Reptilia - Theropoda - Coelophysidae
Full reference: G. S. Paul. 1988. Predatory Dinosaurs of the World. Simon & Schuster, New York 1-464
Parent taxon: Coelophysoidea according to M. D. Ezcurra 2017
See also Bristowe and Raath 2004, Carpenter 1997, Carrano et al. 2002, Ezcurra 2006, Ezcurra 2007, Ezcurra and Cuny 2007, Holtz 1994, Holtz 2000, Martill et al. 2016, Martinez and Apaldetti 2017, Novas 1991, Novas 1992, Paul 1988, Paul 1993, Rauhut 2003, Rowe et al. 1997, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Tykoski and Rowe 2004, Yates 2005 and You et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Dolichosuchus cristatus, Dracoraptor, Gojirasaurus, Longosaurus, Lophostropheus, Pendraig, Podokesauridae, Sarcosaurus, Syntarsus
Subtaxa: Coelophysinae Halticosaurinae Lucianovenator Megapnosaurus Panguraptor Powellvenator Procompsognathinae Procompsognathus
Type: Coelophysis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (2 collections), South Africa (2), United States (5: Arizona, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Utah), Zimbabwe (4)
• Triassic of Argentina (2), Germany (1), United States (26: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas), Zimbabwe (1)
Total: 43 collections including 46 occurrences