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Compsognathus Fossil & 3D Skeleton
Compsognathus longipes
- Age
- Jurassic, about 154.8–145.06 million years ago
- Found in
- France, Germany
- Length
- 0.8 m
- Height
- 0.3 m
- Group
- Small carnivorous dinosaurs (theropods)
How this 3D skeleton was made
This 3D model is a reconstruction. Most bone shapes (106 of 203) are borrowed from close relatives and fitted to this species' size and body proportions. The bone shapes are not the actual shapes of this species' fossils. 8 bones were shaped from photos or figures of this species' own fossils. 89 are estimated.
From this species 8Borrowed from relatives 106Estimated 89
Bones known from fossils
There is no record yet of which bones are known from fossils.
Tap a bone on the 3D page to see where each bone shape came from.
Sources
- 3D Skeleton: A reconstruction created on this site from freely usable materials (papers, public-domain books, Wikimedia photos) (2026-10-05). Out of 203 bones (excluding teeth), 8 bones were shaped directly from fossil photos, drawings, and measurements of this species; 106 bones were scaled from shapes borrowed from close relatives; and 89 bones were estimated. Materials used: Wikimedia Commons (authors in figures.json) (CC BY 2.0 / CC BY 2.5 / CC BY-SA 3.0 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Public domain) / Wagner 1861 Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der urweltlichen Fauna des lithographischen Schiefers II. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 9 (archive.org/details/10226489bsb) (Public domain; published 1861, author died 1861). For papers not under open licenses, only factual data such as reported dimensions were referenced.
- Bones found: 0 bones are reported in the literature as fossil finds or visible in photographs (the rest have not been found, or are unknown from the literature)
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