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Coelurus
Coelurus was a carnivore (meat-eater) dinosaur that lived in
North America in the late Jurassic period,
between about 153 and 150 million years ago.
Coelurus was quite small for a
Theropod dinosaur. It was about 8 feet (2.4 meters) long,
about 2¼ feet (0.7 meters) tall at the hips, and weighed something in the region
of 29 to 44 pounds (13 to 20 kilograms).
The first discovery of the remains of Coelurus was in 1881 by an amateur
fossil
collector named David Baldwin.
The name Coelurus was coined by
Edward D. Cope
in 1889, and means "hollow form", in reference to the animal's
hollow bones.
Coelurus is belived to have been a small terrestrial carnivore (meat-eater). It would
have ffet on small prey some small mammals, lizards and insects. It was also probably
a fast animal - evidence for this comes, for instance, from the structure of the bones
in its feet.
Coelurus was a carnivore (meat-eater) that lived from 153 to 150 million years ago
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Coelurus Facts
Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Coelurus:
- Coelurus was a genus of dinosaur.
- "Coelurus" means "hollow tail". This name was chosen by Othniel C. Marsh in 1879.
- Coelurus was a member of the Saurischia ("lizard-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Coelurus was not closely related to lizards, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
- Coelurus was a Theropod - a member of a group of related bipedal dinosaurs that included the ancestors of birds (although Coelurus was not itself an ancestor of birds).
- Coelurus lived between about 153 million years ago and 150 million years ago, during the Jurassic period.
- Coelurus lived in North America.
- Coelurus was a carnivore (meat-eater).
- Coelurus was about 8 feet (2.4 meters) long, and about 2¼ feet (0.7 meters) tall at its hips.
- Coelurus weighed about 29 to 44 pounds (13 to 20 kilograms).
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By Ronald Cohn Jesse Russell
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Indiana University Press
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The meat-eating dinosaurs, or Theropoda, include some of the fiercest predators that ever lived. Some of the group's members survive to this day—as birds. The theropod/bird connection has been explored in several recent works, but this book presents 17 papers on a variety of other topics. It is organized into three parts. Part I explores morphological details that are important for understanding theropod systematics. Part II focuses on specific regions of theropod anatomy and biomechanics. Part III examines various lines of evidence that reveal something about theropods as living creatures. The contributors are Ronan Allain, Rinchen Barsbold, Kenneth Carpenter, Karen Cloward, Rodolfo A. Coria, Philip J. Currie, Peter M. Galton, Robert Gay, Donald M. Henderson, Dong Huang, James I. Kirkland, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Eva B. Koppelhus, Peter Larson, Junchang Lü, Lorrie A. McWhinney, Clifford Miles, Ralph E. Molnar, N. Murphy, John H. Ostrom, Gregory S. Paul, Licheng Qiu,J. Keith Rigby, Jr., Bruce Rothschild, Christopher B. Ruff, Leonardo Salgado, Frank Sanders, Julia T. Sankey, Judith A. Schiebout, David K. Smith, Barbara R. Standhardt, Kathy Stokosa, Darren H. Tanke, François Therrien, David Trexler, Kelly Wicks, Douglas G. Wolfe, and Lowell Wood. |
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By John Long
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Scientists have recovered more than a billion fossils, but no discovery has been more breath-taking than the fossils recently found in northern China, findings which prove that several families of dinosaurs had feathers, or feathery hair-like coverings, adorning their bodies.
Now in the beautifully designed Feathered Dinosaurs, paleontologist John Long and illustrator Peter Schouten provide a stunning visual record of these extraordinary prehistoric creatures, illuminating the evolutionary march from primitive, feathered dinosaurs through to the first true flying birds. Schouten, an acclaimed natural history artist, has created 80 full-color paintings that capture the striking physical traits of these feathered dinosaurs. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of the lifestyles of modern birds and mammals, plus the extant scientific data regarding how these dinosaurs might have looked and behaved, Schouten has produced not only the most beautiful but also the most accurate visual representations of these animals in print. Equally important, John Long, a noted paleontologist and widely published science author (with some 24 books to his credit), provides an engaging companion text that places these feathered dinosaurs within the larger family of dinosaurs--for instance, outlining their relationship to T. Rex and Velociraptor, species well known to Jurassic Park fans--and discusses the factual information that can be deduced from their fossil remains, in effect providing an insightful natural history of this remarkable group.
A true marriage of art and science, Feathered Dinosaurs presents an unprecedented visual record of one of the most significant breakthroughs in the history of vertebrate paleontology--the discovery that many predatory dinosaurs were cloaked with feathers, perhaps just as colorful and fanciful as those of their living relatives. |
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By Professor John H. Ostrom
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Paleontological history was made in 1877 when tons of fossil dinosaur bones were uncovered at Como Bluff, Wyoming, the first major discovery of such remains anywhere in the world. Onthniel C. March, then director of Yale's Peabody Museum, managed to finance and claim the greater portion of the excavations. He reunited the sections and, at a total cost during the 1880s of over $45,000, had lithographs mage of many of the bones. This volume, to be published in conjunction with the centennial celebration in October 1966 of the founding of the museum, makes most of the lithographs available for the first time in published form. In addition to to providing the descriptive data accompanying each plate, the authors recount, in their Introduction, the fascinating story behind the collection of the coveted Como Bluff fossil bones. 149 plates, 5 watercolors, 4 maps, and fold-out photograph of the Como Bluff site are included. Mr. Ostrom and Mr. McIntosh are associate curator and research associate, respectively, of vertebrate paleontology at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University.
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By Oliver W. M. Rauhut
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Special Papers in Palaeontology, published by The Palaeontological Association, is a series of substantial separate works conforming to the style of the Palaeontology journal. Two issues are published each year and feature high standard illustrations.- Investigates the interrelationships and evolution of Basal Theropod Dinosaurs.
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From "one gigantic, huge, colossal ultrasaurus" to "twelve busy, wriggle-tiggle, writhing, squirming, hatching babies," prehistoric creatures by the dozen slip, hop, and thunder forward in this colorful reptilian parade. The book is designed to introduce children to counting. |
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The Dinosauria provides a state-of-the-science view of current world research on dinosaur behavior, evolution, and extinction. Its internationally renowned authors, all specialists on the various members of the Dinosauria, contribute definitive descriptions and illustrations of these magnificent Mesozoic beasts. |
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Look out for the Allosaurus! Would you like to see what happens during a year in the world of dinosaurs? Then come spend the next twelve months in the Jurassic period. Check out eight action-packed scenes for a bird's-eye view of babies hatching, plesiosaurs swimming, and dinosaurs escaping from a forest fire. Keep your eye on the calendar too. By spending a whole year in the world of dinosaurs, you can watch events unfold as the seasons change. |
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