predatory dinosaurs Juravenator - Drawing: Nobu Tamura -
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facts from the paperback "predatory dinosaurs from A to Z" by Ernst Probst
Munich (Books-from-serious-probst) - In Bavaria in the Jurassic period about 150 million years ago next pterodactyls and prehistoric birds (Archaeopteryx), two of the smallest dinosaurs lived on earth. Both were less than a meter long and carnivorous. This follows from the paperback "predatory dinosaurs from A to Z" (GRIN-Verlag) of the Wiesbaden science author Ernst Probst.
The small predatory dinosaur Compsognathus longipes (long-legged delicacy mandible) was discovered in 1858 by the court physician and collector Joseph Oberndorfer from Kelheim probably in a quarry near Jachenhausen close Riedenburg. The reptile was about the size of a turkey, a length of 89 centimeters and a live weight of approximately three kilograms. The first scientific description was before the Munich paleontologist Andrew Wagner.
In the abdominal region of Compsognathus longipes was found the skeleton of a small lizard, which had probably been his last meal. Because of its small size was Compsognathus longipes from Bavaria long been considered the smallest dinosaur in the world. But later it was discovered in other countries, other smaller dinosaurs.
noticeably larger than the specimen from Bavaria is the second discovery of a Compsognathus, which succeeded in Canjuers near Nice in France and was made public in 1972. Its total length is estimated to be about 1.25 meters. First, we calculated the fossil from France to another type, called Compsognathus corallestris, but later it was regarded as identical with Compsognathus longipes. lesser degree than the Bavarian dwarf dinosaur Compsognathus and Juravenator had the predatory dinosaurs Parvicursor (about 40 centimeters long) from Mongolia and Micro Raptor (about 47 to 77 centimeters) from China. Caenagnathasia (about 1.20 meters) from Uzbekistan) reached approximately the length of Compsognathus from France.
From the pen of Ernst Probst, also produced the pocket book "Dinosaurs from A to K", "Dinosaurs from M to Z", "Dinosaurs in Germany," "Walking in Baden-Württemberg" and "Walking in Lower Saxony. These titles are published in "GRIN for academic texts" (Munich) and is available as an e-book in PDF format or as a printed edition. The pocket books can be in any good bookshop be ordered.
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