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Compsognathus
Compsognathus
- Pronunciation:
- Komp-sog-NATH-us
- Name meaning:
- 'pretty jaw'
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- Type of dinosaur:
- small theropod
- Length:
- 0.65m
- Weight:
- 3kg
- Diet:
- carnivorous
- Teeth:
- sharp
- Food:
- vertebrates
- How it moved:
- on 2 legs
- When it lived:
- Late Jurassic, 145-140 million years ago
- Found in:
- France, Germany
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Compsognathidae
- Named by:
- Wagner (1859)
- Type species:
- longipes
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