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Coelophysis

Coelophysis bauri (Cope 1887)

Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · 227.3–201.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Coelophysis bauri is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–201.4 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by (Cope 1887). The species is represented by 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~21%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Coelophysis sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Coelophysis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Coelophysis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Kwanasaurus
Kwanasaurus williamparkeri
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predator–prey
Eucnemesaurus
Eucnemesaurus fortis
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predator–prey
Melanorosaurus
Melanorosaurus readi
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coexisted–with
Thecodontosaurus
Thecodontosaurus antiquus
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coexisted–with
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus longiceps
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same–clade
Procompsognathus
Procompsognathus triassicus
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same–clade
Protoavis
Protoavis texensis
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same–clade
Velocipes
Velocipes guerichi
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