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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	38520	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38520

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Coelophysidae : Coelophysis

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
family	Coelophysidae	Paul 1988
genus	Coelophysis	Cope 1889

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Goniopoda	stated without evidence	Cope, 1889
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coeluridae	stated with evidence	Huene, 1902
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coeluridae	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Podokesauridae	stated with evidence	Huene, 1914
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Podokesauridae	stated without evidence	Huene, 1914
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coeluridae	stated without evidence	Huene, 1920
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelurosauria	stated without evidence	Huene, 1926
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysinae	stated with evidence	Nopcsa, 1928
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Podokesauridae	implied	Romer, 1956
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Podokesauridae	stated with evidence	Tatarinov, 1964
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Podokesauridae	stated without evidence	Colbert, 1964
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Podokesauridae	stated with evidence	Kuhn, 1966
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Procompsognathidae	implied	Romer, 1966
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelurosauria	stated without evidence	Bonaparte, 1969
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Podokesauridae	stated without evidence	Steel, 1970
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Procompsognathidae	stated without evidence	Madsen and Miller, 1979
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Procompsognathidae	stated with evidence	Ostrom, 1981
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysidae	stated without evidence	Welles, 1984
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Podokesauridae	stated without evidence	Russell, 1984
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Ceratosauria	stated without evidence	Gauthier, 1986
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Podokesauridae	stated without evidence	Battail, 1986
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Procompsognathidae	stated without evidence	Parrish and Carpenter, 1986
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Theropoda	stated without evidence	Padian, 1986
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Podokesauridae	stated without evidence	Brinkman and Sues, 1987
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysinae	stated without evidence	Paul, 1988
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Podokesauridae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Ceratosauria	stated without evidence	Rowe, 1989
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Ceratosauria	implied	Benton, 1990
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Ceratosauria	stated with evidence	Rowe and Gauthier, 1990
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Podokesauridae	stated without evidence	Jain, 1990
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysidae	stated without evidence	Novas, 1991
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Ceratosauria	stated without evidence	Long and Murry, 1995
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysidae	stated without evidence	Rowe et al., 1997
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysinae	stated with evidence	Sereno, 1998
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysidae	stated with evidence	Holtz, 2000
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysidae	stated without evidence	Rauhut, 2003
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysidae	stated with evidence	Bristowe and Raath, 2004
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysidae	stated without evidence	Yates, 2005
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysoidea	implied	Irmis, 2005
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysoidea	stated with evidence	Carrano et al., 2005
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysidae	stated with evidence	Smith and Merrill, 2006
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysidae	stated without evidence	Ezcurra, 2006
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Podokesauridae	stated without evidence	Thulborn, 2006
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysidae	stated without evidence	Ezcurra, 2007
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysoidea	stated with evidence	Hendrickx and Mateus, 2014
Coelophysis	genus	belongs to Coelophysidae	stated with evidence	Martinez and Apaldetti, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

237 - 212 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

199 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Theropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Coelophysis)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. D. Cope. 1889. On a new genus of Triassic Dinosauria. The American Naturalist 23:626

