PRONUNCIATION: |
see-LURE-us |
TRANSLATION: |
Hollow Tail |
ALSO KNOWN AS: |
n/a |
DESCRIPTION: |
Carnivore, Bipedal |
ORDER: |
Saurischia |
SUBORDER: |
Theropoda |
INFRAORDER: |
n/a |
MICRO-ORDER: |
n/a |
SUPERFAMILY: |
n/a |
FAMILY: |
n/a |
HEIGHT: |
3 feet (0.9 meter) |
LENGTH: |
6 feet (1.8 meters) |
WEIGHT: |
n/a |
PERIOD: |
Late Jurassic |
NOTES: |
Coelurus takes its name from the very light bones (vertebrae, foot and leg bones, and parts of the pelvis) that are among the fragmentary remains recovered in Wyoming. The lightness of its bones suggests that Coelurus was a very fast moving dinosaur. |
