Dinosauria › Reptilia › Theropoda › Coelophysidae
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
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.