Compsognathus
genus · Wagner 1861 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 4 fossil sites · 2 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Jurassic
154.8–145.06 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
2 rock formations
Fossil record
4 sites
11 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 10 million years, from 154.8 to 145.06 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 145.06 million years old — that is roughly 484 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Compsognathus was named in 1861 (Wagner 1861) — 165 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 2 named rock formations.
- 11 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).