Segisaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0160Navajo Sandstone Fm., Arizona

Segisaurus

DV-0160

Lived
193 to 175 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Diet
Carnivore
Length
about 1.5 m (5 ft)
Group
Theropods, Coelophysidae
Found in
United States
Named by
Camp 1936

Field notes

About Segisaurus

Segisaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 193 to 175 million years ago. It belongs to the family Coelophysidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Segisaurus, from Arizona. Its fossils come from the Navajo Sandstone Formation. It was named by Camp in 1936.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

185 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Segisaurus?

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Segisaurus: about 1.5 m (5 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical theropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Coelophysidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. L. Camp. 1936. A new type of bipedal dinosaur from the Navajo Sandstone of Arizona. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 24(2):39-56