Dinosaurs A to Z
Coelophysidae

Lepidus le-PI-du

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Lepidus 3 m (9.8 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Lepidus
Length
3 m (9.8 ft)
Period
Late Triassic (227.3–205.7 Mya)
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Coelophysidae

Lepidus is a coelophysidae known from the Triassic period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Nesbitt and Ezcurra 2015.