Triassic
Liliensternus
Liliensternus liliensterni
The catalogue presents Liliensternus as a carnivore member of Coelophysidae that lived during the Triassic, between 210 Ma. Its estimated range is 5.2 m in length and 130 kg in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Thuringia, Germany. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Liliensternus, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Welles (1984).
The PBDB places it in Neotheropoda, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Coelophysidae.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Coelophysidae
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range runs from the Norian to the Rhaetian.
The PBDB catalogues 1 occurrence, with material from the Trossingen Formation (1). Provenance: Germany.
The catalogue records the holotype as HMN MB R.2175 and the type locality as “Thuringia, Germany”.
- HMN MB R.2175
- Thuringia, Germany
The catalogue's reference measurements are 5.2 m in length and 130 kg in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 5.2 m
- 130 kg
The record gathers 30 bibliographic references registered in the PBDB, listed below.
Where it lived
Fossil occurrences on today’s map and in the tectonic reconstruction.
Positions reconstructed by PBDB/GPlates, not observed; this is not an exact habitat map.
Artistic 3D reconstruction
There is no approved species-specific 3D model yet. Generic anatomy will not be presented as if it were evidence.
Physical Specifications
- Length
- 5.2 m
- Weight
- 130 kg
- Period
- Triassic
- Time range
- 210 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 1934
- Described by
- Friedrich von Huene
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Saurischia
- Family
- Coelophysidae
- Genus
- Liliensternus
- Species
- L. liliensterni
Data status
Taxonomic name matched to PBDB and checked on 2026-08-08.
Taxonomic linkage does not automatically validate size, mass, behaviour or appearance.
- Type specimen
- HMN MB R.2175
- Type locality
- Thuringia, Germany