Lepidus

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Lived: 227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
Diet: Carnivore
Group: Theropods, Coelophysidae
Found in: United States
Named by: Nesbitt and Ezcurra 2015

Field notes

About Lepidus

Lepidus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago. It belongs to the family Coelophysidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Lepidus, from Texas. It was named by Nesbitt and Ezcurra in 2015.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

220 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Coelophysidae.

CoelophysisLate Triassic
ProcompsognathusLate Triassic
MegapnosaurusLate Triassic to Early Jurassic
SegisaurusEarly Jurassic
CamposaurusLate Triassic
PanguraptorEarly Jurassic
LucianovenatorLate Triassic
PowellvenatorLate Triassic

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. J. Nesbitt and M. D. Ezcurra. 2015. The early fossil record of dinosaurs in North America: A new neotheropod from the base of the Upper Triassic Dockum Group of Texas. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(3):513-526