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Coeluroides largus

By Maya Jade McCallum on @hauntedmech

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Name: Coeluroides largus

Name Meaning: Hollow Form

First Described: 1933

Described By: Von Huene and Matley

Classification: Dinosauria, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Ceratosauria, Neoceratopsauria, Abelisauroidea, Abelisauria, Noasauridae 

Coeluroides is a possible genus of Noasaurid from the Lameta Formation of India, living about 66 million years ago, in the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous. It is only known from scattered tail vertebrae, but it has been estimated at 2 meters long. It was similar in form to Ornithomimoides, and the two might be synonymous. 

Sources:

http://theropoddatabase.com/Ceratosauria.htm#Coeluroideslargus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeluroides

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[mayajadeart]

Hey! I did today’s illustration for @a-dinosaur-a-day! This is Coeluroides largus, a barely-known theropod from the Lameta formation. We think it’s probably some kind of ceratosaur, probably a Noasaurid, but all we have is some scattered vertebrae, so this reconstruction is based mostly on Masiakasaurus. 

Also pictured is Sanjeh, a big-ish snake that lived alongside Coeluroides, and a hot newcomer on the scene, grass!