Procompsognathus triassicus prohkomp-SOꞬNUHTHUHS

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Procompsognathus 1.1 m (3.6 ft) long
2 people holding hands
Length
1.1 m (3.6 ft)
Period
Triassic (252–201 Mya)
Place
Germany
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Coelophysidae

Procompsognathus 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 long.

What we know

  • Named by Fraas, 1913.
  • Body length estimated at about 1.1 m.
  • Fossils found in Germany.