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†Procompsognathus Fraas 1913 (before elegant jaw)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Coelophysidae

Full reference: E. Fraas. 1913. Die neuesten Dinosaurierfunde in der schwäbischen Trias [The newest dinosaur finds in the Swabian Trias]. Naturwissenschaften 1(45):1097-1100

Parent taxon: Coelophysidae according to M. D. Ezcurra 2017

See also Anderson and Cruickshank 1978, Battail 1986, Berckhemer 1938, Bonaparte 1975, Carrano et al. 2005, Carrano and Sampson 2004, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Chatterjee 1987, Chatterjee 1993, Ezcurra and Novas 2007, Fraas 1913, Gauthier 1986, Huene 1914, Huene 1914, Huene 1914, Huene 1914, Huene 1920, Huene 1921, Jain 1990, Kuhn 1939, Kuhn 1971, Lull 1924, Nopcsa 1928, Ostrom 1981, Paul 1988, Raath 1977, Rauhut and Hungerbühler 2000, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno and Wild 1992, Simmons 1965, Steel 1970, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Thulborn 2006, Tykoski and Rowe 2004 and Welles 1984

Sister taxa: Coelophysinae, Halticosaurinae, Lucianovenator, Megapnosaurus, Panguraptor, Powellvenator, Procompsognathinae

Subtaxa: Procompsognathus triassicus

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Type: Procompsognathus triassicus

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Burrer Quarry, Pfaffenhofen (Triassic of Germany)

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