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Coelophysidae

Procompsognathus triassicus prohkomp-SOꞬNUHTHUHS

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Procompsognathus 1.1 m (3.6 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Procompsognathus
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.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Procompsognathus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.