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Compsognathus (elegant jaw)
Taxonomy
Compsognathus was named by Wagner (1861). It is the type genus of Compsognathidae, Compsognathinae.
It was assigned to Sauria by Quenstedt (1867); to Symphypoda by Cope (1867), Cope (1869) and Cope (1869); to Compsognatha by Huxley (1870); to Ornithoscelida by Williston (1878); to Symphypoda by Cope (1870) and Seeley (1879); to Goniopoda by Cope (1887); to Compsognathidae by Nopcsa (1901); to Theropoda by Gadow (1898) and Gadow (1901); to Podokesauridae by Lull (1915); to Theropoda by Winkler (1893), Gadow (1897) and Joleaud (1922); to Coeluridae by Romer (1956), Romer (1966), Swinton (1970), Steel (1970) and Casamiquela (1975); to Coelurosauria by Benton (1979); to Theropoda by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Maniraptora by Osmolska (1990); to Avipoda by Novas (1992); to Coelurosauria by Kuhn (1939), Gauthier and Padian (1985), Holtz (1994), Holtz (1995) and Holtz (1996); to Tetanurae by Sereno (1997); to Compsognathinae by Nopcsa (1928) and Rauhut (2003); to Coelurosauria by Carrano et al. (2012); and to Compsognathidae by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882), Vetter (1884), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Lydekker (1888), Zittel (1890), Marsh (1896), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), Huene (1909), von Zittel (1911), Tornier (1913), Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Huene (1920), Matthew and Brown (1922), Lull (1924), Huene (1926), Stromer (1934), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1966), Bidar et al. (1972), Ostrom (1978), McIntosh (1981), Thulborn (1984), Welles (1984), Paul (1988), Carroll (1988), Zinke (1998), Holtz et al. (2004), Peyer (2004), Hwang et al. (2004), Göhlich et al. (2006), Peyer (2006), Gishlick and Gauthier (2007), Naish and Martill (2007), Ji et al. (2007), Rauhut et al. (2010), Gianechini et al. (2011), Xing et al. (2012), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014) and Hu et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Sauria by Quenstedt (1867); to Symphypoda by Cope (1867), Cope (1869) and Cope (1869); to Compsognatha by Huxley (1870); to Ornithoscelida by Williston (1878); to Symphypoda by Cope (1870) and Seeley (1879); to Goniopoda by Cope (1887); to Compsognathidae by Nopcsa (1901); to Theropoda by Gadow (1898) and Gadow (1901); to Podokesauridae by Lull (1915); to Theropoda by Winkler (1893), Gadow (1897) and Joleaud (1922); to Coeluridae by Romer (1956), Romer (1966), Swinton (1970), Steel (1970) and Casamiquela (1975); to Coelurosauria by Benton (1979); to Theropoda by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Maniraptora by Osmolska (1990); to Avipoda by Novas (1992); to Coelurosauria by Kuhn (1939), Gauthier and Padian (1985), Holtz (1994), Holtz (1995) and Holtz (1996); to Tetanurae by Sereno (1997); to Compsognathinae by Nopcsa (1928) and Rauhut (2003); to Coelurosauria by Carrano et al. (2012); and to Compsognathidae by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882), Vetter (1884), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Lydekker (1888), Zittel (1890), Marsh (1896), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), Huene (1909), von Zittel (1911), Tornier (1913), Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Huene (1920), Matthew and Brown (1922), Lull (1924), Huene (1926), Stromer (1934), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1966), Bidar et al. (1972), Ostrom (1978), McIntosh (1981), Thulborn (1984), Welles (1984), Paul (1988), Carroll (1988), Zinke (1998), Holtz et al. (2004), Peyer (2004), Hwang et al. (2004), Göhlich et al. (2006), Peyer (2006), Gishlick and Gauthier (2007), Naish and Martill (2007), Ji et al. (2007), Rauhut et al. (2010), Gianechini et al. (2011), Xing et al. (2012), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014) and Hu et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1861 | Compsognathus Wagner p. 94 |
