Coelurus Marsh 1879 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Alternative spelling: Caelurus

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1879. Notice of new Jurassic reptiles. American Journal of Science and Arts 18:501-505

Parent taxon: Coelurosauria according to J. N. Choiniere et al. 2010

See also Barco and Ruiz-Omeñaca 2001, Baur 1891, Carpenter et al. 2005, Carroll 1988, Chure et al. 2006, Cope 1887, Cope 1887, Dollo 1884, Gadow 1897, Gadow 1898, Gadow 1901, Galton 1977, Gauthier and Padian 1985, Gilmore 1920, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Holtz 2000, Holtz et al. 2004, Huene 1909, Huene 1914, Huene 1914, Huene 1920, Joleaud 1922, Kuhn 1939, Lull 1911, Lull 1911, Lull 1924, Lydekker 1888, Lydekker 1891, Madsen and Miller 1979, Marsh 1879, Marsh 1881, Marsh 1882, Marsh 1884, Marsh 1884, Marsh 1885, Marsh 1895, Marsh 1896, Martínez and Novas 2006, Matthew and Brown 1922, Miller et al. 1991, Nopcsa 1901, Nopcsa 1928, Osmolska 1990, Paul 1988, Rauhut 2003, Rauhut et al. 2010, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Russell 1972, Russell 1984, Sauvage 1882, Steel 1970, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Van Den Broeck 1900, Vetter 1884, von Zittel 1911, Welles 1984, Williston 1905 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Alvarezsauria, Aratasaurus, Bicentenaria, Brasileosaurus, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Calamospondylus, Coeluridae, Compsognathidae, Cridotrisauropus, Deferrariischnium, Juravenator, Kainomoyenisauropus, Kol, Lapparentichnus, Lourinhanosaurus, Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Megalosaurus lonzeensis, Megaraptora, Nedcolbertia, Neotripodiscus, Ngexisaurus, Ornithomimipodidae, Plesiothornipus, Qomoqomosauropus, Satapliasaurus, Shanbeipus, Sinosauropteryx, Tanycolagreus, Taupezia, Trisauropodiscus, Tyrannosauroidea, Xinjiangovenator, Xiuningpus, Zuolong

Subtaxa: Coelurus fragilis Coelurus gracilis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Maryland collections)

• Jurassic of United States (11: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences

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