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Coelophysis bauri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	6	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Coelophysis kayentakatae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	199 Ma Early Jurassic	199 Ma Early Jurassic
Coelophysis rhodesiensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	6	237 Ma Middle Triassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Podokesaurus holyokensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1889	Coelophysis Cope p. 626
1902	Coelophysis Hay p. 493
1902	Coelophysis Huene
1908	Coelophysis Huene p. 307
1909	Coelophysis Huene p. 13
1911	Podokesaurus Talbot
1911	Coelophysis von Zittel p. 280
1912	Podokesaurus Lull p. 411
1914	Coelophysis Huene p. 11
1914	Podokesaurus Huene p. 11
1914	Coelophysis Huene p. 33
1914	Podokesaurus Huene p. 33
1914	Coelophysis Huene p. 146
1914	Podokesaurus Huene p. 146
1914	Coelophysis Huene p. 154
1914	Podokesaurus Huene p. 154
1914	Coelophysis Huene p. 445
1914	Podokesaurus Huene p. 445
1915	Coelophysis Huene p. 500
1915	Podokesaurus Lull p. 156
1917	Podokesaurus Lull p. 111
1920	Coelophysis Huene p. 162
1920	Podokesaurus Huene p. 162
1921	Podokesaurus Huene p. 320
1922	Coelophysis Case p. 80
1924	Podokesaurus Lull p. 231
1926	Coelophysis Huene p. 104
1928	Coelophysis Nopcsa p. 183
1928	Podokesaurus Nopcsa p. 183
1953	Podokesaurus Lull p. 131
1956	Coelophysis Romer p. 611
1956	Podokesaurus Romer p. 611
1964	Coelophysis Colbert p. 11
1964	Coelophysis Tatarinov p. 530
1964	Podokesaurus Tatarinov p. 530
1965	Coelophysis Simmons p. 56
1965	Podokesaurus Simmons p. 56
1966	Coelophysis Kuhn p. 92
1966	Coelophysis Romer p. 369
1966	Podokesaurus Romer p. 369
1969	Coelophysis Bonaparte p. 475
1970	Coelophysis Steel p. 10
1970	Coelophysis Swinton p. 122
1972	Coelophysis Colbert p. 5
1975	Coelophysis Bonaparte p. 58
1977	Coelophysis Raath p. 206
1977	Podokesaurus Raath p. 207
1978	Coelophysis Anderson and Cruickshank p. 31
1978	Coelophysis Ostrom p. 115
1979	Coelophysis Madsen and Miller p. 5

Year	Name and Author
1981	Coelophysis Ostrom p. 193
1984	Coelophysis Russell p. 22
1984	Podokesaurus Russell p. 22
1984	Coelophysis Thulborn p. 132
1984	Coelophysis Welles p. 177
1986	Coelophysis Battail p. 47
1986	Coelophysis Gauthier p. 9
1986	Coelophysis Padian pp. 57-58
1986	Coelophysis Parrish and Carpenter p. 156
1987	Coelophysis Brinkman and Sues p. 502
1987	Coelophysis Chatterjee p. 186
1988	Coelophysis Carroll
1988	Podokesaurus Carroll
1988	Coelophysis Paul p. 259
1989	Coelophysis Rowe
1990	Coelophysis Benton p. 19
1990	Coelophysis Jain p. 75
1990	Coelophysis Rowe and Gauthier p. 152
1991	Rioarribasaurus Hunt and Lucas p. 195
1991	Coelophysis Novas p. 401
1992	Coelophysis Novas p. 141
1995	Rioarribasaurus Heckert et al. p. 29
1995	Coelophysis Long and Murry p. 186
1997	Coelophysis Currie p. 732
1997	Coelophysis Rowe et al. p. 108
1997	Coelophysis Sereno p. 456
1998	Coelophysis Sereno p. 64
2000	Coelophysis Holtz, Jr. p. 15
2001	Megapnosaurus Ivie et al.
2003	Coelophysis Rauhut p. 138
2004	Coelophysis Bristowe and Raath p. 39
2004	Podokesaurus Carrano and Sampson p. 553 fig. 4
2004	Megapnosaurus Irmis p. 11
2004	Coelophysis Tykoski and Rowe p. 48
2004	Podokesaurus Tykoski and Rowe p. 48
2005	Coelophysis Carrano et al. pp. 843-844 fig. 13
2005	Coelophysis Irmis p. 81
2005	Megapnosaurus Knoll p. 84
2005	Coelophysis Yates p. 118 fig. 9
2006	Coelophysis Ezcurra p. 657 fig. 3
2006	Coelophysis Smith and Merrill p. 597
2006	Coelophysis Thulborn p. 288
2006	Podokesaurus Weishampel p. 137
2007	Coelophysis Ezcurra p. 192
2007	Coelophysis Ezcurra and Cuny p. 78 fig. 6
2007	Coelophysis Ezcurra and Novas p. 36
2007	Coelophysis Nesbitt et al. p. 219
2007	Coelophysis Rinehart et al. p. 175
2014	Coelophysis Hendrickx and Mateus
2017	Coelophysis Martinez and Apaldetti p. 502

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