Coelophysis Coelophysis bauri (Cope 1887)
/sˈiːləfəsˌɪs/
estimated
Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · 227.3–201.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
New Mexico
Formation
Chinle
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
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 is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from New Mexico, United States. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Coelophysis bauri sits in deep time
Coelophysis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Coelophysis bauri's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.