CMNH 51105, Coelophysis bauri, tibia & fibula3D Model
CMNH 51105, Coelophysis bauri Cope, 1889; left tibia & fibula
Age: Triassic Rock unit: Siltstone Member, Chinle Formation
Locality: Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
Collectors: AMNH Field Party Date Collected: 1948
This is the Museum’s oldest (225 my) dinosaur, from the Late Triassic Period. At the time, hundreds of these creatures died together during a single cataclysmic event. These remains formed a massive bone bed at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, and a block quarried from the bed came to the Museum in 1969. Coelophysis was likely an active predator with long, slender hind limbs; a very long counterbalancing tail; an elongated, pointed head; large eyes; sharp serrated teeth; and fairly long forelimbs, each with three fingers. Adults could grow up to 10 feet in length and weigh as much as 60 pounds.
Scanner: Artec Spider
Image by Hailey Majewski, Digital Asset Developer, CMNH
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