Coelophysis? kayentakatae Temporal range:
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Holotype skull MNA V2623 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Neotheropoda |
Genus: | †Coelophysis (?) |
Species: | †C.? kayentakatae
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Binomial name | |
†Coelophysis? kayentakatae (Rowe, 1989)
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Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Coelophysis? kayentakatae is an extinct species of neotheropod dinosaur that lived approximately 200–196 million years ago during the early part of the Jurassic Period in what is now the southwestern United States.[3] It was originally named Syntarsus kayentakatae, but the genus Syntarsus was found to be preoccupied by a Colydiine beetle, so it was moved to the genus Megapnosaurus,[4] and then to Coelophysis. A recent reassessment suggests that this species may require a new genus name.[5]
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