Celophysides

Tselofizida ( lat. Coelophysidae ) - a family of primitive carnivorous dinosaurs of the theropod suborder. Most species of this family were relatively small in size. They flourished in the Late Triassic and the Early Jurassic period in North America, Africa and Asia.

† Celophysids
Skeleton of a celophysis in the London Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animals Type of: Chord Class: Reptiles Subclass: Archosaurs Nadotryad: Dinosaurs Squad: Lizardfish Suborder: Theropods Family: Celophysides
Latin name
Coelophysidae , Paul 1988

In cladistics , celophysids were originally identified by Paul Sereno in 1998 as a group descended from a common ancestor of celophysis ( Coelophysis bauri ) and a propsogne ( Procompsognathus triassicus ), and includes all descendants of a common ancestor.

Celophysids are part of the Coelophysoidea clade. The old term “Podokesauridae”, introduced 14 years earlier before Celophysids (and having a higher priority than the current term), is now usually ignored, since its type specimen was destroyed in fire and can no longer be used for comparison with new finds ^{[ 1] [2]} .