Lepidus Nesbitt and Ezcurra 2015 (coelophysoid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Coelophysidae

Full reference: S. J. Nesbitt and M. D. Ezcurra. 2015. The early fossil record of dinosaurs in North America: A new neotheropod from the base of the Upper Triassic Dockum Group of Texas. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(3):513-526

Parent taxon: Coelophysinae according to M. D. Ezcurra 2017

See also Martinez and Apaldetti 2017 and Nesbitt and Ezcurra 2015

Sister taxa: Camposaurus, Coelophysis, Segisaurus

Subtaxa: Lepidus praecisio

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dockum Site 7 General (TMM -41936) (Triassic of Texas)

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