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Paraphyletic taxon: Genus †Coelophysis Cope, 1889 (dinosaur)
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Authorship

Original name Cope, 1889. Amer. Natural. 23: 626.

Attributes

Nomen dubium (nom. dub.) Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991. Mesozoic Meanderings (no. 2): 105 (Hunt & Lucas, 1991: "nomen dubium"). [false (Opinion 1842)].
Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6] Ref: ICZN, 1996. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 53 (2): Ruling (2) (p. 142). [new]

Types

Type ofCoelophysidae (Family) Nopcsa, 1928

Synonyms

Junior objective synonymRioarribasaurus (Genus) Hunt & Lucas, 1991, nom. illeg. Ref: ICZN, 1996: Ruling (4) (p. 142). [new]
Synonymous nameMegapnosaurus (Genus) Ivie, Slipinski & Wegrzynowicz, 2001 Ref: PBDB: 21 Sep 2021.
Synonymous namePodokesaurus (Genus) Talbot, 1911 Ref: PBDB: 30 Sep 2021.
Synonymous name (objective)Rioarribasaurus (Genus) Hunt & Lucas, 1991, nom. illeg. Ref: R.S. Tykoski & T. Rowe, 2004: table 3.1 (p. [48]).
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