Procompsognathus triassicus Fraas 1913 (before elegant jaw)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Coelophysidae

Synonym: Hallopus celerrimus Fraas 1912 [objective synonym]

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

Belongs to Procompsognathus according to R. S. Tykoski and T. E. Rowe 2004

See also Baird 1957, Berckhemer 1938, Bock 1952, Carrano 2027, Charig 1967, Chatterjee 1993, Ezcurra 2017, Fraas 1912, Fraas 1913, Fraas 1914, Gand et al. 2005, Gand et al. 2000, Hennig 1914, Huene 1914, Huene 1921, Knoll 2008, Kuhn 1939, Kuhn 1971, Langer et al. 2010, Lowe 1935, Lull 1915, Niedzwiedzki et al. 2014, Obermeyer 1912, Ostrom 1981, Paul 1988, Rauhut 2003, Rauhut and Hungerbühler 2000, Schmidt 1938, Sereno and Wild 1992, Steel 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Welles 1984, Yates 2005 and Zahner and Brinkmann 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Procompsognathus triassicus: SMNS 12591, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Burrer Quarry, Pfaffenhofen, which is in an Alaunian terrestrial sandstone/marl in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.
  • Hallopus celerrimus:

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Burrer Quarry, Pfaffenhofen

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