HardCoelophysis
Coelophysis bauri
SEE-loh-FY-sis· “hollow form”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Triassic🥩 carnivore🦴 Coelophysidae
3 m
Length
1 m
Height
20 kg
Weight
A slender, fast-running early predator with a long neck and tail and needle-sharp teeth. One of the earliest dinosaurs, it hunted small animals in herds across the deserts of ancient North America.
When
Late Triassic, ~215–208 million years ago
Found in
United States
Discovered
Edward Drinker Cope, 1889
Did you know?
- Hundreds of skeletons were found jumbled together at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.
- It was one of the earliest true dinosaurs, from near the dawn of the age of dinosaurs.
- A Coelophysis skull flew aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1998.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.