Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Coelurus

- Pronunciation: see-LURE-us
- Translation: Hollow Tail
- Order: Saurischia
- Suborder: Theropoda (not confirmed)
- Height: 3 feet (0.9 meter)
- Weight: Period
- Length: 6 feet (1.8 meters)
- Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
- Notes: Coelurus takes its name from the very light bones(vertebrae, foot and leg bones, and parts of the pelvis) thatare among the fragmentary remains recovered in Wyoming.The lightness of its bones suggests that Coelurus was a veryfast moving dinosaur.