Segisaurus
Field photograph to come
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
185 million years ago
To scale
How big was Segisaurus?
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