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The Triassic coelurosaur was an early species of coelurosaur theropod from the Middle Triassic.
Creature attributes[]
Physical appearance and biology[]
This dinosaur was an early member of a group of theropods known as the coelurosaurs which had stiffer tails among other characteristics. But the group is most known for its famous members the tyrannosaurs (such as the well known Tyrannosaurus) and birds. However, this Triassic coelurosaur had the appearance of a non-coelurosaur dinosaur known as Coelophysis that would appear later in the Triassic.
Behaviour and traits[]
The Triassic coelurosaurs were known to live on shorelines of Switzerland beaches[1][2] where they would hunt Nothosaurus hatchlings.[2]
In Sea Monsters[]
Dangerous Seas[]
When Nigel Marven was in the Middle Triassic he saw several coelurosaurs.
In Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Predators of the Deep[]
The Triassic[]
Like in the series Sea Monsters, the coelurosaur is one of the fauna that Nigel Marven sees. During the hatching of several Nothosaurus a coelurosaur kills one of the hatchlings.
Behind the scenes[]
Coelurosaurs did not first appear in the Middle Triassic, the first true members of the group actually first appeared in the Middle Jurassic.
(Although some evidence based on fragmentary remains points to a Early Jurassic Distribution)
The Triassic coelurosaur reuses the model and vocalizations of Coelophysis from Generation 1.
In the Sea Monsters factfile of the coelurosaur, it is stated that Allosaurus is a coelurosaur.[3] This is false, as Allosaurus is a carnosaur rather than a coelurosaur and carnosaurs are a separate group from coelurosaurs.
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