Reptilia - Theropoda - Compsognathidae

Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1887. On Aristosuchus pusillus (Owen), being further notes on the fossils described by Sir R. Owen as Poikilopleuron pusillus, Owen. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 43:221-228

Parent taxon: Compsognathidae according to L. P. Tatarinov 1964

See also Blows 1998, Carroll 1988, Grigorescu 1992, Hu et al. 2016, Huene 1909, Huene 1914, Huene 1914, Huene 1920, Huene 1923, Huene 1926, Huene 1926, Jurcsák 1982, Kuhn 1939, Lydekker 1888, Lydekker 1889, Lydekker 1891, Marsh 1895, Molnar 1980, Naish 1999, Naish 2002, Naish et al. 2001, Naish and Martill 2007, Nopcsa 1901, Nopcsa 1928, Peyer 2006, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Seeley 1887, Steel 1970, Swinton 1936, Van Den Broeck 1900, von Zittel 1911, Welles 1984, Williston 1905 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Aniksosaurus, Beipiaognathus, Compsognathinae, Compsognathus, Huaxiagnathus, Mirischia, Ornitholestes, Scipionyx, Sinocalliopteryx, Xunmenglong

Subtaxa: Aristosuchus pusillus

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Type: Poikilopleuron pusillus

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Isle of Wight (general) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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