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| More Dinosaur Fact Sheets | EnchantedLearning.com Procompsognathus Fact Sheet |
Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Procompsognathus means "before Compsognathus" (which means pretty jaw) Pronounced - pro-komp-SOG-na-thus Named By - Eberhard Fraas When Named - 1913 |
| DIET: | Carnivore (meat-eater) - it ate tiny animals like insects, small mammals, and other reptiles. |
| SIZE: | Length - under 3.8 feet (1.2 m) long Height - 10 inches (26 cm) tall at the hips Weight - 2.2 pounds (1 kg) |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | The Triassic period, about 222 to 219 million years ago. |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in Germany, Europe. |
| FOSSILS: | Fragmentary remains have been found. |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Procompsognathus was one of the tiniest dinosaurs, and one of the earliest. |
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