bauri are also slight variations on the theropod body plan. It had only three functional digits, the fourth embedded in the flesh of the hand. Coelophysis also preserves the ancestral condition of possessing four digits on the hand (manus). bauri had a furcula (wishbone), the earliest known example in a dinosaur. The torso of Coelophysis conforms to the basic theropod body shape, but the pectoral girdle displays some interesting special characteristics: C. Despite being an early dinosaur, the evolution of the theropod body form had already advanced greatly from creatures like Herrerasaurus and Eoraptor.
The name Coelophysis means 'hollow form' or 'hollow process', so named because of its hollow limb bones.Ĭoelophysis was very slim and it probably would have been a fast runner.
bauri was a lightly built dinosaur which measured up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) in length and which was more than a meter tall at the hips. Temporal range: Late Triassic, 216.5–203.6 MaĬoelophysis bauri is known from a number of complete fossil skeletons.