1867 | Compsognathus Cope p. 234 |
1867 | Compsognathus Quenstedt pp. 150-151 |
1869 | Compsognathus Cope p. 117 |
1870 | Compsognathus Cope p. 120 |
1870 | Compsognathus Huxley p. 35 |
1871 | Compsognathus Cope p. 234 |
1875 | Compsognathus Cope p. 13 |
1878 | Compsognathus Williston p. 45 |
1879 | Compsognathus Seeley p. 183 |
1882 | Compsognathus Marsh |
1882 | Compsognathus Sauvage p. 36 |
1884 | Compsognathus Dollo p. 298 |
1884 | Compsognathus Marsh p. 69 |
1884 | Compsognathus Vetter p. 363 |
1885 | Compsognathus Marsh p. 765 |
1887 | Compsognathus Cope p. 221 |
1888 | Compsognathus Lydekker p. 156 |
1890 | Compsognathus Zittel p. 734 |
1893 | Compsognathus Winkler p. 107 |
1896 | Compsognathus Marsh p. 240 |
1897 | Compsognathus Gadow p. 204 |
1898 | Compsognathus Gadow p. 22 |
1901 | Compsognathus Gadow p. 423 |
1901 | Compsognathus Nopcsa p. 202 |
1902 | Compsognathus Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxix |
1909 | Compsognathus Huene p. 15 |
1911 | Compsognathus von Zittel p. 282 |
1913 | Compsognathus Tornier p. 368 |
1914 | Compsognathus Huene p. 34 |
1915 | Compsognathus Lull p. 155 |
1920 | Compsognathus Huene p. 162 |
1922 | Compsognathus Joleaud p. 60 |
1922 | Compsognathus Matthew and Brown pp. 372-373 |
1924 | Compsognathus Lull p. 232 |
1926 | Compsognathus Huene p. 82 |
1928 | Compsognathus Nopcsa p. 183 |
1934 | Compsognathus Stromer p. 80 |
1939 | Compsognathus Kuhn p. 43 |
1956 | Compsognathus Romer p. 612 |
1964 | Compsognathus Tatarinov p. 531 |
1966 | Compsognathus Kuhn p. 93 |
1966 | Compsognathus Romer p. 369 |
1970 | Compsognathus Steel p. 15 |
1970 | Compsognathus Swinton p. 124 |
1972 | Compsognathus Bidar et al. |
1975 | Compsognathus Casamiquela p. 97 |
1978 | Compsognathus Ostrom p. 75 |
1979 | Compsognathus Benton p. 142 |
1981 | Compsognathus McIntosh p. 9 |
1984 | Compsognathus Thulborn p. 132 |
1984 | Compsognathus Welles p. 177 |
1985 | Compsognathus Gauthier and Padian p. 190 |
1988 | Compsognathus Carroll |
1988 | Compsognathus Paul p. 297 |
1989 | Compsognathus Gauthier et al. p. 347 |
1990 | Compsognathus Osmolska p. 149 |
1992 | Compsognathus Novas p. 144 |
1994 | Compsognathus Holtz |
1995 | Compsognathus Holtz, Jr. p. 35A |
1996 | Compsognathus Holtz, Jr. p. 42A |
1997 | Compsognathus Sereno p. 456 |
1998 | Compsognathus Zinke p. 181 |
2003 | Compsognathus Rauhut p. 151 |
2004 | Compsognathus Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 76 |
2004 | Compsognathus Hwang et al. p. 28 fig. 12 |
2004 | Compsognathus Peyer p. 101A |
2006 | Compsognathus Göhlich et al. p. 7 |
2006 | Compsognathus Peyer p. 880 |
2007 | Compsognathus Gishlick and Gauthier p. 579 |
2007 | Compsognathus Ji et al. p. 13 |
2007 | Compsognathus Naish and Martill p. 504 |
2010 | Compsognathus Rauhut et al. pp. 183-184 fig. 23 |
2011 | Compsognathus Gianechini et al. p. 285 |
2012 | Compsognathus Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7 |
2012 | Compsognathus Xing et al. p. 1 |
2014 | Compsognathus Hendrickx and Mateus |
2016 | Compsognathus Hu et al. p. 191 |
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G. †Compsognathus Wagner 1861 [elegant jaw]
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†Compsognathus longipes Wagner 1861
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Invalid names: Compsognathus corallestris Bidar et al. 1972 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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humerus diameter | 2 | 9.06 | 7.40 | 11.1 | 9.25 | 2.62 | |
tibia diameter | 1 | 9.80 | - | - | - | - |
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References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Kimmeridgian | Portugal (Leiria) | Compsognathus sp. (24563) | |
Kimmeridgian | France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) | Compsognathus longipes (92110) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Bayern) | Compsognathus longipes (57682) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Compsognathus corallestris (35262) |