Compsognathus
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Author: Moondawg
Keywords: extinct, dinosaurs
Release Date: Oct 14, 2008
Current CompsognathusMD_2008.ztd dated 12 October 2008
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Description: Compsognathus (pronounced kompsos"elegant", "refined" or "dainty", and gnathos"jaw") was a small, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaur.
The animal was the size of a turkey and lived around 150 million years ago,
the early Tithonian stage of the late Jurassic Period, in what is now Europe. Paleontologists have found
two well-preserved fossils, one in Germany in the 1850s and the second in France more than a century later.
Many popular presentations still describe Compsognathus as a "chicken-sized" dinosaur because of the small
size of the German specimen, which is now believed to be a juvenile form of the larger French specimen.
Compsognathus is one of the few dinosaurs for which the diet is known with certainty: the remains of small,
agile lizards are preserved in the bellies of both specimens. Teeth discovered in Portugal may be further
fossil remains of the genus.
Although not recognized as such at the time of its discovery, Compsognathus is the first dinosaur
known from a reasonably complete skeleton. Today, C. longipes is the only recognized species,
although the larger specimen discovered in France in the 1970s was once thought to belong to a s
eparate species, C. corallestris. Until the 1980s and 1990s, Compsognathus was the smallest known
dinosaur and the closest supposed relative of the early bird Archaeopteryx. Thus, the genus is one
of the few dinosaur genera to be well known outside of paleontological circles.
(http://www.ztcdd.org/DD/ZTScreensTek/Animals/Compsognathus.jpg)
Additional info:
CompsognathusMD_2008.ztd uca: C33CA026 dated 12 October 2008
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c33ca026.uca date: Sun Oct 12 23:11:52 2008
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Animal Type: C33CA026
Compsognathus
Compsognathus (pronounced kompsos"elegant", "refined" or "dainty", and
gnathos"jaw") was a small, bipedal,
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Animal Characteristics:
Habitat: Grassland; Location: Western USA; Era: Cretaceous
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 95.
Preferred shelter: Rock Cave.
Animal can jump.
Animal can climb cliffs.
Exhibit Preferences:
Foliage:
Elm Tree, Western Red Cedar Tree, Broadleaf Bush, Dawn Redwood Tree (DD)
Monkey Puzzle Tree (DD), Norfolk Island Pine Tree (DD), Sigillaria Tree (DD)
Rocks:
Large Rock, Large Rock - 1, Large Rock - 2, Large Rock - 3, Large Rock - 4
Small Rock - Medium, Small Rock - Small, Small Rock - 7, Small Rock - 8
Small Rock - 9, Coniferous Forest Rock - Formation
Exhibit Construction:
Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 3-6 with 20 squares for each adult.
Exhibit size (for 3 adults): 60 grid squares
Terrain (for exhibit with 60 grid squares):
42 Grass, 6 Sand, 6 Dirt, 6 Fresh Water
Foliage (for exhibit with 60 grid squares):
4 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Broadleaf Bush
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 4 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.
Rocks (for exhibit with 60 grid squares):
5 Small Rock - Small, which is its most liked rock.
Elevation: Of the 60 squares, 2 nonadjacent squares should be elevated.