Coelophysis - New Mexico's State Fossil

What other animals lived alongside Coelophysis?

Coelophysis lived on river floodplains dominated by the c...
What did Coelophysis eat?

Coelophysis ate meat. Its sharp, serrated blade-like teet...
Was Coelophysis a cannibal?

Intestinal contents of large Coelophysis from the Ghost R...
What kind of animal was Coelophysis?

Coelophysis was a small and primitive meat-eating dinosau...
How did Coelophysis get to be New Mexico’s State Fossil?

The New Mexico State Legislature designated Coelophysis t...
How did Coelophysis live?

Coelophysis lived on the ground, walking (or running) on ...
How did all of the Coelophysis at Ghost Ranch die?

Paleontologists don’t know what killed all the Coelophysi...
What are the distinctive features of Coelophysis?

Coelophysis can be distinguished from other meat-eating d...
When did Coelophysis roam New Mexico?

This dinosaur lived during the latter part of the Triassi...
How did paleontologists get Coelophysis out of the ground and on display in the museum?

Hundreds of skeletons of Coelophysis are crammed into the...

New Mexico's State Fossil