Comptonatus chasei
"the Compton thunderer"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Comptonatus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
- Place
- United Kingdom
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Comptonatus (meaning “the Compton thunderer”) is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the early Cretaceous period. Its remains are known from the Wessex Formation in England. The type and only species is C. chasei.
What we know
- Named by Lockwood, Martill & Maidment, 2024.
- Fossils found in United Kingdom.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Comptonatus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.