Coelophysis vs Yutyrannus

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

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Coelophysis Yutyrannus
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Coelophysis bauri Yutyrannus huali
การจำแนกประเภท Theropoda Tyrannosauridae
ยุคสมัย Triassic Late Cretaceous Early
อาหาร Carnivore Carnivore
ความยาว 3.0 m 9.0 m
Height 1.0 m 3.0 m
น้ำหนัก 20 kg 1.4 t
ปีที่ค้นพบ 1889 2012
สถานที่ค้นพบ Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, USA Liaoning Province, China
ตั้งชื่อโดย Edward Drinker Cope Xu Xing et al.

Size Comparison

Coelophysis 3.0 m

about the size of a human adult

Yutyrannus 9.0 m

roughly the length of a large SUV

Weight Comparison

Coelophysis 20 kg

lighter than a human adult

Yutyrannus 1.4 t

comparable to 1.4 small cars

Timeline Comparison

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

Diet Comparison

Coelophysis

Carnivore

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

Yutyrannus

Carnivore

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

Classification Comparison

Coelophysis

Clade: Saurischia

Group: Theropoda

(Beast feet)

Yutyrannus

Clade: Theropoda

Group: Tyrannosauridae

(Tyrant lizards)

Did You Know?

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Yutyrannus was about 3.0x longer than Coelophysis.

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Yutyrannus weighed roughly 71x more than Coelophysis.

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Both Coelophysis and Yutyrannus were carnivores.

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

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Coelophysis was discovered 123 years earlier, in 1889.

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Coelophysis belonged to Theropoda while Yutyrannus belonged to Tyrannosauridae.

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