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Neotype

AMNH 7224

Coelophysis bauri

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Facts

Catalog number
AMNH 7224
Institution
American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
Year found
1947
Found by
George Whitaker, Edwin H. Colbert
Locality
Ghost Ranch Quarry (Whitaker Quarry), Rio Arriba County
Formation
Chinle Formation

Images

Close-up of the skull of the Coelophysis bauri neotype AMNH 7224 at the American Museum of Natural History.Image credit: Skye McDavid, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, American Museum of Natural HistoryCC BY 4.0Source (opens in a new tab)

What this specimen preserves

Neotype: AMNH 7224

  • Preserved
  • Partial
  • Reconstructed
  • Unknown / not recorded
Region by region (table)
Skeleton regions of Neotype: AMNH 7224
RegionState
SkullPreserved
MandibleUnknown / not recorded
TeethUnknown / not recorded
Cervical vertebraePreserved
Dorsal vertebraePreserved
SacrumUnknown / not recorded
Caudal vertebraeUnknown / not recorded
RibsUnknown / not recorded
GastraliaUnknown / not recorded
Scapula / shoulder girdleUnknown / not recorded
HumerusUnknown / not recorded
Forearm (radius / ulna)Unknown / not recorded
Hand (manus)Unknown / not recorded
PelvisPreserved
FemurPreserved
Tibia / fibulaUnknown / not recorded
Foot (pes)Unknown / not recorded

Excavation history

A complete skeleton from the Ghost Ranch bonebed; first made the holotype of Rioarribasaurus colberti (1991), then the neotype of Coelophysis bauri by ICZN ruling in 1996.

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