Compsognathus

Compsognathus is a small dinosaur living about 200 feet long at the end of the Jurassic about 200 years ago. It is about 4 feet in length, 10 inches in the height of the buttocks, and weighs about 7 pounds. Because of its small size, it may prey other small dinosaurs, insects and lizards. Despite its small size, many paleontologists believe that dinosaurs are very fast and can run at 40 miles per hour.

Compsognathus was first discovered by Dr. Oberndorfer in southern Germany in 1859. Another fossil of this dinosaur was found in France in the early 1970s. These two specimens are the only specimens of paleontologists who need to research and classify such small and fast carnivores.

The interesting fact is that when the first skeleton of Compsognathus was found, there were only two fingers in each hand, paleontologists thought this was the dinosaur possession. But when the second fossil was discovered in France it was clear that dinosaurs had three fingers in both hands, not two fingers.

As it is famous, Compsognathus is diagnosed based on limited fossil evidence - just a few well-formed specimens. Therefore, only one species of existing Compsognathus is present. Longipes - Although there was once (C. corallestris) was abandoned. Thus, Compsognathus is very different from other early-discovered dinosaurs (such as zebra) that dozens of suspicious species are assigned.

Many reports still describe Compsognathus as "dinosaurs of chicken size" because the size of German specimens is currently considered a teenager. Compsognathus longipes is one of the few dinosaur species whose meals are definite. The small flexible lizard remains remains on the abdomen of the two specimens. Teeth found in Portugal may be ruins of further fossils of the genus. Compsognathus was not recognized in fashion discovery, but it was the first ryukyu dinosaur known from the fossil framework of fairly complete. Until the 1990s, it was the smallest non-avian dinosaur that had been incorrectly classified as the nearest relative of Archeoptery during the past several centuries.

For nearly a century, Compsognathus longipes are the only known small species of beast legs. This leads to comparison with Archeoptery and recommendation for a particularly close relationship with birds. In fact, Compsognas, not the Archeoptery, stimulated Huxley's interest in the origins of birds. The two animals are similar in shape and proportion, indeed, two specimens of many Archeoptery "Eichstätt" and "Solnhofen" have been mistaken for Compsognathus for a while. Many other types of theropod dinosaurs, such as Manila Plutlan, are now known to be more closely related to birds.