Segisaurus

Segisaurus (meaning " lizard of the canyon of Segi") was small a Dinosaure Coelophysoid Théropode, which roughly measured 1 meter length. The only known specimen was discovered in 1933 in the canyon of Tsegi in Arizona and was the only dinosaur ever discovered in this zone.

The fragmentary fossil which did not include/understand cranium would let think that Segisaurus is narrowly related with most known the Coelophysis , although the first has bones full and the second with the hollow bones. In 2005 the analysis of the hip brought it closer more Procompsognathus .

Description

Segisaurus lived there is between 206 million and 200 million years during the Jurassic . Segisaurus had approximately the size of a Oie and was a primitive biped théropode. It made one meter of length, 50 cm in height and weighed from 4 to 7 kilos. The specimen discovered being a young adult, his maximum size remains unknown. It was nimble and Insectivore, possibly Charognard.

References

Camp, C. (1936). " With new standard off small bipedal dinosaur from the Navajo sandstone off Arizona." Univ. Calif. Publ., Bull. Dept. Geol. Sci. , 24 : 39-56.
Carrano, M.T, Hutchinson, J.R, Sampson, S.D. (2005). " New information one Segisaurus halli , has off small theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Arizona." Newspaper off Vertebrate Paleontology . 25 (4): 835-849.

External English bonds

Dinoruss.com - '' Segisaurus ''
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/dino-directory/detail.dsml?Genus=Segisaurus '' Segisaurus '' in the Dino Directory

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