The Coelophysis (Pronunciation: SEE-low-FY-sis) is a dinosaur that walked through the Late Triassic period during 215 million to 222 million years ago. They were believed to have lived in the Ghost Ranches of New Mexico and Petrified Forest of Arizona.
Coelophysis dinosaurs are cannibalistic scavenger which it means their main diet was from meat and fish. They were a very early “lizard-hipped” dinosaur which grows from a range of 0.8-3.1 metres long. Each one could weight up to 35-40 kgs.
In 1947, hundred of Coelophysis fossils were found in the Ghost Ranch of New Mexico. Palaeontologists believed that these dinosaurs died from thirst at a dried up water source which was later buried and preserved from flash flooding.
Fossil evidence demonstrated that Coelophysis had long streamlined legs and feet signifying that they run at great speed. They had lighter frame than its ancestors and no ribs in the back half of its torso. Their jaw showed small teeth and also a double hinged lower jaw. This mean they could saw its food whole. An important feature identified was healthy and slender body which was believed were the distinction between male and female Coelophysis dinosaurs.
The Coelophysis (Pronunciation: SEE-low-FY-sis) is a dinosaur that walked through the Late Triassic period during 215 million to 222 million years ago. They were believed to have lived in the Ghost Ranches of New Mexico and Petrified Forest of Arizona. 
In 1947, hundred of Coelophysis fossils were found in the Ghost Ranch of New Mexico. Palaeontologists believed that these dinosaurs died from thirst at a dried up water source which was later buried and preserved from flash flooding.