Eucoelophysis
Temporal range: Late Triassic, 228–208 Ma
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Family: | †Silesauridae |
Clade: | †Sulcimentisauria |
Genus: | †Eucoelophysis |
Species: |
†E. baldwini
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Binomial name | |
†Eucoelophysis baldwini Sullivan & Lucas, 1999 |
Eucoelophysis (meaning "true hollow form") is a genusofsilesaurid dinosauriform from the Late Triassic (Norian) period Chinle FormationofNew Mexico. It was assumed to be a coelophysid upon description,[1] but a study by Nesbitt et al. found that it was actually a close relative of Silesaurus,[2][3] which was independently supported by Ezcurra (2006), who found it to be the sister grouptoDinosauria, and Silesaurus as the next most basal taxon.[4]
However, the relationships of Silesaurus are uncertain. Dzik found it to be a basal dinosauriform (the group of archosaurs from which the dinosaurs evolved), but did not rule out the possibility that it represents a primitive ornithischian.[5]
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