FOSSILS Triassic Dinosaur TOOTH - COELOPHYSIS

FOSSILS Triassic Dinosaur TOOTH - COELOPHYSIS (image 1/1)
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NEOVENATOR Possibly the UK's biggest killer dinosaur. It once roamed the areas of Southern England around 120 million years ago, preying on the herds of Iguanodon and also, I would imagine, the numerous long necked sauropods that were around at this time. It is related to the T-Rex busting Carcharodontosaurus. COELOPHYSIS Coelophysis c. bauri Meaning: Coelophysis means "hollow form" Described by: Cope & Colbert 1964. Age: Late Triassic: 225 mya Diet: Carnivorous:. An agile fast moving hunter, it moved in large packs, capturing early lizards, tiny mammal-like reptiles and small plant-eating dinosaurs like Technosaurus. Its main enemy was the large aggressive reptile Postosuchus (as seen on the BBC series 'Walking with Dinosaurs'). Size: Length - 2.5 to 3m long Weight - 15 to 30 kg Locomotion: Bipedal and a quick runner. Bones: A coelurosaur or small meat eating lizard hipped dinosaur. Classification: Kingdom Animalia (animals) * Phylum Chordata (having a hollow nerve chord ending in a brain) * Class Archosauria * Order Saurischia - lizard-hipped dinosaurs * Suborder Theropoda - bipedal carnivores * Family Coelophysoidea * Genus Coelophysis Species c. bauri (Cope & Colbert 1964) [nomen conservandum] (originally coelurus) Dino Information: A coelophysis skull from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History became the first fossil read more
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