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Coelurus

Coelurus

Pronunciation:: seel-YEW-rus
Name meaning:: 'hollow tail'

Coelurus

small theropod silhouette

Type of dinosaur:: small theropod
Length:: 1.8m

Diet:: carnivorous
When it lived:: Late Jurassic, 155-145 million years ago
Found in:: USA

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Tetanurae, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria
Named by:: Marsh (1879)
Type species:: fragilis

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