Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dinosaurian reptile of the family Compsognathidæ.
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- noun zoology Any member of the Compsognathidae.
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Examples
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I previously had Calamosaurus down as a compsognathid (Naish et al. 2001).
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
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This is disturbing, as it all but destroys the reasons for thinking that Mirischia can only be a compsognathid.
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Color patterns reported in the tail of the compsognathid
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This has implications for another supposed compsognathid: the Isle of Wight taxon Aristosuchus pusillus (photo at left, with interpretative restoration below) which, again, I’d previously identified with confidence as a close relative of Compsognathus (Naish 2002, Naish et al. 2001, 2004).
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
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