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Coelophysis was named by the infamous Edward Drinker Cope.

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What dinosaur group did the coelophysis belong to?

Coelophysis is a theropod dinosaur; belonging in a group called Coelophysidae.There are two main groups of dinosaur, saurischian and ornithischians.Theropods are a type of saurischian dinosaur.


What is Arizona's state dinosaur?

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What dinosaur most likely evolved from Coelophysis?

The Tyrannosaurus.


What evidence was found of the Coelophysis?

The evidence of Coelophysis are multiple fossilized skeletons. Some of them were complete skeletons, which are rare when it comes to dinosaur fossils. There is one known species from the Coelophysis genus.


How much did the Coelophysis dinosaurs weigh?

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What is a Coelophysis?

Coelophysis was a small carnivorous dinosaur that lived in the Late Triassic in North America.It had hollow bones, so although it was two meters long, it would have weighed less then 66 pounds (30 kilograms) when mature. Coelophysis was very agile and lighting fast and it had razor-sharp teeth to catch and eat small animals.


What is coelophysis?

Coelophysis was a small carnivorous dinosaur that lived in the Late Triassic in North America.It had hollow bones, so although it was two meters long, it would have weighed less then 66 pounds (30 kilograms) when mature. Coelophysis was very agile and lighting fast and it had razor-sharp teeth to catch and eat small animals.


How does a mother dinosaur take care of her young by eating them?

No type of mother dinosaur ate its own babies, although a few may have eaten the young of others from their species. The misconception comes from the misidentification of lizard remains in the stomach of a Coelophysis. Because the lizard bones were thought to be infant Coelophysis, people thought they were cannibalistic. The error has since been corrected.


What dinosaurs are example of theropods?

Theropods were the killers of the dinosaur world, for exampe tyrannosaurus rex was a theropod. Other examples are Coelophysis, Ornithomimus and Dilophosaurus.


What is this it was a small meat eating dinosaur it was only ten feet long and stood as tall as a man it skeletons have been found in New Mexico and Massachusetts?

Coelophysis


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Was Godzillasaurus a dinosaur?

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