Compsognathus
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| Compsognathus | |
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| Reconstruction o a skelet, Museum o Auncient Life – Thanksgiving Point | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Faimily: | †Compsognathidae |
| Subfaimily: | †Compsognathinae Cope, 1875 |
| Genus: | †Compsognathus Wagner, 1859 |
| Teep species | |
| †Compsognathus longipes Wagner, 1859 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Compsognathus corallestris | |
Compsognathus (/kɒmpˈsɒɡnəθəs/;[1] Greek kompsos/κομψός; "elegant", "refined" or "dainty", an gnathos/γνάθος; "jaw")[2] is a genus o smaa, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs. Members o its single species Compsognathus longipes could grow tae the size o a bubbly-jock.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Compsognathus", Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition
- ↑ Liddell & Scott (1980). Greek-English Lexicon, Abridged Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-910207-4.
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