Coelophysis vs Utahraptor

A detailed side-by-side comparison of Coelophysis and Utahraptor, covering size, diet, classification, geologic period, and discovery history.

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Coelophysis Utahraptor
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Coelophysis bauri Utahraptor ostrommaysi
การจำแนกประเภท Theropoda Dromaeosauridae
ยุคสมัย Triassic Late Cretaceous Early
อาหาร Carnivore Carnivore
ความยาว 3.0 m 5.5 m
Height 1.0 m 1.8 m
น้ำหนัก 20 kg 500 kg
ปีที่ค้นพบ 1889 1993
สถานที่ค้นพบ Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, USA Arches National Park, Utah, USA
ตั้งชื่อโดย Edward Drinker Cope James Kirkland et al.

Size Comparison

Coelophysis 3.0 m

about the size of a human adult

Utahraptor 5.5 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Weight Comparison

Coelophysis 20 kg

lighter than a human adult

Utahraptor 500 kg

about 7 adult humans

Timeline Comparison

Coelophysis
237.0 Mya Triassic Late (Mesozoic) 201.4 Mya
Utahraptor
145.0 Mya Cretaceous Early (Mesozoic) 100.5 Mya

Diet Comparison

Coelophysis

Carnivore

Coelophysis was a meat-eating predator, hunting other animals for food.

Utahraptor

Carnivore

Utahraptor was a meat-eating predator, hunting other animals for food.

Classification Comparison

Coelophysis

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

Utahraptor

Clade: Theropoda

Group: Dromaeosauridae

(Raptors)

Did You Know?

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Utahraptor was about 1.8x longer than Coelophysis.

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Utahraptor weighed roughly 25x more than Coelophysis.

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Both Coelophysis and Utahraptor were carnivores.

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Coelophysis lived during the Triassic Late while Utahraptor lived during the Cretaceous Early, separated by roughly 56 million years.

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Coelophysis was discovered 104 years earlier, in 1889.

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Coelophysis belonged to Theropoda while Utahraptor belonged to Dromaeosauridae.

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