Coeluridae

Coeluridae is a historically unnatural group of generally small, carnivorous dinosaurs from the late Jurassic Period. For many years, any small Jurassic or Cretaceous theropod that did not belong to one of the more specialized families recognized at the time was classified with the coelurids, creating a confusing array of 'coelurid' theropods that were not closely related. Although they have been traditionally included in this family, there is no evidence that any of these primitive coelurosaurs form a natural group with Coelurus, the namesake of Coeluridae, to the exclusion of other traditional coelurosaur groups.

Coeluridae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
coeluridPBDB
Sits inside
TyrannosauroideaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Coelurosauria
Life habit
ground dwelling, solitaryPBDB, for Theropoda
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Theropoda
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Theropoda

Time the record covers

At least 96 million years on record.

The record covers at least 168.2 Mya to 72.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 174.7 Mya to 66 Mya.

Early Jurassic — about 0 of 30 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 2 of 30 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 2 of 30 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 2 of 30 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 24 of 30 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 30 occurrences177–173 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences173–169 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences169–166 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences166–162 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences162–158 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences158–154 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences154–150 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences150–147 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences147–143 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences135–132 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences132–128 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences128–124 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences124–120 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences120–117 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences117–113 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences113–109 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences109–105 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences105–102 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences102–98 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences98–94 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences94–90 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences90–86 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences86–83 Mya — about 1 occurrence83–79 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences79–75 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences75–71 Mya — about 3 occurrences71–68 Mya — about 12 occurrences68–64 Mya — about 5 occurrences168.2 Mya72.2 Mya177 Mya64 Mya

30 occurrences of Coeluridae on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

30 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

12 formations

Hell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 46.18°N, 103.84°WHell Creek — 46.36°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.13°WHell Creek — 47.62°N, 107.32°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 107.10°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.40°WHell Creek — 47.58°N, 106.30°WHell Creek — 47.07°N, 106.92°WArgilas de Aveiro — 40.63°N, 8.65°WArgilas de Aveiro — 40.20°N, 8.50°WMorrison — 41.88°N, 106.11°WMorrison — 35.20°N, 103.82°WFruitland — 36.49°N, 108.49°WNemegt — 43.49°N, 101.28°ESt. Mary River — 49.91°N, 112.99°WBalabansai — 41.33°N, 72.25°EKhodzhakul — 40.10°N, 65.80°EYalovach — 40.12°N, 70.63°ESasykol — 45.65°N, 81.83°EEl Castellar — 40.67°N, 0.67°WZiliujing — 29.55°N, 104.61°E

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The named rock units Coeluridae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Coeluridae and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Coeluridae and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

262 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 26 sites for Coeluridae, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

13 references

Each of the 30 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 1 further reference is not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Coeluridae

Credit
Nobu Tamura ( http://spinops.blogspot.com )
Licence
CC BY 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Coeluridae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itTyrannosauroidea through timeFormations of the Late CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Marsh 1881