Species
Valid Extinct

Coelurus fragilis

Marsh 1879

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Coelurosauria Unranked clade
Coelurus Genus
Coelurus fragilis Species
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
6
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
6
Synonyms (1)
Coelurus agilis objective synonym of Coelurus fragilis
Bibliography
Original description
O. C. Marsh. 1879. Notice of new Jurassic reptiles. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 18:501–505 DOI ↗
Bibliography (6)
K. Carpenter, C. A. Miles, and J. H. Ostrom, K. C. Cloward. 2005. Redescription of the small maniraptoran theropods Ornitholestes and Coelurus from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming. The Carnivorous Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington
J. H. Ostrom and J. S. McIntosh. 1999. Marsh's Dinosaurs: The Collections from Como Bluff. Yale University Press, New Haven
C. W. Gilmore. 1914. Osteology of the armored Dinosauria in the United States National Museum, with special reference to the genus Stegosaurus. United States National Museum Bulletin 89:1-136 DOI ↗
C. W. Gilmore. 1909. A new rhynchocephalian reptile from the Jurassic of Wyoming, with notes on the fauna of "Quarry 9". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 37(1698):35-42 DOI ↗
O. C. Marsh. 1884. Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part VIII. The order Theropoda. The American Journal of Science, series 3 27:329-340 DOI ↗
O. C. Marsh. 1879. Notice of new Jurassic reptiles. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 18:501–505 DOI ↗