Reptilia - Theropoda - Compsognathidae
Alternative combinations: Coelurus hermanni, Ornitholestes hermani
Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1903. Ornitholestes hermanni, a new compsognathoid dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19(12):459-464
Belongs to Ornitholestes according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012
See also Bever and Norell 2009, Carpenter et al. 2005, Carpenter et al. 2005, Chiappe and Göhlich 2010, Chure 2000, Chure et al. 2006, Chure et al. 1994, Foster and Chure 2000, Gishlick and Gauthier 2007, Goianechini and Apesteguía 2011, Hay 1930, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Holtz et al. 2004, Hunt and Lucas 2006, Kuhn 1939, Lambe 1904, Lambe 1904, Lambe 1905, Lambe 1914, Lowe 1935, Martínez and Novas 2006, Mateus 2006, Molnar 1980, Mook 1916, Norell and Makovicky 1997, Novas 1996, Osborn 1903, Osborn 1916, Ostrom 1980, Paul 1988, Paul 1988, Rauhut 2003, Rich et al. 1983, Steel 1970, Stromer 1931, Stromer 1934, Tatarinov 1964, Turner et al. 2007, Turner et al. 2011, Vickaryous and Ryan 1997, Welles 1984 and White et al. 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 619, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Bone Cabin Quarry (AMNH), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian coarse channel fill sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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