Eucoelophysis
Field photograph to come
Eucoelophysis
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- Lived
- 227 to 201 million years ago, Late Triassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Silesauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Sullivan and Lucas 1999
Field notes
About Eucoelophysis
Eucoelophysis was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 201 million years ago. It belongs to the family Silesauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Eucoelophysis, from New Mexico. Its fossils come from the Chinle Formation. It was named by Sullivan and Lucas in 1999.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
210 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Silesauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. M. Sullivan and S. G. Lucas. 1999. Eucoelophysis baldwini, a new theropod dinosaur from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico, and the status of the original types of Coelophysis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(1):81-90