aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour mission STS-89 when it left the atmosphere on 22 January 1998. It was also taken onto the space station Mir before being returned to Earth. As being over 100 years old, Coelophysis is one of the best-known dinosaurs in literature. It was designated as the official state fossil of New Mexico in 1981, and is now the logo of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History. References External links Coelophysis in the Dino Directory Coelophysoids Late Triassic dinosaurs of North America Chinle fauna Triassic geology of New Mexico Paleontology in New Mexico Symbols of New Mexico Fossil taxa described in 1889 Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope