Compsognathus longipes Escala:1:10 possibly used to detect movements

possibly used to detect movements in water

and although some studies have linked it closely to Saurolophus

leaving light footprints in the soft earth

and that Gigantoraptor would be no exception

formando una estructura muy inusual entre los dinosaurios terópodos

Compsognathus longipes Escala:1:10 possibly used to detect movementsCompsognathus longipes was a small coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Europe, known primarily from two nearly complete skeletons recovered from the famous lithographic limestone deposits of Solnhofen in Bavaria, Germany, and Canjuers in south eastern France. Originally described by Johann Andreas Wagner in 1861, this taxon became one of the classic species of European palaeontology and was long celebrated as one of the smallest