page_title: Timeline of coelophysoid research
section_title: 1910s
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of coelophysoid research / 20th century / 1910s
caption_attribution_description: Restoration of the Segisaurus halli holotype skeleton
context_page_description: This timeline of coelophysoid research is a chronological listing of events in the history of paleontology focused on the coelophysoids, a group of primitive theropod dinosaurs that were among Earth's dominant predators during the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic epochs. Although formally trained scientists didn't discover coelophysoid fossils until the late 19th century, Native Americans of the modern southwestern United States may have already encountered their fossils. Navajo creation mythology describes the early Earth as being inhabited by a variety of different kinds of monsters who hunted humans for food. These monsters were killed by storms and the heroic Monster Slayers, leaving behind their bones. As these tales were told in New Mexico not far from bonebeds of Coelophysis, this dinosaur's remains may have been among the fossil remains that inspired the story.
  The first scientifically documented coelophysoid taxon was Coelophysis bauri itself. However, when the species was first described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1887, it was thought to belong to a genus of small carnivorous dinosaurs called Coelurus.
context_section_description: 1911
  Mignon Talbot described the new genus and species Podokesaurus holyokensis.
  1913
  Fraas described the new genus and species Procompsognathus triassicus.
  1915
  Von Huene published a detailed description and illustrated the fossils of Coelophysis for the first time in the scientific literature.
caption: Early illustration of type specimen of Segisaurus halli
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