Coelophysoidea
superfamily · Holtz 1994 · accepted · extinct
36 descendant taxa · 80 fossil sites · 27 formations · 11 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
237–154.8 million years ago
Found where
11 countries
27 rock formations
Fossil record
80 sites
101 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 82 million years, from 237 to 154.8 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 154.8 million years old — that is roughly 516 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Coelophysoidea was named in 1994 (Holtz 1994) — 32 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 11 countries and 27 named rock formations.
- 101 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 36 named taxa, including 16 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).