 - 201.3USA (Texas) Coelophysis sp. (39671)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) Camposaurus arizonensis (39160) 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)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Coelophysis sp. (67699) Lepidus praecisio (196651)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Colorado) Coelophysis sp. (178451)
Lacian - Sevatian221.5 - 205.6USA (New Mexico) Eucoelophysis sp. (62311)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (New Mexico) Coelophysis bauri (48422)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3USA (Connecticut) Coelophysis sp. (47198)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Massachusetts) Podokesaurus holyokensis (34698)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7USA (Arizona) Segisaurus sp. (191751)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian190.8 - 174.1USA (Arizona) Dinosauria indet. (25306)