#compsognathus

[fastman27]

Dinovember day 1: Compsognathus

[bookrat]

A Compsognathus made to go outside~

[neunhofferart]

Gordon warm-ups and storyboard panels from Jurassic World Chaos Theory Season 2.

As I mentioned before, he was originally in a much longer scene with Brooklynn that introduced the idea of her working through a lingering PTSD around dinosaurs following her accident, while also relating their new shared limb difference. It was cut down significantly for time. v_v

I loved figuring out how he moved and hopped around on just one leg. Truly my favorite little guy.

(I'm going to share the full thing eventually, but I need to do some formatting fixes to the pdf file and then turn it into gifs for socials and I've been busy sorry haha).

[percivalias]

Dinovember x Huevember Day 1: Compsognathus!

Went with a non-feathered interpretation of this fella, though I understand there's some debate.

[princefluph]

Im gonna be doing two drawing things this month! this one is day one of Dinovember featuring Compsognathus! Up until now Ive drawn this small theropod without feathers, but it seems that its been discussed about it possibly having a light feathered appearance.

[otiksimr]

Your art is so good!! ;0; if your still doing art suggestions, favorite dinosaur from paleo pines?

I've never watched/played Paleo Pines but they dinos very silly, 10/10 game of the year.

[chameleocoonj]

quadruple dinosaur party

[buzzkillchainsaw]

POV: you're a humble rancher who just opened your Citipati coop to collect some eggs (the Compsognathus has other plans)

[alex-fictus]

My Mesozoic is Green!

Suchomimus - Steropodon - Chungkingosaurus

Deinonychus - Compsognathus - Corythosaurus

Altispinax/Becklespinax - Scaphognathus - Ptychodus

Nundasuchus - Henodus - Bambiraptor

Kronosaurus - Leedsichthys - Brachytrachelopan

Stickers || Phone Wallpapers Masterlist

[sagayellowburg]

Raaahr

[alphynix]

First discovered in the 1850s, Compsognathus longipes was the first theropod dinosaur known from a fairly complete skeleton, and also the smallest known non-avian dinosaur for over 130 years.

(A second specimen was also, briefly, the "first" aquatic non-avian dinosaur, but that's another story.)

Living in what is now Europe during the late Jurassic, about 150 million years ago, it was a lightly built animal with long legs and a long tail, growing to around 1.2m long (~4'). Its hands seem to have had only two functional fingers, with the third being vestigial and possibly not even having a claw.

Skin impressions from about a third of the way along its tail show small bumpy scales – but since other compsognathids like Sinosauropteryx are known to have been covered in fur-like feathers, this likely means that just that particular region of Compsognathus' body wasn't fluffy.

Some of Compsognathus' diet is known for certain, since preserved gut contents show it fed on smaller vertebrates like lizards and rhynchocephalians. The remains of a lizard in the stomach of one specimen were even identified as belonging to a previously-unknown species, Schoenesmahl dyspepsia, with the dismembered nature of the skeleton suggesting Compsognathus tore its prey into bite-sized chunks in a similar manner to modern predatory birds.

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References:

Conrad, Jack L. "A new lizard (Squamata) was the last meal of Compsognathus (Theropoda: Dinosauria) and is a holotype in a holotype." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183.3 (2018): 584-634. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx055

Gishlick, Alan D., and Jacques A. Gauthier. "On the manual morphology of Compsognathus longipes and its bearing on the diagnosis of Compsognathidae." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149.4 (2007): 569-581. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00269.x

Peyer, Karin. "A reconsideration of Compsognathus from the Upper Tithonian of Canjuers, southeastern France." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26.4 (2006): 879-896. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4524640

Wikipedia contributors. “Compsognathus.” Wikipedia, 17 Jun. 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compsognathus

[neovenatorgirlteeth]

NEW PAPER FROM CAU HUGE IF TRUE

Cau A. (2024). A Unified Framework for Predatory Dinosaur Macroevolution. Bulletin of the Italian Paleontological Society , 63(1): 1-19. doi:10.4435/BSPI.2024.08

[sombertide-0]

Dinovember day 1, compsognathus!

[timidteratoma]

Day 1: Compsognathus

I'll probably won't do the full dinovember challenge this year, but still wanted to participate a little :)

A whole different vibe from my last one that's for sure.

[spadefish]

@1dinodaily 's Dinovember #1: Compsognathus!!

I'm definitely not going to be able to do every day, but compies are one of my faves so I had to draw one. :3 I might do a couple more this month if I can!

[neunhofferart]

Doing another Jurassic World Chaos Theory themed stream starting at 2 pm pacific!

I'm going to warm up with some dinosaur sketches in storyboard pro, and then I'm going to continue working on the looped animation from last week. Going to be adding a compsognathus!