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Procompsognathus

Information

Procompsognathus was similar to Ornitholestes. The only specimen is badly crushed.

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Fact file

Pronounced

pro-comp-sog-nay-thus

Meaning of name

before Compsognathus

Length

  1m

Diet

carnivorous

When it lived

Late Triassic
(221 - 210 million years ago)

Found in

Germany

Taxonomic details