Compsognathus longipes Escala:1:10 formando una estructura muy inusual

formando una estructura muy inusual entre los dinosaurios terópodos

one of the most important fossil regions in East Asia for dinosaurs from the end of the Mesozoic

possibly used to detect movements in water

permitiéndole realizar cambios rápidos de dirección mientras perseguía presas pequeñas

and although some studies have linked it closely to Saurolophus

Compsognathus longipes Escala:1:10 formando una estructura muy inusualCompsognathus longipes was a small coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Europe, known primarily from two nearly complete skeletons recovered from the famous lithographic limestone deposits of Solnhofen in Bavaria, Germany, and Canjuers in south eastern France. Originally described by Johann Andreas Wagner in 1861, this taxon became one of the classic species of European palaeontology and was long celebrated as one of the smallest