Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2021 7:25:47 GMT
Today's "Dino of the Day!" is one you might recognize from the 'Jurassic Park' franchise: Compsognathus
Pronunciation: Komp-sog-nay-thus.
Meaning of name: "Elegant jaw"
Species: C. longipes
Size: 1.2 metres long, between 30 and 40cm tall and weighing up to 3.5kgs
Family: Compsognathidae.
Diet: Carnivore. Fed on lizards and other small vertebrates.
First fossils found: Affectionately known as Compies. So far, we only have two almost-complete skeletons, the first of which was discovered in south-east Germany during the 1850s. Named by German palaeontologist, Johann Andreas Wagner, in 1861. The German specimen has the remains of a lizard in its stomach.
Lived: 150 million years ago during the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now France and Germany.
Pronunciation: Komp-sog-nay-thus.
Meaning of name: "Elegant jaw"
Species: C. longipes
Size: 1.2 metres long, between 30 and 40cm tall and weighing up to 3.5kgs
Family: Compsognathidae.
Diet: Carnivore. Fed on lizards and other small vertebrates.
First fossils found: Affectionately known as Compies. So far, we only have two almost-complete skeletons, the first of which was discovered in south-east Germany during the 1850s. Named by German palaeontologist, Johann Andreas Wagner, in 1861. The German specimen has the remains of a lizard in its stomach.
Lived: 150 million years ago during the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now France and Germany.
