Compsognathus3

=Compsognathus;= =( comp- sog- NATH- us)=
 * Name means "Pretty Jaws"
 * Was a bird like dinosaur.
 * Had two long, thin legs with three-toed feet.
 * Its long tail acted as a counterbalance and for stablily during fast turns.
 * Had short arms with 2 clawed fingers on each hand.
 * A small pointed head with small, sharped teeth, hollow bones, and a long, flexible tail.
 * Was from 28 inches - 4.6 feet long(0.7 - 1.4 m). 10 inches tall at hip height,
 * Was about 6.5 pounds and about the size of a chicken.
 * Thigh bone was only 4.3 inches( 11 cm)long.
 * Lived during the late Jurassic Period. About 155 - 145 million years ago.
 * Was a meat eater.
 * It caught and ate small aminals like insects and lizards.
 * John Ostrom found a fossilized remain of a Compsognathus stomach that a Bavarisaurus.
 * Walked on two slender legs and was a fast moving dinosaur.
 * Was first discovered in the late 1850's in Southern Germany by Dr. Orbendorfer in limestone deposits.
 * Only 2 Compsognathus fossils have been found. One in Germany and one in France.
 * Often considered as the first bird by many scientist.
 * Was cold blooded because if the air was cold he would get eaten by bigger dinosaurs.
 * When it was first found in Germany, it was about the size of a house cat.

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