Coelophysis

Silhouette of the dino

How To Say It

see-lo-FISE-iss

What It Means

Hollow Form

Did You Know?
Coelophysis’ claim to fame is that it is the oldest dinosaur known from multiple complete skeletons. A jumble of fossils from more than one thousand Coelophysis skeletons was found at the Ghost Ranch Quarry in New Mexico in 1947.

What It Eats

Illustration of food type

How Big It Is

Illustration of size comparison to humans

Where It Lived

Illustration of geographic location

When It Lived

228 - 200 Million Years Ago

Fun Fact

Coelophysis is the state fossil of New Mexico.

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