Compsognathus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Compsognathus
- Continent
- Europe
- Group
- Theropod
- Period
- Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- Small (1–3 m)
- Moves
- On two legs
- Feature
- Nothing special
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- One Compsognathus fossil has a small lizard inside its belly, its last meal.
- Its name means elegant jaw, and it was found in Bavaria, Germany, in the 1850s.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q130880 · All prehistoric life · All entries