Reptilia - Theropoda - Compsognathidae
Alternative combinations: Coelurus pusillus, Poikilopleuron pusillus
Full reference: R. Owen. 1876. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck formations. Supplement no. VII. Crocodilia (Poikilopleuron) and Dinosauria? (Chondrosteosaurus). [Wealden.]. The Palaeontographical Society, London 1876:1-7
Belongs to Aristosuchus according to T. R. Holtz et al. 2004
See also Barker et al. 2020, Blows 1983, Hu et al. 2016, Huene 1923, Huene 1926, Kuhn 1939, Lydekker 1888, Lydekker 1891, Naish 1999, Naish 2002, Naish et al. 2001, Naish and Martill 2007, Newton 1889, Nopcsa 1901, Owen 1876, Peyer 2006, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Sauvage 1880, Seeley 1887, Steel 1970, Swinton 1936, Vetter 1884, Woodward and Sherborn 1890 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH R.178, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Isle of Wight (general), which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom.
Distribution: found only at Isle of Wight (general)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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