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Procompsognathus Procompsognathus triassicus Fraas 1913
/ˌproʊkɒmpˈsɒɡnəθəs/
Late Triassic (Norian) · 215.4–211.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Germany
Region
Baden-Württemberg
Formation
Löwenstein
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Procompsognathus triassicus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 215.4–211.2 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was named by Fraas 1913. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Procompsognathus triassicus sits in deep time
Procompsognathus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Procompsognathus triassicus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.