Procompsognathus
Procompsognathus /ˌproʊkɒmpˈsɒɡnəθəs/ is an extinct genus of coelophysid theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 210 million years ago during the later part of the Triassic Period, in what is now Germany. Procompsognathus was a small-sized, lightly built, ground-dwelling, bipedal carnivore, that could grow up to 1 m (3.3 ft) long.
| Procompsognathus Temporal range: Norian ~ | |
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| Holotype specimen (SMNS 12591) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Coelophysidae |
| Genus: | †Procompsognathus Fraas, 1913 |
| Species: | †P. triassicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Procompsognathus triassicus Fraas, 1913 | |
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