Reptilia - Theropoda - Compsognathidae
Alternative combination: Compsognathus gracilis
Synonym: Compsognathus corallestris Bidar et al. 1972
Full reference: J. A. Wagner. 1861. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der urweltlichen Fauna des lithographischen Schiefers [New contributions to the knowledge of the ancient fauna of the lithographic slates]. Abhandlungen der königlichen bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaft, II Classe 9(1):65-124
Belongs to Compsognathus according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012
See also Behrens 1976, Benton 1979, Bidar et al. 1972, Bidar et al. 1972, Boule 1891, Buffetaut et al. 1991, Casamiquela 1975, Chiappe and Göhlich 2010, Coombs 1980, Coombs 1982, Cope 1870, Currie and Padian 1997, Dollo 1889, Ellenberger 1974, Fraas 1914, Gadow 1901, Gaudry 1890, Gegenbaur 1863, Gegenbaur 1864, Gervais 1873, Gierlinski et al. 2009, Gishlick and Gauthier 2007, Göhlich et al. 2006, Holtz 1998, Holtz et al. 2004, Hu et al. 2016, Huene 1923, Huene 1926, Hwang et al. 2004, Jaekel 1929, Kuhn 1939, Kuhn 1958, Lull 1915, Lydekker 1888, Malafaia et al. 2020, Mansel-Pleydell 1902, Marsh 1895, Marsh 1896, McIntosh 1981, Nopcsa 1901, Novas 1996, Ostrom 1978, Ostrom 1981, Ostrom et al. 1997, Paul 1988, Perrier 1928, Peyer 2003, Peyer 2006, Peyer et al. 2014, Poropat and Kear 2013, Quenstedt 1867, Quenstedt 1882, Raath 1977, Rauhut 2003, Reisdorf and Wuttke 2012, Rich et al. 1983, Steel 1970, Stromer 1931, Stromer 1934, Swinton 1934, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Turner et al. 2007, van der Lubbe et al. 2009, von Zittel 1911, Wagner 1861, Welles 1984, Winkler 1893, Woodward 1885, Woodward 1898, Xing et al. 2012 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Compsognathus longipes: BSP ASI 563, a skeleton. Its type locality is Compsognathus type, Kapfelberg (BSP), which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Painten Formation of Germany.
- Compsognathus corallestris: MNHN CNJ 79, a skeleton. Its type locality is Canjuers-Les Bessons quarry (micronatum biozone), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal lime mudstone/mudstone in France.
Average measurements (in mm): humerus diameter 9.06, tibia diameter 9.80
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (2 collections), Germany (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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