Coelophysis

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Coelophysis
Fossil range: Late Triassic-Early Jurassic
Profile of Coelophysis bauri.
Profile of Coelophysis bauri.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Superfamily: Coelophysoidea
Family: Coelophysidae
Genus: Coelophysis
Binomial name
Coelophysis bauri
Cope, 1889
Synonyms
Coelurus bauri Cope, 1887

Tanystropheus bauri (Cope, 1887)
?Podokesaurus 1911
Rioarribasaurus colberti Hunt & Lucas, 1991

Syntarsus colberti (Hunt & Lucas, 1991) Paul, 1993

Coelophysis was a small fast running dinosaur from 215 million years ago. One of its ancestors was a huge dinosaur named Dilophosaurus

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