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What is Coelophysidae?

Pronunciation: SEE-luh-FI-suh-day
Author: Nopcsa
Year: 1928
Meaning: Hollow form family (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: Podokesauridae (Huene, 1914)
Procompsognathidae (Nopcsa, 1923)
Segisauridae (Camp, 1936)
[Sereno, 1998]Definition
The least inclusive clade containing Coelophysis bauri and Procompsognathus triassicus.
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Etymology
Coelophysidae is derived from the Greek "koilos" (hollow) and "physis" (form), and the Latin "idae" (family), named for the group anchor: Coelophysis (Hollow Form).
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References
• Tykoski RS (2005) "Anatomy, ontogeny, and phylogeny of coelophysoid theropods". PhD Dissertation. The University of Texas at Austin.
• Hendrickx C, Hartman SA and Mateus O (2015) "An overview of non-avian theropod discoveries and classification". PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 12(1): 1–73.
• Rinehart LF, Lucas SG and Hunt AP (2007) "Furculae in the Late Triassic theropod dinosaur Coelophysis bauri". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 81(2): 174–180. DOI: 10.1007/BF02988391
• Rinehart, LF, Lucas SG, Heckert AB, Spielmann JA and Celesky MD (2009) "The paleobiology of Coelophysis bauri (Cope) from the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Whitaker quarry, New Mexico, with detailed analysis of a single quarry block". New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs Bulletin, 45: 260.
• Brett-Surman, Holtz and Farlow (2012) "The Complete Dinosaur".
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