Coelurus
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| Coelurus fragilis Marsh, 1879 |
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| Translation | hollow tail |
| Type | small theropod dinosaur |
| Length | 6 ft 6 in (2 m) |
| Height | approx. 3 ft (90 cm) |
| Weight | approx. 20 kg |
| Movement | biped |
| Age | 150-140 million years ago |
| Diet | carnivore |
| Distribution | USA |
Coelurus (see-LOOR-us) was a coelurosaur dinosaur of the Late Jurassic period. The name means "hollow tail" because its tail vertebrae were hollow (Greek koilos = hollow + oura = tail).
It was considered by some scientists to be the same animal as Ornitholestes, but new studies show them to be rather different animals<ref>Carpenter, K., C. Miles, J.H. Ostrom & K. Cloward, 2005. 49-71 in Carpenter, K. (ed.), The Carnivorous Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington. </ref>. Coelurus had more slender body proportions than Ornitholestes, with elongated vertebrae and hindlimbs. It was discovered in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming, USA, in 1879 and described by Othniel Marsh. It also starred a small role in the novelisation of the second episode of Walking with Dinosaurs
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