Compsognathus was a carnivore. It lived in the Jurassic period and inhabited Europe. Its fossils have been found in places such as Bavaria (Germany), Alentejo (Portugal) and Drôme (France).
Quick facts about Compsognathus:
- Existed from 157.3 million years ago to Tithonian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a insectivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- Had a body mass of approximately 2.5 kg
- 4 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Compsognathus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. Bidar and L. Demay. 1972. Compsognathus corallestris, nouvelle espèce de dinosaurien théropode du Portlandien de Canjuers (sud-est de la France). Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice 1(1):1-34
- H. v. Meyer. 1839. Zu meiner nun vor fast zehn Jahren gemachten und unausgesetzt verfolgten Entdeckung... [On my constantly pursued discovery, now made almost ten years ago...]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrfaktenkunde 1839:76-79
- P. Gervais. 1873. Chapitre III. Remarques au sujet des reptiles provenant des calcaires lithographiques de Cerin, dans le Bugey, qui sont conservés au Musée de Lyon [Chapter III. Remarks on subject of the reptiles found in the lithographic limestones of Cerin, in Bugey, that are kept in the Musée de Lyon]. Annales de la Société d’Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon, quatrième série 5:79-85
